Settings "search.include"

[evanlemke]

There is a setting "search.exclude", but not "search.include".

My problem is that search.exclude inherits from files.exclude. I would like to be able hide linter configuration files like .prettierrc, while still being able to quick open or search in them.

{
  "files.exclude": {
    ".node-version": true,
    ".prettierrc": true,
  },
  "search.exclude": {
    "**/node_modules": true
  },
  "search.include": {
    ".prettierrc": true,
  }
}

This is very similar #55271 but it was closed in favor of #869. #869 does not address this use case because the files.exclude inheritance can not be pattern matched against.

I would like to see either

• the ability to disable search.excludes inheritance of files.exclude
• a stand alone search.include setting

[andreamah]

Please contribute to this discussion in #869. Although your use case is different, the implications and implementation of a search.include should also consider the use cases that others have for creating more advanced file/search globbing. Thanks!

/duplicate #869