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rfoo on April 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General ...

This has been changed. WSL 2 VM now runs a 9p file server, and on the Windows side it mounts to \\wsl$. Of course, the performance are degraded. It would certainly take longer for Intellij to index your project.

WorldMaker on April 15, 2020 [–]

WSL 1 also supports the 9p file server and \\wsl$, you just have to upgrade to at least Windows 10 1903.

(Also, hints are that Microsoft is exploring adding shortcuts to \\wsl$ directly to the File Explorer left hand tree.)

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