How do I stop VSCode from searching for references in my virtual environments?

Question

The "Find all references" search takes forever.

When it finishes I see that VSCode searched for references in my virtual environments .venv and .venvlinux, even though I listed it under my "Files: Exclude" and "Files: Watcher Exclude" settings

My json.settings file looks like this

{
    "files.exclude": {
        "**/.git": true,
        "**/.svn": true,
        "**/.hg": true,
        "**/CVS": true,
        "**/.DS_Store": true,
        "**/Thumbs.db": true,
        "**/.venv": true,
        "**/.venvlinux": true
      },

      "files.watcherExclude": {
        "**/.git/objects/**": true,
        "**/.git/subtree-cache/**": true,
        "**/node_modules/*/**": true,
        "**/.hg/store/**": true,
        "**/.venv/**": true,
        "**/.venvlinux/**": true
      },
}

How do I stop VSCode from searching for references in my virtual environments?

user_9670056 · Answer

This problem seems to be linked to Github Issue #6436 of vscode-remote-release, which was already covered by Github Issue #137872 of VSCode.

Based on that discussion, it looks like this is an ongoing problem, and further help will probably come from commenting on that issue or opening your own and referencing it.

user_19110432 · Answer

I had this same issue. I had to add the pattern to my Search.exclude settings, instead of the Files.exclude settings.

user_17018723 · Answer

Use another IDE. Then it shouldn't do that anymore. I know you're probably thinking I'm saying this just to be rude, but I'm just suggesting this in case nothing else works and you absolutely have to.

How do I stop VSCode from searching for references in my virtual environments?

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