Improper progress during search

[jrieken]

See attached gif, the progress bar quickly goes to ~90% and then takes a long while until it reaches 100%.

[bpasero]

@jrieken can you zip the workspace and attach and include your settings?

[jrieken]

unsure if that is needed: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchViewlet.ts#L1405

tho, it is the workspace described here: microsoft/TypeScript#7444

[bpasero]

@jrieken the progress is only fake until I know how many files to search. since file walking can take forever, and I still want to show something, there can be cases where the fake progress goes to 90% and only then a lot of more files are discovered.

There is really no good way of showing real progress without knowing the number of files to search in upfront (e.g. an index would help).

[jrieken]

I wonder if we should show the infinite progress as long as we don't know how many files there are?

[bpasero]

Yeah, that could work.