Include folders to import

[maxandersen]

importing quarkus repo I end up with an almost impossible vscode which keeps waiting on maven to refresh on every java related action.

Was suggested to use java.import.exclusions to tell which projects to not import.

That’s rather tedious and I was realizing if I could just do java.import.exclusions=** and then `java.import.inclusions=integration-tests/maven/,devtools/' then I would be good.

As opposed to listing ~300 individual lines in exclusion.

Pretty please :)

[fbricon]

@maxandersen as usual with that kind of thing, there's always the problem of who takes precedence.
In your exemple java.import.inclusions takes precedence over java.import.exclusions, to a point where it would not even be necessary to define java.import.exclusions=**
But then, what if someone needed to include=foo/**, but exclude=foo/bar/** ?

[maxandersen]

Alternatively adopt the convention/format of things like .gitignore/.dockerignore where a "!" negates the pattern. see https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format

Then it would be:
java.import.exclusions=foo/bar/**,!foo/**

[fbricon]

"java.import.exclusions": [
        "**/node_modules/**",
        "**/.metadata/**",
        "**/archetype-resources/**",
        "**/META-INF/maven/**",
        "**/quarkus/**",
        "!**/quarkus",
        "!**/quarkus/build-parent",
        "!**/quarkus/bom",
        "!**/quarkus/bom/*",
        "!**/integration-tests",
        "!**/integration-tests/maven",
        "!**/devtools/*",
        "**/devtools/gradle"
    ]

You have to include a parent directory. The order is important.

[hannah23280]

"java.import.exclusions": [
        "**/node_modules/**",
        "**/.metadata/**",
        "**/archetype-resources/**",
        "**/META-INF/maven/**",
        "**/quarkus/**",
        "!**/quarkus",
        "!**/quarkus/build-parent",
        "!**/quarkus/bom",
        "!**/quarkus/bom/*",
        "!**/integration-tests",
        "!**/integration-tests/maven",
        "!**/devtools/*",
        "**/devtools/gradle"
    ]

You have to include a parent directory. The order is important.

what does it mean by "include a parent directory"? How does the ordering works? Wonder if there is any guide that explains this in details.

[snjeza]

what does it mean by "include a parent directory"? How does the ordering works? Wonder if there is any guide that explains this in details.

if you want to include only the **/quarkus/bom/*, you have to set the following:

"java.import.exclusions": [
...
        "**/quarkus/**", // exclude **/quarkus/**
        "!**/quarkus", // include **/quarkus - parent
        "!**/quarkus/bom", // include **/quarkus/bom - parent
        "!**/quarkus/bom/*", //  // include **/quarkus/bom/*
...
    ]

! means include instead of exclude.