Source Control / File Watcher does not respect settings

[thesefer]

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

• VS Code Version: 1.92.0 (user setup)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

I am trying to limit Source Control and the file watcher to my home only in a shared workspace. At least Source Control is scanning across the whole /home/ directory.

Steps to Reproduce:

settings.json

1. files.watcherInclude:

      "files.watcherInclude": [
       "/data/home/myuser/git/automation",
       "/data/home/myuser/git/deployment",
       "/data/home/myuser/git/services",
       "/data/home/myuser/git/Terraform",
       "/data/home/myuser/git/Other"
   ],

2. trying to counter with files.watcherExclude:

   "files.watcherExclude": {
       "**": true,
       "**/**": true,
       "/data/home/myuser/git/_backup/**": true,
       "/data/home/myuser/git/team/ansible-team/**": true,
       "/data/home/myuser/git/team/ansible-team-roles/**": true,
       "/data/home/myuser/git/team/AnsibleCICD/**": true,
       "/data/home/myuser/git/external/**": true
   },

3. tried adding resulting in Absolute paths not supported in "git.scanRepositories" setting.

    "git.scanRepositories": [
        "/data/home/myuser/git/automation",
        "/data/home/myuser/git/deployment",
        "/data/home/myuser/git/services",
        "/data/home/myuser/git/Terraform",
        "/data/home/myuser/git/munich"
    ],

home.code-workspace

{
    "folders": [
        {
            "path": "."
        }
    ],
    "settings": {
        "terminal.integrated.cwd": "${env:HOME}",
        "ansible.python.interpreterPath": "/usr/bin/python3"
    }
}

How can I properly limit Source Control to only scan my specified directory/ies instead of everything visible in /data/home?

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[gjsjohnmurray]

Is your home.code-workspace file located in /data/home/myuser/? If yes, does it help to put this into the "settings" object of that file?

     "git.scanRepositories": [
         "git/automation",
         "git/deployment",
         "git/services",
         "git/Terraform",
         "git/munich"
     ],

[thesefer]

hi, I used information provided from a previous employee and provide home.code-workspace within /data/home so everyone sees the same within their workspace, can easily check / help other employees and has the same "default" settings.

This looked like good idea to provide "defaults" but via the personal settings you could extent.

In other words I need to limit the filewatcher / source control to only my specified directory/directories, no matter the size of the workspace.

EDIT: "git.scanRepositories is unsupported in .code-workspace EDIT2: Even if I place the .code-workspace within my home, the selected settings are not respected. Git repositories are scanned across the whole home* folder and I see repositories in Source Control which I do not wanna see or track. EDIT3: I adjusted git.scanRepositories to relative paths to the home /data/home and it still scans every other folder within the workspace root.

    "git.scanRepositories": [
        "my_user/git/automation",
        "my_user/git/deployment",
        "my_user/git/services",
        "my_user/git/Terraform",
        "my_user/git/munich"
    ],

[thesefer]

I forgot to mention this is used in a Remote SSH Setup in case it makes any difference.