-p-formation-control/.vscode/tasks.json

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Compile thesis",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "latexmk -pdf thesis.tex article.tex && latexmk -pdf -c thesis.tex article.tex",
            "problemMatcher": []
        }
    ]
}