vscode: "Git: Failed to execute git" dialog but git works in terminal
Issue Type: Bug
As of approximately August, git integration no longer works, but git commands work fine from the terminal within VS Code.
I can reliably reproduce by opening a project folder with .git repository, clicking on source control tab in sidebar and pressing “Refresh” icon. VS Code then presents a dialog with “Git: Failed to execute git”. From there, opening the git log shows a normal log, with a series of commands and no errors:
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Using git from C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git config --get commit.template
Open repository: \.
> git status -z -u
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
...the log shows periodic calls to the following two commands from then on:
> git status -z -u
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
user.email and user.name are already set globally so this solution is not a problem.
Issue occurs on insider edition of VS code and it also occurs when running as administrator and when running with --disable-extensions.
VS Code version: Code 1.27.2 (f46c4c469d6e6d8c46f268d1553c5dc4b475840f, 2018-09-12T16:17:45.060Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 6.1.7601
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2793) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled checker_imaging: disabled_off flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software rasterization: enabled video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Memory (System) | 15.63GB (7.97GB free) |
| Process Argv | C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (3)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| jshint | dba | 0.10.20 |
| php-debug | fel | 1.12.5 |
| printcode | nob | 2.3.1 |
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 6 years ago
- Comments: 21 (5 by maintainers)
Joao, looks like we posted at the same time (see my comment above)… strangely a Windows system update solved the problem. To answer your last question though, all repositories were affected and they were in the local file system. So there is a strange dependency on some aspect of the OS. I’m going to close this issue.
Also would add that --verbose gave no clue on problems. I think we just need to get at exactly what is failing in the git call… I believe this is an edge case related to something about my workstation’s configuration - environment, path, permissions. I am suspicious that VSCode is internally executing git in a way that is not the same as is happening in terminal.