Go To File cannot find dangling symlinks

[lzm0]

The Go To File/⌘P/Search files by name feature cannot find symbolic links that are broken/dangling.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

Version: 1.65.0 (Universal)
Commit: b5205cc
Date: 2022-03-02T11:11:20.886Z
Electron: 13.5.2
Chromium: 91.0.4472.164
Node.js: 14.16.0
V8: 9.1.269.39-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 21.1.0

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone this repository: https://github.com/lzm0/demo-for-vscode-issue-144610 which has the following structure

├── dangling-symlink
│   └── file -> ../fake/file
├── file
│   └── folder
│       └── note
├── live-symlink
│   └── file -> ../real/file
└── real
    └── file

5 directories, 4 files

2. Search for file, and the dangling symlink is not in the results list.
   

[lzm0]

This cause is ripgrep not supporting listing broken symbolic links without throwing an error message.

vscode/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch.ts

Line 200 in ab49f4f

const ripgrep = spawnRipgrepCmd(this.config, folderQuery, this.config.includePattern, this.folderExcludePatterns.get(folderQuery.folder.fsPath)!.expression);

[vscodenpa]

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