vscode: Source Control no longer works on Ubuntu 20.04

I was able to get the latest version of VS Code (1.67.2) to work on Ubuntu 22.04 with git. I had to run this command first as non root git config --global --add safe.directory /path/to/my/repo and clone the repo with a personal access token.

Installed version 1.68.0-insiders and enabled Trace level logging. Here’s what I get:

[2022-05-19T18:18:39.256Z] > git init [7ms] [2022-05-19T18:18:39.819Z] [trace] Opening repository: myrepo [2022-05-19T18:18:39.833Z] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel [4ms] [2022-05-19T18:18:39.833Z] fatal: unsafe repository (‘myrepo’ is owned by someone else) To add an exception for this directory, call:

git config --global --add safe.directory myrepo

[2022-05-19T18:18:39.834Z] [trace] Opening repository for path=‘myrepo’ failed; ex=Failed to execute git { “exitCode”: 128, “gitCommand”: “rev-parse”, “stdout”: “”, “stderr”: “fatal: unsafe repository (‘myrepo’ is owned by someone else)\nTo add an exception for this directory, call:\n\n\tgit config --global --add safe.directory myrepo\n” }

I already tried running the add safe.directory command and I don’t notice any change. Same error in the log appears. From Googling this, it looks like it’s related to the recent Git vulnerability?

https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/

Hope this helps.

I am having the same issue.

VS Code Version: 1.66.2 OS Version: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (in VirtualBox v6.1.22)

I reverted to VSCode version 1.65.2 and the issue was present there too. I can still use git through the CLI and do pulls and commits with no problem. It’s just that the source control in VSCode is not working.

I suppose Microsoft does not care about fixing this seeing as how there are 5k+ open issues. Reverting back to version Nov 2021 allows GitHub source control to work again: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63. You have to make sure the repository has been checked out with a personal access code token and run chmod -R 777 . on the directory first.

Unfortunately, this workaround didn’t work for me. I switched to version 1.63.2 of VSCode, git cloned my repo and authenticated with my personal access token, re-set the remote set-url origin with the personal access token, chmod, git init in the directory, restarted VSCode - no dice. I still have the same source control screen where the “Initialize Repository” button does nothing.

I also attempted to go through the “Publish to GitHub” method and that did nothing either.

(Ignore where the cursor is, not sure why the capture has my cursor offset from where it actually is.)

This could be related: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6637

i am having the same issue as well but I am running ubuntu on windows

same and, having the same issue. I click the initialize repository and choose the my project folder but nothing happens.