Breaking change in vscode://file paths syntax

[denis-sokolov]

Type: Bug

A path like vscode://file//home/user/myProject/ has worked in the past and was correct according to a reasonable interpretation of the docs. After a recent change this format is no longer accepted. This breaks compatibility and requires countless 3rd-party tools to be updated (example). Worse, the new format is not generic across the operating systems, so the update for 3rd-party tools is not trivial.

Would you perhaps reconsider and continue support for existing links like vscode://file//home/user/myProject/?

Reproduction:

1. Create a link to an existing file with this syntax: vscode://file//home/user/myProject/
2. Click on the link.

Expected: the file or folder opens in VS Code.
Reality: the VS Code becomes focused, but does not open anything.

VS Code version: Code 1.84.2 (1a5daa3, 2023-11-09T10:52:57.054Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 21.6.0

Related: #197319, microsoft/vscode-docs#6838.

[bpasero]

/duplicate #197319

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[bpasero]

Using insiders (where my fix landed) I am able to open vscode-insiders://file//Users/bpasero/Desktop/test-ts in the browser and get the workspace folder opened as it used to.

You can give our preview releases a try from: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/