Intellij/AS keeps marking folder `packages` as excluded

Please tell us what you were doing and what went wrong

Our project uses packages for each feature of ours. The problem is, opening the root project, the Intellij/AS keeps marking folder packages as excluded.

Steps to Reproduce

1- Create new project 2- Create a package inside the packages folder (can do it with flutter create command) 3- Flutter pub get and run the app 3- packages folder will be marked as excluded by the IDE.

Version info

❯ flutter doctor -v [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.10.15-pre.1, on Mac OS X 10.14.6 18G103, locale en-BR) • Flutter version 1.10.15-pre.1 at /Users/reinaldo.moreira/sdk-flutter • Framework revision dbbec2785b (2 weeks ago), 2020-01-31 10:31:03 -0300 • Engine revision e73c9c8f6b • Dart version 2.7.0

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 29.0.2) • Android SDK at /Users/reinaldo.moreira/dev/compilers/android-sdk • Android NDK location not configured (optional; useful for native profiling support) • Platform android-29, build-tools 29.0.2 • ANDROID_HOME = ~/dev/compilers/android-sdk • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio 3.6.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-release-1586-b4-5784211) • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 10.1) • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer • Xcode 10.1, Build version 10B61 • CocoaPods version 1.7.5

[✓] Android Studio (version 3.6) • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio 3.6.app/Contents • Flutter plugin version 43.0.2 • Dart plugin version 192.7761 • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-release-1586-b4-5784211)

[✓] Android Studio (version 3.5) • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio 3.5.app/Contents • Flutter plugin version 42.1.1 • Dart plugin version 191.8593 • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-release-1483-b49-5587405)

[✓] Android Studio • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio 4.0 Preview.app/Contents • Flutter plugin version 42.1.4 • Dart plugin version 193.5731 • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_212-release-1586-b4-5784211)

[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2019.3) • IntelliJ at /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app • Flutter plugin version 42.1.4 • Dart plugin version 193.5731

[✓] Connected device (1 available) • Android SDK built for x86 • emulator-5554 • android-x86 • Android 8.0.0 (API 26) (emulator)

• No issues found!

[ottonascarella]

this has been a true pain. I’d love to see this fixed.

[alexander-doroshko]

Finally, this has been fixed. The latest Dart plugin won’t change packages folder exclusion state automatically. Users may exclude or unexclude packages folders manually as needed.