eclipse-theia/theia

hidden files downloaded bogusly

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#4,733 opened on Mar 27, 2019

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Description

In order to reproduce try to download .gitignore file, it will be downloaded like gitignore.

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Research direction
Find the download handler in the file explorer code that strips leading dots from filenames and modify it to preserve them.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
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Under 1 hour
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
TypeScript
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80