Go to File not showing files that show up fine in Explorer

[tpejsa]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.17.2 (b813d12, 2017-10-16T13:57:00.652Z)
• OS Version: Linux x64 4.4.0-66-generic
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
cpptools	ms-	0.14.3
trailing-spaces	sha	0.2.11

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I'm working with a huge codebase (100,000+ files in the visible tree, plus another 1,000,000+ in excluded directories).

I noticed that some files don't show up in Go to File. These files are not excluded and they show up fine in Explorer. They can also be opened just fine in the editor. In fact, after you open them, they start showing up in Go to File!

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a huge codebase.
2. Ctrl + P
3. Type in name of some file in the tree. Repeat until you find one that should show up, but doesn't.
4. Find the file in Explorer.
5. Open the file.
6. Ctrl + P
7. Type in the name of the file. It should show up now.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes/No

[roblourens]

Hm, I can't repro in the Chromium codebase which is my test for huge workspaces. We have a result count limit, but that applies to actual results, not the workspace in general.

Is it possible that it's excluded by a search.exclude setting? Is there a consistent set of files that are missing, or just random ones sometimes?

[tpejsa]

This definitely happens for files that are not in search.exclude or file.exclude. Interestingly, if I delete .browse.VC.db, all the files start showing up again, but after a while some of them stop showing up again. It's like the index gets partially corrupted after a while.

I can't say for sure whether this happens for random files or always the same set of files. Seems more like the former.

[roblourens]

.browse.VC.db is from the cpp extension, shouldn't affect this issue.

I need to try it in Linux too...

[tpejsa]

Maybe restarting vscode is what fixed it then.

[roblourens]

I notice that you're on a slightly old version, can you try downloading the Insiders' build and tell me whether it reproes there? I tried some more and still can't repro.

https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders

[SqueezeToyAliens]

Windows 10 Home Edition (64 bit)
VSCode 1.18.1

Hi guys,
I'm having the same problem for both my web(default support) and Python(with the official Python extension installed) projects. For some of those(web projects) VSCode works fine but for the others that indexing problem occurs. I deleted any cache/settings both for my user and projects and even uninstalled(then re-installed) VSCode but it still occurs in the same projects. For those(with the indexing problem), I can only find files(quick open, search in files, etc.) that has been opened already in the editor. I tried the Insiders build(1.19.0-insider) and it doesn't seem to be solved(yet) there.

Regards,
Someone who really wants to use this editor more

[roblourens]

@ElranKadosh This issue is about very large projects - 100,000+ files included. Is that the case for your projects? If not, open a new issue and look very carefully at your search.exclude and files.exclude settings at the folder and user level.

[SqueezeToyAliens]

Hi Rob, FYI, I just did:
#40076

These were medium sized projects (22k and 30k files). Thanks very much!

[chrmarti]

@tpejsa Did you have a chance to retry with a recent version?

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[kzhui125]

I have the same issue, go to file is unusable for me..
@roblourens

[kzhui125]

[kzhui125]

Update:
after deleting .gitignore it works.

How to use "ctrl + p" to search files ignored by .gitignore?

[roblourens]

You can set "search.useIgnoreFiles": false to disable this.