Allow re-indexing of files to clear stale search results

[costincaraivan]

I've renamed a top-level folder (don't remember if I did it within VS Code or outside of it, I'm not sure it matters much).

Unfortunately now when I search for files, I get both the results in the old folder (which fail to open, obviously, and they're removed from the search results, afterwards, through the popup) and the ones in the new folder.

Is there some way to manually trigger re-indexing of files so that the search results are up-to-date? It's kind of annoying when you have tens or hundreds of files moved around.

[roblourens]

Could those renamed files still be open in an editor tab in the background?

[costincaraivan]

Nope, they aren't. This happens even after restarting VS Code, I don't know if it makes any difference.

Example, right now: that scripts_bim folder is long gone.

[roblourens]

Are those in the "recently opened" section? In the light gray text on the right side

[costincaraivan]

I'm not sure. If I search for "yml" with Ctrl-P, I get many results and the first line does say "recently opened" on the right side, next to that split window icon. Does this mean that everything present there has been recently opened? If so, I guess they were all "recently opened".

[roblourens]

Yeah once a file is opened, it's unfortunately not removed from that list when deleted. You can clear the whole recently opened list by running "Clear Editor History".

I think #27317 covers this