Search does not exclude absolute path

[lamyergeier]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.86
• OS Version: Fedora 39

Note

• I checked:
  • [Cannot exclude workspace folder from search when using absolute paths for workspace folders · Issue #135454 · microsoft/vscode](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/135454)
  • [Basic Editing in Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_advanced-search-options)

Steps to Reproduce:

• code.workspace file

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "path": "/mnt/Documents/Git"
    },
    {
      "name": "Git - Mobile",
      "path": "/mnt/Documents/Mobile/Git"
    },
    {
      "name": "Opt",
      "path": "/mnt/Data/opt"
    },
    {
      "path": "/mnt/Documents/Mobile/Software/Data/Common/Task"
    },
    {
      "path": "/mnt/Documents/Mobile/Desktop"
    },
    {
      "name": "BrowserSession",
      "path": "/mnt/Documents/Mobile/Software/Data/Common/Task/BrowserSession"
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "files.exclude": {
      "**/_config.yml": true,
      "**/.Archive/": true,
      "**/.Backup/": true,
      "**/.clang-format": true,
      "**/.Commit/": true,
      "**/.editorconfig": true,
      "**/.gitignore": true,
      "**/.gitlab-ci.yml": true,
      "**/.gitmessage": true,
      "**/.gitmodules": true,
      "**/.GitSettings/": true,
      "**/.huskyrc": true,
      "**/.lintstagedrc": true,
      "**/.prettierignore": true,
      "**/.Rendered/": true,
      "**/.Tag/": true,
      "**/.trash/": true,
      "**/.vscode/": true,
      "**/.Ws/": true,
      "**/*.code-workspace": true,
      "**/*.temp": true,
      "**/Bin/": true,
      "**/bin/": true,
      "**/CHANGELOG.md": true,
      "**/commitlint.config.js": true,
      "**/Image/": true,
      "**/LICENSE": true,
      "**/LocateDatabase.gen.db": true,
      "**/Media/": true,
      "**/Note/": true,
      "**/Output/": true,
      "**/package-lock.json": true,
      "**/package.json": true,
      "**/README.md": true,
      "**/Readme/": true,
      "**/Test/": true
    }
  }

• In the following image we can see that even though /mnt/Data/opt is excluded in setting.json (see editor), but the Search tab list files in Opt (Opt is name for Workspace path /mnt/Data/opt) (look above at the content for workspace file).

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Note: I am facing same issue in file search (that uses fzf)

[VSCodeTriageBot]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.86.0. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[lamyergeier]

@andreamah What should I do?

In the following image we can see that LaptopGit is excluded in config settings (see editor), but the search is still showing the search in the right pane. Also, please note that "search.followSymlinks": false is set, and LaptopGit is a symlink (under Workspace folder with name Git - Mobile - see original post for workspace file) but it is still showing!

[andreamah]

Are these files open in your editor?

[lamyergeier]

@andreamah (see highlighted text in the below images)

I closed everything except the config file as you can see in the below screenshot, and we can see that I am still facing the problem as described above

Also /home/lamy/opt is symlinked to target /mnt/Data/opt, so I included both of it below but I am still facing the problem!

$ realpath /home/lamy/opt
/mnt/Data/opt

[lamyergeier]

@andreamah Please let me know if this is not a priority. I would better close this if its not an important issue! @VSCodeTriageBot

[andreamah]

We do not support absolute file paths for search.excludes, and this also applies for files.exclude. We try to match the behavior there. Please see the discussion about this here https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70438