settings

project/.vccode/settings.json

{
    "search.useIgnoreFiles": true,
    "editor.selectionClipboard": false,
 
    "[makefile]": {
        "editor.insertSpaces": false,
        "editor.detectIndentation": false
    }
}

"files.associations": {
    "*.mk": "makefile",
    "Makefile.include": "makefile",
    "*.php4": "php",
    "*.php5": "php",
    "**/somefolder/*.*": "php"
}
 
// The default language mode that is assigned to new files.
"files.defaultLanguage": "html"

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"explorer.autoReveal": false

Issue file.associations doesn't work from settings.json:

This setting cannot be applied in this workspace. It will be applied when you open the containing workspace folder directly.