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VSCode does not recognize tilde (~) for absolute file paths #32736

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AndrewRayCode opened this issue Aug 17, 2017 · 3 comments
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VSCode does not recognize tilde (~) for absolute file paths #32736

AndrewRayCode opened this issue Aug 17, 2017 · 3 comments
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  • VSCode Version: All
  • OS Version: OSX

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Press command-p to open a file
  2. Paste in an absolute link to a file starting with tilde, as in ~/Desktop/some-file-that-exists.bmp

Expected result:

File path is found and openable

Actual result:

No file is found

Workaround:

Paste in the full expanded path, as in /Users/yourname/...

Reproduces without extensions: Yes
@vscodebot VSCodeBot bot added the workbench label Aug 17, 2017
@AndrewRayCode AndrewRayCode changed the title VSCode does not recognize tilde (~) for file paths VSCode does not recognize tilde (~) for absolute file paths Aug 17, 2017
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bpasero commented Aug 18, 2017

That would be nice 👍

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Paste in the full expanded path, as in /Users/yourname/...

This doesn't work for me. Currently quickopen is only looking at the relative paths of files inside the open workspace. Do you expect to be able to open files outside the workspace with an absolute path? I think that makes sense.

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Is anybody still working on this. If not, I would like to work on this, with some help.
Thank you.

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@roblourens roblourens added feature-request Request for new features or functionality and removed good first issue Issues identified as good for first-time contributors labels Nov 23, 2017
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Merge pull request #39122 from moorejs/master
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Open File Handler now untildifies. Fixes #32736
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