Cache files are stored by VS Code in the permanent storage on Linux instead of the location for cached data

[MurzNN]

• VSCode Version:
  Version: 1.81.1
  Commit: 6c3e3db
  Date: 2023-08-09T22:18:39.991Z
  Electron: 22.3.18
  ElectronBuildId: 22689846
  Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
  Node.js: 16.17.1
  V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
  OS: Linux x64 6.2.0-27-generic

• Local OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04

• Remote OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04

• Remote Extension/Connection Type: Containers

I have a problem with that VS Code uses too much space in my home folder.

By analyzing the stored files I found that it stores a lot of cached files in the permanent storage, instead of using the special storage for cache data in Linux ($XDG_CACHE_HOME, usually located at ~/.cache).

So here is the list of VS Code data directories, that should be moved to the temporary cache storage from the permanent storage for configs and other data:

• .config/Code/Cache
• .config/Code/CachedConfigurations
• .config/Code/CachedData
• .config/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs
• .config/Code/CachedExtensions
• .config/Code/CachedProfilesData
• .config/Code/Code Cache
• .config/Code/DawnCache
• .config/Code/GPUCache
• .config/Code/Service Worker/CacheStorage
• .config/Code/Service Worker/ScriptCache
• .vscode-server/extensionsCache
• .vscode-server/data/CachedExtensions
• .vscode-server/data/CachedProfilesData
• extensions cache data like .vscode-server/data/User/globalStorage/redhat.vscode-yaml/schemas_cache

All these directories should be moved to the $XDG_CACHE_HOME/Code directory, to not waste space of the permanent storage, designed for storing only configuration and other persistent files, not the cache files.

[deepak1556]

/duplicate #3884