redhat-developer / redhat-developer/vscode-java
Copies entire project to VSCode workspaceStorage. Doesn't cleanup on Uninstall
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Description
Upon opening the single .java file in the repo, this extension (secretly, as far as I'm concerned) copied the entire workspace file tree to VSCode's workspaceStorage. This duplicated 50GB, including (obviously) many files with no relationship to java. Not sure what the rationale for copying every file could be...
but at the very least, clean everything up upon uninstall guys.
Environment
- Operating System: macOS 10.14.5
- JDK version: None!
- Visual Studio Code version: 1.36.1
- Java extension version: latest
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 reproducing the behavior described when opening a single .java file in Visual Studio Code, then inspect how the extension uses VSCode workspaceStorage and how uninstall is handled. Done means the extension no longer copies unrelated workspace files unnecessarily and removes its stored project data when uninstalled.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100