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Make Intellisense work from the root in vscode

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#34,795 opened on Apr 9, 2020

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Description

Currently the intellisense works when we open a libraries project folder in vscode. But the intellisense doesnt work if open the entire repo in the vscode. We should investigate and fix the failure there.

cc @ericstj @ViktorHofer @safern

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Research direction
Compare VSCode workspace settings and .vs directory between opening the root repository vs a project folder to identify what triggers intellisense failure.
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csharp
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developer experience
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Needs investigation
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VSCodeC#
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60