Every changes triggers onDidFilesChange

[cenkce]

Every file changes in a workspace triggers onDidFilesChange that I never watch. Is it correct behavior? How can I handle it?

• Theia 1.4.0
• Macos 10.15.7

[vince-fugnitto]

@cenkce thank you for the discussion, can you clarify by providing a use-case and why you expect onDidFilesChange to not trigger?

that I never watch

I assume you are explicitly watching for certain files, but there is also the general file-watching mechanism which will fire the event whenever there is a change in the workspace, for example if a file is opened and modified, or if a file is modified outside the application.

[cenkce]

@vince-fugnitto files.watcherExclude has no effect. I try it inside of workflow/.theia and ~/.theia but never change.

{
    "workbench.iconTheme": "theia-file-icons",
    "files.watcherExclude": {
        "**/.git/objects/**": true,
        "**/.git/subtree-cache/**": true,
        "**/node_modules/**": true,
        "**/dist/**": true,
        "**/scripts/generated/**": true
    },
    "editor.autoSave": "off",
    "application.confirmExit": "always"
}

[cenkce]

and also this one "editor.autoSave": "off", never worked

[vince-fugnitto]

@cenkce preferences should be either:

• user scope: ~/.theia/settings.json
• workspace scope: {workspace-path}/.theia/settings.json
• folder scope

Note that preferences with a more precise scope will have priority.

Can you confirm where the settings you mentioned in #9548 (reply in thread) exist?

[cenkce]

Yes they exist but no effect. I can't understand what's wrong.

[vince-fugnitto]

Yes they exist but no effect. I can't understand what's wrong.

I have never seen this error before, perhaps try setting these values through the UI:

• F1
• search and confirm the value open preferences
• search for the corresponding preference in the view and modify the value