How do I hide certain files from the sidebar in Visual Studio Code?

Question

Using Microsoft\'s Visual Studio Code, how do I hide certain files and file patterns from appearing in the sidebar?

I want to hide .meta and .git<

Answer 1

For .meta files while using Unity3D, I found the best pattern for hiding is:

"files.exclude": {
  "*/**/**.meta": true
}

This captures all folders and subfolders, and will pick up foo.cs.meta in addition to foo.meta