vscode: Git push hangs

Here’s what I found was happening on my machine:

$ cat $GIT_ASKPASS
#!/bin/sh
VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_PIPE=`mktemp`
ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE="1" VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_PIPE="$VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_PIPE" "$VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_NODE" "$VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS" "$VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_MAIN" $*
cat $VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_PIPE
rm $VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_PIPE

$ export | grep VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS
declare -x VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS=""

This means that $GIT_ASKPASS is passing the empty string as the first positional argument to node, which causes it to launch a REPL instead of running the script $VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_MAIN.

My workaround is export VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS="--title=foobar" but the proper bugfix should happen in VSCode’s GIT_ASKPASS implementation.

This bug appears to have been introduced by this security bugfix: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/ac29daaf3b35fe21fb9121312b1f37851d650ce8

If you can use Github Personal access tokens then go here Generate New Token and run this in your repo folder git remote set-url origin https://<personal_access_token>@github.com/<user>/<repo>.git

Worked for me

I have the same issue. (All my friends have this issue) The commit in VSCode works fine but the pull or push command just won’t work. There is no error message and the Source Control Tab on the left is stuck with the clock symbol. In the git out there is only git push origin main:main and nothing after that.

I use WSL2 with Ubuntu and VSCode installed on Windows connected via “Remote - WSL”. It worked a few months ago but now it does not.

I had a similar issue when I re-installed git from Windows 11. What fixed it for me was opening a terminal window in WSL2 or VSCode and typing the command shown at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-git#git-credential-manager-setup

Looks like the fix made it into the latest VSC 1.62.2 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/136837

Extracted the issue related to $GIT_ASKPASS into a separate issue and marked it as a candidate.

I solved this on Windows 11 with WSL2 by installing keychain and adding it to my bashrc: https://esc.sh/blog/ssh-agent-windows10-wsl2/

Now I’m able to use the GUI again.

Set the GIT_SSH environment variable to work with OpenSSH running [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GIT_SSH", "$((Get-Command ssh).Source)", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User) in PowerShell

I solve this by, editting “setting.json” Set the flag “git.terminalAuthentication” be false(default is true) It works for me.

and, The somewhat strange thing is that, when i restore the flag above(“git.terminalAuthentication”: true) after once set it as false, It still works! but in somewhat different way, It pop up browser of github page that requests authentication.

Maybe the blocking after “git pull”(or git push or git clone or etc…) is caused by waiting for authentication on browser, and there may be some bugs on utility which pop up brower.

@cspotcode

My workaround is export VSCODE_GIT_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS="--title=foobar" but the proper bugfix should happen in VSCode’s GIT_ASKPASS implementation.

I just experienced the same problem in my environment (Remote-WSL) , but the problem was solved by setting this environment variable.

Thank you very much for finding the solution.

Some more testing done.

With a newly installed WSL instance from the Microsoft Store, git is unable to clone, push, pull with a password protected SSH key.

I’m going to open another ticket for this is this seems more like a real issue affecting the SSL subsystem.

Im having this issue, after reinstalling my WSL instance. VSCode 1.68.1 Windows (Running in WSL instance)

Ive tried;

• adding keychain
• .ssh folder exists on both root and user account inside WSL with same keys, keychain loaded on both users
• logging in via ssh git@git.flipkick.media - works ok
• removing the password off the key -> THIS WORKED

I would have thought this is a serious security concern given the solution. with keychain running and able to push via a terminal in and out of VSCode.

I had a similar issue when I re-installed git from Windows 11. What fixed it for me was opening a terminal window in WSL2 or VSCode and typing the command shown at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-git#git-credential-manager-setup

THis is the only thing that worked for me. Haven’t had issue with WSL2 and git command line for over a year and it all of a sudden started after a windows update.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/wsl-git#git-credential-manager-setup

I thought I was the only one having this issue. However, I am SSH’ing into another machine on the same network and trying to push. Hangs forever, turned the -v flag to see what was happening, nothing. One day I was freaking out because my changes weren’t in the repo and panicked all monday only to see the machine was still hanging. Walked over to the SSH’ed into machine (same office) and did a git push, no problem. Doesn’t seem to be related specifically to VSCode but to Git Bash in my case on a windows machines.