.sfdx Folder Created for NON Salesforce Projects

[vincekruger]

Summary

A .sfdx folder is created with +3k files on every project when VSCode is opened, even though it's not a Salesforce project. I now have to disable and enable the salesforce extension pack all the time. This isn't a very pleasant experience.

Steps To Reproduce:

Open a non-Salesforce project.

Expected result

This shouldn't happen.

Additional information

Salesforce Extension Version in VS Code: 60.8.0 - April 10, 2024

SFDX CLI Version: @salesforce/cli/2.29.5 darwin-arm64 node-v20.11.0

OS and version: MacOS 14.4.1 (23E224)

VS Code version: Version: 1.88.1 Commit: e170252f762678dec6ca2cc69aba1570769a5d39 Date: 2024-04-10T17:43:08.196Z (6 days ago) Electron: 28.2.8 ElectronBuildId: 27744544 Chromium: 120.0.6099.291 Node.js: 18.18.2 V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 23.4.0

[peternhale]

@vincekruger would you run the following shell script and return the results? It will list the unique file extensions present in a directory and its subfolders

find . -type f | awk -F. '
  NF>1 {
    extensions[$NF]++
  }
  END {
    for (extension in extensions) {
      print extension
    }
  }
' | sort | uniq

[vincekruger]

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Here is what is being created:

Seems Einstein for Developers (Beta) [0.43.2] is the issue.

[peternhale]

@vincekruger Thanks for the details. One more ask, could you send me the contents of the Output channel for Extension Host?

[peternhale]

@vincekruger You nailed it, in this case E4D is the culprit. I am going to transfer this issue to that project.

[peternhale]

I verified that in a non-sfdx project, having E4D installed/enabled triggers the start of other extensions.

[klewis-sfdc]

We have merged a fix for this issue that will be included in the next release of Einstein for Developers. If this issue is affecting you, one way to workaround would be to install an older version of the E4D extension and use v0.43.1 until the next release is published. Please let us know if this issue is still present for you after the next release is published.