Cannot rename folder

[taisho2023]

Note

This issue is caused on Windows due to the file watcher we are using. You can try the following workaround:

1. Create a file spyglass.json in the workspace root
2. Paste the following contents inside:

{
  "env": {
    "useFilePolling": true
  }
}

3. Reload vscode, for example by running the Developer: Reload Window command after pressing Ctrl+Shift+P

problem.of.DHP.mp4

[misode]

This seems like a problem with chokidar, as explained here: paulmillr/chokidar#664 (comment)

Unless we switch to an entirely different way of watching files I don't think this is likely to be solved

[misode]

@SPGoding What were the problems with vscode's createFileSystemWatcher API that made you switch to chokidar? Was it just to make the language server agnostic?

[SPGoding]

There is a DidChangeWatchedFiles notification in LSP so I believe editor support is not as big of a problem (depending on how many editors implement that notification). I think I run into issues with how folder operations (like rename and deletes) are notified in the events. I believe the chokidar watcher we use sends an individual event for every entry in the affected folder recursively while the LSP notification sent by VS Code only includes the top level folder so I had to do some weird heuristics that didn't really work (#351).

We can either figure out how the notification works or use polling in chokidar on Windows.

[Kesuaheli]

Oh... that comes from Spyglass...
I really wondered why VSCode wont let me rename any folders. I thought VSCode had a buggy update.
I couldnt even rename them in Windowns Explorer, because of "is opened by another program" (the file watcher, ig?).
Have to close VSCode everytime in order to rename.
Now I found this issue in the Discord gh-issues channel.

+1 to fix this

[misode]

Reopening because the config is opt-in and this is a common issue people are experiencing. We should look into a better solution in the future.

[B1BU]

I'm having this issue very frequently, can't rename anything with the extension enabled

[B1BU]

Is there a way to enable this useFilePolling option globally?

[misode]

Is there a way to enable this useFilePolling option globally?

No, that's not possible. This workaround is not meant to be a final solution, we plan to fix this issue properly in the future.