How can i disable files or folders in visual studio code

Question

Most of the times i copy a file for backup before changing it, i do this because my team might need a new release and i simply rename the previos file, create a new Build with the file, and then i rename the files again and continue my own work on the new version of the file, this works great, but the problem lies in when i try to search for a file using ctrl + e, sometimes i go to an old version of a file by mistake or i find the old (renamed) file first!, i wish this program just had an easy disable file or folder option, is there a way to accomplish this?, maybe a hidden setting or an extension i don't know about ?
So my final goal is to right click on a folder or file and simply click disable so it doesn't show up in any search tool or replace or ...

I should mention visual studio has something similar where you can disable a file so its ignored when you compile

Answer 1

You need version control. I'd recommend git.

• The problem you've described doesn't exist, because no two copies of a file exist simultaneously. If you want to switch to a different version, you issue appropriate git command (or use IDE's integration) and you get the new version in a fraction of second.
• Versioning is easy, git does it for you. You don't have to maintain multiple copies of the source tree by hand.
• When you have two versions of project that branched off in different directions, you can request git to merge one into the other. Most of the time it happens automatically and it even resolves some conflicts for you.
• Hundreds of other advantages.

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