You can find a mention of it here: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/language-server-extension-guide however without any explanation. I couldn't find information about it by googling.
What is the purpose of a .clientrc file?
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4I think that might simply be an example, rather than an actual convention. – Gama11 Mar 02 '19 at 11:05
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1@Gama11 thanks you confirmed my mind about it. I think they used it simply to demonstrate how to make a file watcher. – Nurbol Alpysbayev Mar 02 '19 at 23:56
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As mentioned in the comments, ".clientrc" was just chosen as an example file name.
If you google site:code.visualstudio.com clientrc, that page is the only search result. And googling site:github.com/microsoft/vscode "clientrc", all the results are about example code (and most are about that example code specifically).
The .*rc file name pattern is a common convention for application-specific configuration files. There's a baeldung article on it:
Names including rc often signify files or directories of files with code. Specifically, this code consists of commands that are meant to run when a program is executed. Indeed, that program can be an application, but it can also be a whole operating system.
Because of this, the original rc affix and extension both meant “run commands”. In particular, a widely accepted source of the term is the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS)
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