Plugging an an arduino with VSCode open to a non-arduino project causes c++ and arduino files to be added to that project

[wilsonmfg]

the files are:
.vscode/arduino.json
.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json

these really do not belong in a nodejs or python project. the extension should check for an .ino file before adding them.

[hellyzh]

Is this because you used the command "Arduino: Examples" to open the project? If use Open Folder... to open the project, it should not add the files.

[wilsonmfg]

no, the project in question is not an arduino project at all.

[adamm]

I have the same issue.

It occurs when I plugin an esp32 dev kit and /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART is created. It does not occur when I plug in an Arduino Uno or Nano (which create /dev/cu.usbserial-xxxxxxxx).

What's interesting, when this issue occurs and my non-Arduino project is "hijacked" by the VS Arduino extension, the esp32 is being mis-identified as an esp8266, and the esp8266 README.md opens in a new tab.

@wilsonmfg what hardware are you connecting?

Mac OS: 10.13.6
Visual Studio: 1.44.0
VSCode Arduino: 0.3.0

[wilsonmfg]

an adafruit Huzzah ESP8266.
is it possible there some code in the esp8266 board definition that's triggering vscode to do this?

[hellyzh]

Mis-identified esp32 is due to a hard code usb mapping, It may need to manually switching board after plugged device in. But for the wrongly added arduino files, they really should be only added to project with ".ino" file.

[adamm]

I've found that I can workaround the issue and avoid the hijack by adding to global settings.json:
"arduino.enableUSBDetection": false
And restarting vscode.

[hellyzh]

Arduino Extension v0.3.1 is released with the fix to not add arduino files for non-Arduino project.