.sourcekit-lsp/config.json
configuration files can be used to modify the behavior of SourceKit-LSP in various ways. The following locations are checked. Settings in later configuration files override settings in earlier configuration files
~/.sourcekit-lsp/config.json
- On macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/org.swift.sourcekit-lsp/config.json
from the variousLibrary
folders on the system - If the
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
environment variable is set:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sourcekit-lsp/config.json
- Initialization options passed in the initialize request
- A
.sourcekit-lsp/config.json
file in a workspace’s root
The structure of the file is currently not guaranteed to be stable. Options may be removed or renamed.
config.json
is a JSON file with the following structure. All keys are optional and unknown keys are ignored.
swiftPM
: Options for SwiftPM workspaces.configuration: "debug"|"release"
: The configuration to build the project for during background indexing and the configuration whose build folder should be used for Swift modules if background indexing is disabled. Equivalent to SwiftPM's--configuration
option.scratchPath: string
: Build artifacts directory path. If nil, the build system may choose a default value. This path can be specified as a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to the project root. Equivalent to SwiftPM's--scratch-path
option.swiftSDKsDirectory: string
: Equivalent to SwiftPM's--swift-sdks-path
option.swiftSDK: string
: Equivalent to SwiftPM's--swift-sdk
option.triple: string
: Equivalent to SwiftPM's--triple
option.cCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for C files. Equivalent to SwiftPM's-Xcc
option.cxxCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for C++ files. Equivalent to SwiftPM's-Xcxx
option.swiftCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for Swift files. Equivalent to SwiftPM's-Xswiftc
option.linkerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the linker. Equivalent to SwiftPM's-Xlinker
option.disableSandbox: boolean
: Disables running subprocesses from SwiftPM in a sandbox. Equivalent to SwiftPM's--disable-sandbox
option. Useful when runningsourcekit-lsp
in a sandbox because nested sandboxes are not supported.
compilationDatabase
: Dictionary with the following keys, defining options for workspaces with a compilation database.searchPaths: string[]
: Additional paths to search for a compilation database, relative to a workspace root.
fallbackBuildSystem
: Dictionary with the following keys, defining options for files that aren't managed by any build system.cCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for C files.cxxCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for C++ files.swiftCompilerFlags: string[]
: Extra arguments passed to the compiler for Swift files.sdk: string
: The SDK to use for fallback arguments. Default is to infer the SDK usingxcrun
.
buildSettingsTimeout: integer
: Number of milliseconds to wait for build settings from the build system before using fallback build settings.clangdOptions: string[]
: Extra command line arguments passed toclangd
when launching it.index
: Options related to indexing.indexStorePath: string
: Directory in which a separate compilation stores the index store. By default, inferred from the build system.indexDatabasePath: string
: Directory in which the indexstore-db should be stored. By default, inferred from the build system.indexPrefixMap: [string: string]
: Path remappings for remapping index data for local use.maxCoresPercentageToUseForBackgroundIndexing: number
: A hint indicating how many cores background indexing should use at most (value between 0 and 1). Background indexing is not required to honor this setting.updateIndexStoreTimeout: integer
: Number of seconds to wait for an update index store task to finish before killing it.
logging
: Options related to logging, changing SourceKit-LSP’s logging behavior on non-Apple platforms. On Apple platforms, logging is done through the system log. These options can only be set globally and not per workspace.level: "debug"|"info"|"default"|"error"|"fault"
: The level from which one onwards log messages should be written.privacyLevel: "public"|"private"|"sensitive"
: Whether potentially sensitive information should be redacted. Default ispublic
, which redacts potentially sensitive information.inputMirrorDirectory: string
: Write all input received by SourceKit-LSP on stdin to a file in this directory. Useful to record and replay an entire SourceKit-LSP session.
defaultWorkspaceType: "buildServer"|"compilationDatabase"|"swiftPM"
: Default workspace type. Overrides workspace type selection logic.generatedFilesPath: string
: Directory in which generated interfaces and macro expansions should be stored.backgroundIndexing: boolean
: Whether background indexing is enabled.backgroundPreparationMode: "build"|"noLazy"|"enabled"
: Determines how background indexing should prepare a target.build
: Build a target to prepare it.noLazy
: Prepare a target without generating object files but do not do lazy type checking and function body skipping. This uses SwiftPM's--experimental-prepare-for-indexing-no-lazy
flag.enabled
: Prepare a target without generating object files.
cancelTextDocumentRequestsOnEditAndClose: boolean
: Whether sending atextDocument/didChange
ortextDocument/didClose
notification for a document should cancel all pending requests for that document.experimentalFeatures: ("on-type-formatting")[]
: Experimental features that are enabled.swiftPublishDiagnosticsDebounceDuration: number
: The time thatSwiftLanguageService
should wait after an edit before starting to compute diagnostics and sending aPublishDiagnosticsNotification
.workDoneProgressDebounceDuration: number
: When a task is started that should be displayed to the client as a work done progress, how many milliseconds to wait before actually starting the work done progress. This prevents flickering of the work done progress in the client for short-lived index tasks which end within this duration.sourcekitdRequestTimeout: number
: The maximum duration that a sourcekitd request should be allowed to execute before being declared as timed out. In general, editors should cancel requests that they are no longer interested in, but in case editors don't cancel requests, this ensures that a long-running non-cancelled request is not blocking sourcekitd and thus most semantic functionality. In particular, VS Code does not cancel the semantic tokens request, which can cause a long-running AST build that blocks sourcekitd.