Symbols lookup - different multifolder workspaces

[Racer84]

Environment

• OS and Version: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
• VS Code Version:
  Version: 1.94.2
  Commit: 384ff7382de624fb94dbaf6da11977bba1ecd427
  Date: 2024-10-09T16:08:44.566Z
  Electron: 30.5.1
  ElectronBuildId: 10262041
  Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
  Node.js: 20.16.0
  V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
  OS: Linux x64 6.5.0-44-generic
• C/C++ Extension Version: v1.22.10

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Being in the first workspace, I want to prevent searching for symbols from the second workspace. Both workspaces contain, among other things, definitions of the same symbols but from different branches.
I set in each workspace separately, in c_cpp_properties.json:

            "browse": {
                "path": [
                  "${workspaceFolder}/",
                ],
                "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
                "databaseFilename": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/browse.db" // Workspace-specific index database
              }

and in .code-workspace:

"C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/ipch/"

but unfortunately it didn't help. When I click on a symbol in the first workspace it opens its definition from the second workspace.c_cpp_properties.json

Configuration and Logs

-------- Diagnostics - 10/29/2024, 10:36:03 PM
Version: 1.22.10
Current Configuration:
{
"name": "Linux",
"includePath": [
"/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/alior/"
],
"defines": [],
"compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
"cStandard": "c17",
"cppStandard": "c++17",
"intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64",
"compilerPathIsExplicit": true,
"cStandardIsExplicit": true,
"cppStandardIsExplicit": true,
"intelliSenseModeIsExplicit": true,
"compilerPathInCppPropertiesJson": "/usr/bin/gcc",
"mergeConfigurations": false,
"browse": {
"path": [
"/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/alior/",
"${workspaceFolder}"
]
}
}
Modified Settings:
{
"C_Cpp.default.includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/",
"/usr/include"
],
"C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64",
"C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
"C_Cpp.default.browse.limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": false,
"C_Cpp.default.enableConfigurationSquiggles": false,
"C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/ipch/",
"C_Cpp.updateChannel": "Insiders"
}
Additional Tracked Settings:
{
"editorTabSize": 4,
"editorInsertSpaces": true,
"editorAutoClosingBrackets": "languageDefined",
"filesEncoding": "utf8",
"filesAssociations": {
".plsql": "sql",
".inc": "xml",
".cfg": "xml",
".req": "xml",
"readme": "cpp",
".tcc": "cpp",
".ipp": "cpp",
"string": "cpp",
"iostream": "cpp",
"bitset": "cpp",
"random": "cpp",
"numeric": "cpp",
"ostream": "cpp",
"deque": "cpp",
"rope": "cpp",
"slist": "cpp",
"list": "cpp",
"fstream": "cpp",
"*.ixx": "cpp",
"iosfwd": "cpp",
"thread": "cpp",
"ranges": "cpp",
"tuple": "cpp",
"typeindex": "cpp",
"typeinfo": "cpp",
"string_view": "cpp",
"map": "cpp",
"algorithm": "cpp",
"unordered_map": "cpp",
"array": "cpp",
"unordered_set": "cpp",
"vector": "cpp",
"initializer_list": "cpp",
"span": "cpp",
"regex": "cpp",
"valarray": "cpp",
"forward_list": "cpp",
"hash_map": "cpp",
"hash_set": "cpp",
"utility": "cpp",
"source_location": "cpp",
"any": "cpp",
"cstdlib": "cpp"
},
"filesExclude": {
"/.git": true,
"/.svn": true,
"/.hg": true,
"/CVS": true,
"/.DS_Store": true,
"/Thumbs.db": true,
"/.bak": true,
"**/.BAK": true,
"/*.d": true,
"/.o": true
},
"filesAutoSaveAfterDelay": false,
"editorInlayHintsEnabled": true,
"editorParameterHintsEnabled": true,
"searchExclude": {
"/node_modules": true,
"/bower_components": true,
"**/.code-search": true,
"/home/grzes/sources/repo/*": true
},
"workbenchSettingsEditor": "ui"
}
cpptools version (native): 1.22.10.0
Current database path: /home/grzes/.cache/vscode-cpptools/8660d1e415d99c9445fc16bbcc1eec57/.browse.VC.db
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[sean-mcmanus]

@Racer84 Setting

            "browse": {
                "path": []
            }

in your c_cpp_properties.json of the 2nd workspace should cause those symbols to not be found, unless you happen to open a file from the 2nd workspace, in which case, you should be able to fix that by adding

    "C_Cpp.files.exclude": {
        "**": true
    }

to your settings.json in the 2nd workspace.

Does that work for you?

[Racer84]

No, it does not.

