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search.exclude does not work for searching symbols across a workspace

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VSCode Version: Code Insiders Version 1.22.0-insider (1.22.0-insider)

Steps to Reproduce:

Open a javascript project with a node_modules folder (couple packages installed)
Search for a symbol across the project
It will show results from the node_modules directory even if you have added the following your user/workspace settings:

"**/node_modules": true,
"node_modules": true

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:92
Comments:48 (16 by maintainers)

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31reactions

patelnavcommented, Aug 2, 2019

Sorry for the bump! But symbol search is quite painful without filtering out excluded libs. This is such a crucial feature that everybody uses, and so frequently.

Are there any PR’s in the pipeline addressing this?

14reactions

adesnmicommented, Sep 13, 2020

Does anybody know the status of this?

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