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Drag and Drop "dotfile" to File Explorer creates file without leading "dot"

See original GitHub issue

VSCode Version: 1.30.2 (user setup)
OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

Steps to Reproduce:

Open Folder in VS Code that contains a “dotfile” e.g. “.gitignore”, “.env”, “.htaccess”
Drag and Drop a “dotfile” to the windows file explorer. The pasted file name does not contain leading “dot” e.g. “gitignore” instead of “.gitignore”

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:14 (9 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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isidorncommented, Mar 15, 2019

@christianzingg This is an electron issue. I was kind enough and filled this https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17394

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deepak1556commented, Dec 12, 2022

Issue is in chromium runtime and is present in recent versions as well.

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