VS Code: Search multiple directories

Question

When searching, VS Code has the ability to list files to include to scope the search. This is used by default when using the "find in folder" feature. For example, searching src results in ./src as the files to include.

Is there a syntax I can use to list multiple directories here? For example, I want to search ./src and ./lib in one search.

user_1830293 · Answer

Did you try a comma like ./dir1, ./dir2? For me it seems to work

user_1197860 · Answer

By the way, here is the documentation of 'files to include': https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/codebasics#_advanced-search-options

In particular, you can use glob notation. Also, VS Code will include/exclude certain directories or files by default, depending on your settings.json, in case anyone still sees unexpected behaviour.

VS Code: Search multiple directories

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