Can't ignore projects in a multi-project workspaces

[gmccullo]

Describe the bug

I have a multi-project workspace. I only want Foam active in one project. Presumably I can use foam.files.ignore to achieve this. But I can't find any glob pattern that does the trick. Here's my workspace:

{
	"folders": [
		{
			"name": "Notes",
			"path": "Notes"
		},
		{
			"name": "mss",
			"path": "mss"
		},
		{
			"path": "publishing"
		},
		{
			"path": "compile"
		},
		{
			"path": "analyzers"
		}
	],
}

I started out just trying to ignore the /mss/ project. Here's all the globs I tried:

	"foam.files.ignore": [
		"${projectRoot}/mss/**/*",
		"${projectRoot}/**/mss/**/*",
		"**/mss/**/*",
		"mss/**/*",
		"mss/**",
	],

But I still see files from /mss/ show up in the Orphans panel.

Small Reproducible Example

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Steps to Reproduce the Bug or Issue

Create a multi-project workspace. Make sure each project contains at least one unlinked markdown file. Try to make Foam ignore one of the projects. See if files from that project are ignored in the Orphans panel.

Expected behavior

Foam should ignore all files /mss/.

Screenshots or Videos

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Operating System Version

Win11

Visual Studio Code Version

1.65.2

Additional context

No response

[riccardoferretti]

Thanks @gmccullo could you please create a small zip file with a small repo to make sure we can reproduce the issue?

[gmccullo]

Thanks @gmccullo could you please create a small zip file with a small repo to make sure we can reproduce the issue?

foam bug.zip

[riccardoferretti]

From the logs it's clear what's happening, the ignore patterns are added on top of all the base directories.
This makes sense in the context when Foam is used in a single directory set up, I can see how it becomes limiting in multi-repo setups

Foam Logging: info
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Starting Foam
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Workspace folders: 
[
  "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off",
  "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on"
]
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Glob patterns
{
  "includeGlobs": [
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/*"
  ],
  "ignoreGlobs": [
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/${projectRoot}/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/${projectRoot}foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/foam_off/**",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/foam_off/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/.git",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/.svn",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/.hg",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/CVS",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/.DS_Store",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_off/**/Thumbs.db",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/${projectRoot}/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/${projectRoot}foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/foam_off/**/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/foam_off/**",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/foam_off/*",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/.git",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/.svn",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/.hg",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/CVS",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/.DS_Store",
    "/Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam bug/foam_on/**/Thumbs.db"
  ]
}
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Found: file:///Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam%20bug/foam_off/foam_off.md
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Found: file:///Users/riccardo/Downloads/foam%20bug/foam_on/foam_on.md
[info - 6:41:42 PM] Loaded 2 notes

[Acumane]

Having the same issue. Not sure what else I can provide other than corroborate

[riccardoferretti]

Thanks, I actually think we have a good approach to solving this issue, I will try to include it in the next release.

Linking to #1065 and #1063