Duplicate file tabs when project is opened from a symbolic link

[shekhovt]

Type: Feature Request

Behaviour

When running a python file in debug mode, whenever the debuger stops (at exception or breakpoin), the source file is opened in a separate duplicate tab with an absolute path. Code browsing from there also opens new duplicate tabs. This is clutterning IDE and accidental editing in the duplicate tabs causes the effect of externally modified file on the original tab opened from the project explorer.

Steps to reproduce:

My VS Code is on Windows, but I work through Remote-SSH with a Linux machines.

I think the main reason for the issue is symbolic links. I open the project (folder) in my home directory. Hovering over a file or tab shows ~/datagrid/project/file.py
The duplicate tab oppend by debugger shows
/mnt/datagrid/personal/username/project/file.py
Because ~/datagrid is a symbolic link.

The feature that I propose it is to always resolve symbolic links in the absolute path whenever files are opened by the editor or the explorer or search/replace tools. Does is make sense?

Extension version: 2024.10.0
VS Code version: Code 1.92.2 (fee1edb8d6d72a0ddff41e5f71a671c23ed924b9, 2024-08-14T17:29:30.058Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.0-15-amd64
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.0-1062-nvidia

[rchiodo]

You might try this setting:

"resolveSymlinks": true

It was intended to solve this exact problem, but it may not be working anymore.

See this issue:
#743