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Visual Studio Code – vscode autoformats README.md file, coverting * to dashes

When I save my README.md file in vscode, it auto formats * to -.

FOr example:

* Cheese car

is converted to:

- Cheese car

How to prevent this?

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  1. 0

    If you are using prettier as your formatter, consider ignore the .md file in .prettierignore

    *.md
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  2. 0

    Use backslash () before every single asterisk (*). For example:

    Input:

    * Cheese car

    Output:

    * Cheese car

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