three indentical files in the build folder

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Simply curious why there are three copies of them?

Sigurd Hellesvik · Accepted Answer

It is because VS Code seem to be following symbolic links for its search. 
 To disable the functionality, see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/71533 . 
 If I look in that folder, it just looks like this: 
 
 But if I list it more detailed from the command line (I use linux, but it should be similar in windows): 
 
 As you can see, "include" and "include_zephyr" points to similar directories. Specifically, "include_zephyr" is a subsection of "include" Therefore, if your search will search both of these paths, it will find the same define in both these. 
 Did this explanation make sense?

three indentical files in the build folder

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