When using configurationProvider, what other configs are needed?

When setting CMake Tools to be configurationProvider for the C++ extension, does it make all other properties in c_cpp_properties.json redundant?

Or will c_cpp_properties.json override the provider? Or the other way around?

Right now I have a c_cpp_properties.json with configs for Win and Mac with quite a few properties. I’m wondering if I can trim down a bunch of these to make the JSON simpler and reduce risk of duplicate information getting out of date.

[bobbrow]

I need to open an issue against cpptools to delay showing that compileCommands prompt. CMake Tools won’t register as a config provider until you successfully configure the project. Sometimes this takes a while.

[bobbrow]

cpptools prefers the “configurationProvider” over any other setting. The remaining settings are only used if the configurationProvider is unable to give a configuration for the source file you’ve opened in the editor.

Short story: You should be able to remove the majority of the other properties in c_cpp_properties.json if you are using “configurationProvider”.

{
  "name": "config",
  "configurationProvider": "vector-of-bool.cmake-tools"
}