Display files generated by build plugins in file browser

[rauhul]

It would be really to be able to open and view files generated by swiftpm build tool plugins. Ideally these would look like "gitignored" files in the target folder they are included in.

[award999]

@rauhul vscode has a concept of multi-root workspaces where you could add other source trees to the workspace. Is that sufficient?

[adam-fowler]

@rauhul vscode has a concept of multi-root workspaces where you could add other source trees to the workspace. Is that sufficient?

Could you not also add generated files into the swift-project view?

[rauhul]

@award999 well the other "source" tree is in the build folder so its already in the package source tree just buried under .build. But moreover I dont want to go digging through .build to find the files. it would be a much better UX to show them under the target they get compiled with.

@adam-fowler I'm not following sorry, can you explain further?

[adam-fowler]

@adam-fowler I'm not following sorry, can you explain further?

The swift project view which includes the Dependencies, Targets and Tasks sections could also include a Generated files section.

[rauhul]

@adam-fowler thats an interesting idea! I don't think its as good as a user experience but it's certainly wayyyy more accessible than the build folder.

It also occurred to me we could also show generated modulemaps etc which would make debugging C target issues SO much easier.