Format on save -feature is too aggressive

[Tuupertunut]

The editor.formatOnSave feature for VS Code is causing problems for me when saving files. If I don't yet have Biome installed, it will forcefully format my code with Prettier every time I try to save. The same happens if there is a problem in the biome.json config, it will forcefully format my code with the wrong config. These issues are preventing me from saving files, because the files get mangled into the wrong format every time I try.

I think formatting is something that a developer should do before saving (Ctrl+Shift+I in VS Code), but it should not prevent one from saving a file in the wrong format if necessary.

[Jokauppi]

"prettier.enable": false
In the workspace settings should fix this.

[Tuupertunut]

That probably fixes the specific case where prettier replaces wrongly configured biome, but this issue is more general. The user could have any formatter installed and enabled by default, or the dev might have a good reason to temporarily save unformatted code, such as checking what syntax is valid or debugging purposes.