microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Extension is writing a lot of data to the disk
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Description
OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
VS Code version: 1.44.2
Extension version: 0.27.0
The extension appears to be writing a lot of data to the disk very quickly, for reasons I can't figure out. My projects usually only contain a couple of files that are a few KB in size, yet when I make the slightest edit, save, or do just about anything the extension writes a lot of data to the disk. After about 20 minutes of usage, it has already written over 1 gigabyte of data.
Is this normal behavior or is something wrong? What's causing all those writes?
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No file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the excessive disk writes with Ubuntu 18.04, VS Code 1.44.2, and extension 0.27.0 while editing and saving a small project, then trace which extension activity causes them; done means identifying the cause and preventing the unexplained write volume.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100