./ doesn't work in "files to exclude"

[borekb]

• VSCode Version: 1.29.1
• OS Version: macOS Mojave

Previously, including ./somedir and excluding ./somedir/subdirectory would find all matches everywhere in somedir except subdirectory. In 1.29, I also get results from the subdirectory.

There have been quite a few search-related changes in 1.29, is this one of them? I have to say that I found the previous behavior more intuitive.

(I'm able to replicate in 1.30 insiders.)

[borekb]

UPDATE: moved to a separate issue: #63522

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Cloud this be related? I'm pretty sure PHP files used to be filtered out with this expression (actually, I used to use just !*.php; this new !**/*.php is my attempt to make it work but it doesn't either).

[roblourens]

I don't think that's related, can you file a separate issue for @sandy081? Thanks

[borekb]

Done: #63522.

[roblourens]

I think the bug is just that ./ syntax doesn't work in files to exclude