Add option to mark any file outside current workspace read-only

[ortk95]

As an extension of #4873, it would be great if there was an option to automatically mark any file which is not in the current workspace directory as read only. I sometimes end up opening files located elsewhere to view their contents (e.g. the source code for installed python modules or scripts in other directories), but I never actually want to edit these other files.

It may be possible to already create a generic filter like this with files.readonlyInclude and files.readonlyExclude, but I haven't found a combination of glob patterns that works yet.

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[starball5]

Related on Stack Overflow: How to prevent VSCode from changing files that do not belong to the project?

@bpasero Is there supposed to be a way to achieve this using the new read-only feature from 1.79? I tried a little bit but didn't have success:

"files.readonlyInclude": {
   "*": true,
   //"${workspaceFolder}": false,
},
"files.readonlyExclude": {
   "${workspaceFolder}/**/*": true,
}

[bpasero]

No, there is no variables support in settings as far as I know.

[starball5]

Posted an imperfect solution over at the Stack Overflow Q&A: https://stackoverflow.com/a/76585490/11107541

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