file watcher excludes all, still get "unable to watch in large workspace"

[Deena-B]

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Issue Type: Bug

I get the "Unable to watch for file changes in this large workspace folder" message in both of my remote workspaces.

I have set my settings.json to the following, which should exclude every folder that is in my workspace!

{
"security.workspace.trust.untrustedFiles": "open",
"window.zoomLevel": 1,
"terminal.integrated.scrollback": 1000000,
"terminal.integrated.persistentSessionScrollback": 1000000,
"editor.wordWrap": "wordWrapColumn",
"files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",
"scm.alwaysShowRepositories": true,

"files.watcherExclude": {
    "**/.git/objects/**": true,
    "**/.git/subtree-cache/**": true,
    "**/.hg/store/**": true,
    "**/node_modules/*/**": true,
    "**/venv/**": true, 
    "**/env/**": true, 
    "env -*": true,
    "/home/**": true,
    "/rnd/users/**": true, 
    "/ops/**": true
}

}

I don't want to increase my max_user_watches, I just want to exclude what's watched. What am I missing?

Thanks,
Deena

VS Code version: Code 1.64.1 (Universal) (d6ee99e, 2022-02-07T17:26:08.977Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 20.6.0
Restricted Mode: No
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2.x86_64

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz (16 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	4, 4, 4
Memory (System)	64.00GB (38.88GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 05475dd1-2faf-4f0a-8b4a-b95e52ccd493
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: scops
OS	Linux x64 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz (20 x 2494)
Memory (System)	125.65GB (46.44GB free)
VM	100%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: scrnd1
OS	Linux x64 4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2.x86_64
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz (20 x 2494)
Memory (System)	125.65GB (0.57GB free)
VM	100%

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[bpasero]

Glob patterns are unsupported.

/duplicate #137872