{"version":"2.1.312","anchor":"vm-copy-mode-for-the-computer-host-descriptor","canonical_anchor":"vm-copy-mode-for-the-computer-host-descriptor","heading":"A copy of your project in a virtual machine is shown as a separate machine","tier":"notice","area":"VM Mode","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312\/e\/vm-copy-mode-for-the-computer-host-descriptor","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312","markdown":"### A copy of your project in a virtual machine is shown as a separate machine\n\nIn VM mode with a copy, the host uses the copy's own tools, folder, platform and shell, and does not keep the project in sync\n\n**What**\n\nA virtual machine, or VM, is a computer that runs in software inside another one. When Claude Code works in VM mode with a copy of your project, it now describes that host using the copy's own details:\n\n- Tools, working folder, platform and shell all come from the copy.\n\n- Project sync is off, and the folder is marked as a separate copy.\n\n- A record of the original platform and folder is kept with it.\n\nBefore, the host always used the local tool list and the local project sync settings.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets a separate copy of your project be shown as its own machine, so changes made there are not treated as changes to your original folder.\n\n- Area: VM Mode\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}