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[git] Adding a folder to `.gitignore` should not add every single file

See original GitHub issue

VS Code Version: v1.57.1
OS Version: Win 20H1

Steps to Reproduce:

Create an empty repository
Do npm init && npm install whatever
Switch to the SVM view
Oops, you have one bajillion changed files in your working copy! Right-click the node_modules folder in the SCM view and choose “Add to .gitignore”.

Expected behavior:

node_modules/ is added to the .gitignore.

Actual behavior:

Every single file in the node_modules subtree of the repository is added separately to the .gitignore …

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State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

danila-grobovcommented, Nov 30, 2021

@LinqLover @lszomoru Hey, I think I fixed the issue! Could you take a look at my pull request?

2reactions

LinqLovercommented, Nov 2, 2021

@danila-grobov I would start here and here. I am not into the VS Code impl at all, but as there is no enumeration of files, I fear that the UI could always pass all single children of the selected item to the command … Great that you are looking into this! 😃

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