Initializing JS/TS language features ignores files.watcherExclude #29782
Description
details
Initially vs code respects files.watcherExclude upon opening a workspace if no js/ts files are open vs code correctly watches all files in the workspace except for those indicated by files.watcherExclude
However as soon as a JS/TS file is opened the message "initializing JS/TS language features" is shown on the status bar and vscode watches all files.
reproducing
- veryify that excludes some things in the work space
file > preferences > settings > files.watcherExclude - close all open files and restart vs code
- veryify that vs code is watching all files in the workspace that are not excluded
- open (or create) a .js or .ts file
- see initializing JS/TS language features on the bottom status bar
- observe that vs code is watching all files in the workspace
exepected result: vs code should not watch files in the files.watcherExclude setting
actual result: vs code watches all files as soon as JS/TS language features are enabled
how to see what files vs code is watching
There are a number of ways to do this on linux (none of them all that easy).
Exact method may vary depending on version of linux
There are a number of methods discussed in https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15509/whos-consuming-my-inotify-resources/426001#426001
The method I used was to find the PID of code using ps EG: ps aux|grep code
this turns up multiple processes as code spawns subprocesses
then take those pids and
grep /proc//fdinfo/* inotify
the text on these lines seems to vary depending on linux version so it may read something else other then inotify
at least on CentOS Linux 7 (Core) these lines contain ino:
from there the number of files being watched can be compared to the number of files expected to be watched or
some method of stating the files in the workspace can be used to see exactly which files are being watched
for example ls -i will tell the inode number of the files listed (in decimal)
VS Code version: Code 1.30.2 (61122f88f0bf01e2ac16bdb9e1bc4571755f5bd8, 2019-01-07T22:49:48.319Z)
OS version: Linux x64 3.10.0-862.3.2.el7.x86_64
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 x 2699) |
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| Load (avg) | 1, 1, 1 |
| Memory (System) | 59.97GB (0.97GB free) |
| Process Argv | --disable-extensions |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |