zabel-xyz/local-history

Stop putting .history folder in working folder

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robross0606 commented

Putting the .history folder in your working folder by default is a terrible idea. It causes indexing problems in VSCode. It causes problems with Jest, git and who knows what else. Put the folder someplace else by default like the user's tmp folder. I know you have a means to specify a fixed path, but this is very tedious if you juggle multiple projects. Find another spot to automatically place the .history data.

leocaseiro commented

You change your settings for Local-history: Path (search in vscode preferences).

In my case I added inside .vscode/history, eg:
${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/history/

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You can change your path and add the file to .gitignore.
.gitignore:
.vscode/history/*

Here are some useful VS Code Variables if you don't want it inside .vscode
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/variables-reference

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robross0606 commented

Good idea, but doesn't change the ticket. This shouldn't be the default behavior.

zabel-xyz commented

VSCode variables are not supported. Only ${workspaceFolder}, see doc
I don't want to change default value. This is like that since several year without problem. I don't want to change user's settings (change default value = change user settings).
You can change it in your user settings if you want.

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