How to exclude all but certain files in the sidebar in Visual Studio Code?

Question

Using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code, how do I show only certain files and file patterns in the sidebar and exclude all other files?

I want to show .yml files to achieve editing only them and not to scroll through all files.

I tried this, but it didn't work.

"files.exclude": {
    "**/*": true,
    "**/*.yml": false
}

P.S. I understand there is a way to hide certain files, but I want to show only specific files. I don't mind using an extension to achieve this.

Unfortunately this has been an open issue since 2015. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/869 — Alex Myers, Sep 14 '18 at 13:19
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Mark · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-14T14:22:13.907

This will get you pretty close:

"files.exclude": {

    "**/*.[^y]*": true,
    "**/*.y[^m]*": true,
    "**/*.ym[^l]*": true
}

It should exclude all files except those starting with a .ym(etc.) extension, like .yml, .ym, .ymabcdef, etc. I don't know if you have any other files besides .yml that match that pattern. I think right now this is as close as you can get to what you want. The last entry doesn't seem to actually do anything though it should!!

How to exclude all but certain files in the sidebar in Visual Studio Code?

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