Extension modifies .project even if java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration is set to disabled

[svogt]

I've set java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration to disabled both on Workspace and user settings level and yet as soon as I start VSCode my .project files get modified and this snippet is being added

<filteredResources>
   <filter>
      <id>1738140691880</id>
      <name></name>
      <type>30</type>
      <matcher>
         <id>org.eclipse.core.resources.regexFilterMatcher</id>
         <arguments>node_modules|\.git|__CREATED_BY_JAVA_LANGUAGE_SERVER__</arguments>
      </matcher>
   </filter>
</filteredResources>

Can this be avoided?

Background: We as a company commit .project / .classpath to Git and the majority still uses Eclipse. Quite annoying to have 30+ modified files every time I try to use VSCode on a project

[rgrunber]

java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration controls whether (or how) the project classpath is updated when build files are modified, so it would control this behaviour.

Based on a quick look at the codebase, you should be able to bypass this by setting "java.project.resourceFilters": []. By default it is [ "node_modules", "\\.git" ] so that those locations are not refreshed by the language server. Let me know if this fixes it.

[svogt]

Hi Roland,

thanks for the tip! Yes, indeed that worked. Thank you very much

[rgrunber]

Closing for now. Might be good to investigate whether we can somehow enable our filters without overwriting the existing ones a project may already have.