Poor perf due to permissive filesWatcherInclude?

[lonix1]

The default settings have:

"vitest.filesWatcherInclude": "**/*",

I'm using linux. I already have a very large number of watchers due to the IDE itself, multiple dev servers, etc. I'd like to avoid having even more due to the extension.

1. Does that default watch every single file in the workspace - including .git, node_modules, etc.?
2. What should I use for that setting - just test files, or source files too?
3. Is this setting irrelevant if the "eye" icon ("continuous run") is off?

Any advice would be appreciated... Thanks!

[sheremet-va]

Hello!

Yes, the extension watches every file including .git and node_modules. We ignore those events, but they are reported by vscode. You should always include tests folders. You should include the source code, if you are using continuous run. This setting is not irrelevant if you are not using continuous run because it updates the test tree when you change/delete/add a test file.

[lonix1]

Thanks for your advice!
In a pnpm monorepo, I'm using this to minimise the number of watched files:

"vitest.filesWatcherInclude": "{apps,packages}/*/{src,tests}/**/*.{js,ts,svelte}",

Seems to work so far...