VS Code "go to definition" includes IDF

[mzimmers]

Hi all -

Is there a way to get the "go to definition" command to exclude the IDF components? On my system, if my application uses a symbol name that is also found in the IDF, it finds those instead of the one in my own code.

Thanks...

[ESP_bignacio]

You should update the <project-directory/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file as shown in c_cpp_configuration documentation. The best configuration is usually the one using the compile_commands.json but you could remove/update those browse paths in ESP-IDF components.

EDIT: Apologies, wrong url formatting.

[mzimmers]

Thanks, bignacio. Does the file compile_commands.json have to reside in the build directory? I'd like it to be a bit more permanent.

[mzimmers]

There's something about the build process I still don't understand. If I do a clean, I get build errors when I try to build from within the IDE. Running idf.py build fixes that, but it also wipes out my compile_commands.json file, and replaces it with about 4800 lines including a ton of files from the IDE. Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Thanks...