Go to definition of variable value in tfvars

[radeksimko]

Use-cases

From 0.19 users are able to go to variable definition/declaration, which is always considered to be the variable block (where value can be specified as default).

In Terraform it is also possible to specify value of a variable via tfvars file and users would benefit from being able to find the value definition of a variable from its reference (e.g. var.foo).

Proposal

TODO

[danishprakash]

hey @radeksimko, this looks like an interesting one, mind If I take a shot at it?

[radeksimko]

After thinking through this and trying to map LSP's concepts somehow to HCL I believe we should represent tfvars entries as references, rather than definitions for variable blocks, which is already tracked under #618

The minor difference this will make is that users would pick a different item from the context menu

This also reflects the fact that VS Code implements UX aspect of go-to-definition as Ctrl/Cmd+click and making a variable block clickable would be slightly awkward.

The opposite should work though - i.e. tfvars entry would be considered a reference to the variable block, and so Ctrl/Cmd+click-ing on a tfvars entry will take you to the block (not the opposite, which is what this issue was proposing). Relatedly Go to Definition from tfvars would take you to the relevant variable block.

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