Currently if you use prettier (or similar) w/ formatOnSave it will run whenever the agent updates a file. This seems to confuse the agent and triggers errors such as “The string to replace was not found in the file.” which can increase tool calls substantially. Is it possible to have the agent bypa…

A way to disable formatOnSave when agent updates files

dbsx (dbsx) December 14, 2025, 5:46am 2

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