Here content of c_cpp_properties.json in the 1st workspace:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Linux",
            "includePath": [
                "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/**",
                "/usr/include/libxml2"
            ],
            "defines": [],
            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
            "cStandard": "gnu17",
            "cppStandard": "gnu++11",
            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64",
            "browse": {
                "path": [
                  "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/**"
                ],
                "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
                "databaseFilename": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/browse.db" // Workspace-specific index database
              }
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

and content of settings.json in 1st workspace:

{
    "files.associations": {
        "*.plsql": "sql",
        "*.inc": "xml",
        "*.cfg": "xml",
        "string": "cpp",
        "iostream": "cpp",
        "thread": "cpp",
        "readme": "cpp",
        "iosfwd": "cpp"
    },
    "C_Cpp.errorSquiggles": "Disabled"
}

Content of c_cpp_properties.json in the 2nd workspace:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Linux",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
                "/usr/include/libxml2"
            ],
            "defines": [],
            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
            "cStandard": "gnu17",
            "cppStandard": "gnu++20",
            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64",
            "browse": {
                "path": [],
//                  "${workspaceFolder}/",
//                ],
                "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
                "databaseFilename": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/browse.db" // Workspace-specific index database
              }
            }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

and content of settings.json in 2nd workspace:

{
    "files.associations": {
        "*.plsql": "sql",
        "*.inc": "xml",
        "*.cfg": "xml",
        "string": "cpp",
        "iostream": "cpp",
        "thread": "cpp",
        "readme": "cpp",
        "iosfwd": "cpp"
    },
    "C_Cpp.errorSquiggles": "Disabled",
    "C_Cpp.files.exclude": {
        "**": true
    }
}

I've ran workspace rescan after applying changes you suggested. Still, when I click on certain symbol in the 1st workspace its definition from the 2nd workspace opens. Both workspaces are opened simultaneously, in separate vscode windows.

[sean-mcmanus]

@Racer84 When set C_Cpp.loggingLevel to "Debug" and do a Reset IntelliSense Database -- what is the 1st reference you see in the "C/C++" logging to files/folders in the 2nd workspace that shouldn't be scanned or tag parsed?

You're using a single workspace with 2 workspace folders, right? I'm not sure what you mean by "in separate vscode windows".

[Racer84]

You're using a single workspace with 2 workspace folders, right? I'm not sure what you mean by "in separate vscode windows".

No. I'm using 2 separate workspaces with multi-folder configuration. Each workspace has its own directory tree. Each workspace is opened in its own vscode window/instance.

1st workspace location: /home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/repo_aib.code-workspace, starts with:

{
  "folders": [
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/alior"
	},
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/ca"
	},
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/cards"
	},
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/wspolne"
	},
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/smid"
	},
	{ 
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/repo_aib/narzedzia"
    },
  ],

2nd workspace location: /home/grzes/sources/repo/repo.code-workspace, starts with:

{
  "folders": [
  	{
  		"path": "alior"
  	},
	{
		"path": "advantica_core_banking"
	},
	{
		"path": "bgk/h2h",
		"name": "bgk/h2h"
	},
	{
		"path": "bgk/libs",
		"name": "bgk/libs"
	},
	{
		"path": "bgk/progs",
		"name": "bgk/progs"
	},
	{
		"path": "bgk/schema",
		"name": "bgk/schema"
	},
	{
  		"path": "brutus"
  	},
	{
		"path": "ca"
	},
	{
		"path": "cards"
	},
  	{
		"path": "kir/ebpp2",
		"name": "ebpp"
	},
  	{
		"path": "lukas"
	},
	{
  		"path": "sonet"
  	},
	{
		"path": "wspolne"
	},
	{
		"path": "smid"
	},
	{ 
		"path": "narzedzia"
    },
	{
		"path": "/home/grzes/sources/grafana",
		"name": "grafana"
	}
  ],

[sean-mcmanus]

@Racer84 Every workspace should have it's own separate database file with symbols, as long as you aren't setting the databaseFilename property/setting to the same path (you can see the path via running C/C++: Log Diagnostics and in your logging I see it's 'Current database path: /home/grzes/.cache/vscode-cpptools/8660d1e415d99c9445fc16bbcc1eec57/.browse.VC.db"). I don't see paths from the 2nd workspace in the 1st workspace unless the 1st workspace happens to have a symlink to the 2nd workspace, in which case you could try adding the foldering containing the symlink to the 2nd folder to the C_Cpp.files.exclude in the 1st workspace.

[Racer84]

How to configure separate symbols database file for each workspace properly? I've tried to do this in the first place but it didn't work.

[sean-mcmanus]

@Racer84 It looks like you have "databaseFilename": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/browse.db" set but for some reason it's using /home/grzes/.cache/vscode-cpptools/8660d1e415d99c9445fc16bbcc1eec57/.browse.VC.db instead, which is a different file, unless that is supposed to be different (for the 2nd workspace).

You may need to set the databaseFilename in the c_cpp_properties.json in the 1st workspace. You could also try setting the C_Cpp.default.browse.databaseFilename instead.