microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Limit size of .browse.VC.db to avoid filling up disk
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Description
I had situations where .browse.VC.db files where ~10GB (yes, lot's of source files to be indexed). I'm fine with this, but there should be some check in place that prevents those files from occupying all available disk space. How about going into some degraded-service behavior if less than 0.5GB (or similar) is available?
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the code that creates or maintains .browse.VC.db during source indexing, then trace how available disk space could be checked. The issue does not name a file or test; done means indexing no longer allows these databases to consume the remaining disk space and degraded behavior is covered by verification.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100