Import statements not recognized in projects in symlinked folders

[TomiOhl]

There is no auto-completion for import statements and clicking on the does not navigate to the source file.

Happens with both npm and local imports. Tried in different projects.
Note that navigation between files works when I reference other contracts elsewhere in the code, just not when clicking on the import statements themselves.

hardhat-vscode 0.7.3
vscode 1.80.2
node v18.16.0
elementary OS 7 (based on Ubuntu 22.04)

[kanej]

Hey @TomiOhl, is this running in a Hardhat project or Foundry.

Is the repo open source to help me reproduce?

[TomiOhl]

It's basically any project that I open. I'm using hardhat.
An example: https://github.com/agoraxyz/guild-pin-contract

Actually I wrote this in the text of the issue:

Note that navigation between files works when I reference other contracts elsewhere in the code, just not when clicking on the import statements themselves.

Atm this is also false, I cannot navigate between files even when ctrl+clicking contracts referenced elsewhere in the code. It did work at the time of writing the issue though. I don't think anything related changed, but I did close vs code since then and even rebooted the device once.

[TomiOhl]

Did an experiment: normally the projects I work on are in a folder that's symlinked to my home folder from another partition. However, after copying a project to my home folder directly, the issue no longer persists. Hence I updated the title, too.
Note: Juan Blanco's Solidity extension supports symlinked folders, too

[kanej]

Hey @TomiOhl. This is known issue: #270

We have an issue with our Hardhat analysis (which leverages node process spawning and that doesn't work well with symlinks).

I am going to close this issue in preference for #270.