2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ra_vfs/src/io/mod.rs b/crates/ra_vfs/src/io.rs
index daac6c6f2..3ab52ac3d 100644
--- a/crates/ra_vfs/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_vfs/src/io.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn handle_task(task: Task, watcher: &Arc<Mutex<Option<Watcher>>>) -> TaskResult
             root_filter,
             nested_roots,
         } => {
-            watch(watcher, &path, &*root_filter, false);
+            watch(watcher, &path, root_filter.as_ref(), false);
             log::debug!("loading {} ...", path.as_path().display());
             let files = load_root(
                 path.as_path(),
diff --git a/crates/ra_vfs/src/lib.rs b/crates/ra_vfs/src/lib.rs
index f4447be43..4f3896a82 100644
--- a/crates/ra_vfs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_vfs/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@ impl RootFilter {
 
 pub(crate) fn default_filter(path: &Path, rel_path: &RelativePath) -> bool {
     if path.is_dir() {
-        rel_path.components().next() != Some(Component::Normal("target"))
+        for (i, c) in rel_path.components().enumerate() {
+            if let Component::Normal(c) = c {
+                // hardcoded for now
+                if (i == 0 && c == "target") || c == ".git" || c == "node_modules" {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        true
     } else {
         rel_path.extension() == Some("rs")
     }