Adds indicator if view auto-refresh is unavailable

src/constants.ts

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export enum GlyphChars {
 	SpaceThinnest = '\u200A',
 	SquareWithBottomShadow = '\u274F',
 	SquareWithTopShadow = '\u2750',
+	Warning = '\u26a0',
 	ZeroWidthSpace = '\u200b',
 }
 

src/views/branchesView.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 	ViewFilesLayout,
 	ViewShowBranchComparison,
 } from '../configuration';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import {
 	GitBranchReference,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import {
 	unknownGitUri,
 	ViewNode,
 } from './nodes';
-import { debug, gate } from '../system';
+import { debug, gate, Strings } from '../system';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
 
 export class BranchesRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<BranchesView, BranchesNode> {
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ export class BranchesViewNode extends ViewNode<BranchesView> {
 		if (this.children.length === 1) {
 			const [child] = this.children;
 
+			if (!child.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
+				this.view.description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 0, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
+			}
+
 			const branches = await child.repo.getBranches({ filter: b => !b.remote });
 			if (branches.length === 0) {
 				this.view.message = 'No branches could be found.';

src/views/commitsView.ts

@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ export class CommitsRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<CommitsView, Bra
 		item.contextValue = `${ContextValues.RepositoryFolder}${this.repo.starred ? '+starred' : ''}`;
 
 		if (branch != null) {
-			const lastFetched = (await this.repo?.getLastFetched()) ?? 0;
+			const lastFetched = (await this.repo.getLastFetched()) ?? 0;
 
 			const status = branch?.getTrackingStatus();
-			item.description = `${status ? `${status}${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)}` : ''}${branch.name}${
+			item.description = `${this.repo.supportsChangeEvents ? '' : Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 1, 2)}${
+				status ? `${status}${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)}` : ''
+			}${branch.name}${
 				lastFetched
 					? `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)}Last fetched ${Repository.formatLastFetched(lastFetched)}`
 					: ''
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ export class CommitsRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<CommitsView, Bra
 								suffix: ` $(git-branch) ${branch.tracking}${providerName ? ` on ${providerName}` : ''}`,
 						  })}`
 						: `hasn't been published to ${providerName ?? 'a remote'}`
+				}${
+					this.repo.supportsChangeEvents
+						? ''
+						: `\n\n${GlyphChars.Warning} Unable to automatically detect repository changes`
 				}`,
 				true,
 			);
@@ -213,14 +219,20 @@ export class CommitsViewNode extends ViewNode<CommitsView> {
 
 			const branch = await child.repo.getBranch();
 			if (branch != null) {
-				const lastFetched = (await child.repo?.getLastFetched()) ?? 0;
+				const lastFetched = (await child.repo.getLastFetched()) ?? 0;
 
 				const status = branch.getTrackingStatus();
 				this.view.description = `${status ? `${status} ${GlyphChars.Dot} ` : ''}${branch.name}${
 					branch.rebasing ? ' (Rebasing)' : ''
-				}${lastFetched ? ` ${GlyphChars.Dot} Last fetched ${Repository.formatLastFetched(lastFetched)}` : ''}`;
+				}${lastFetched ? ` ${GlyphChars.Dot} Last fetched ${Repository.formatLastFetched(lastFetched)}` : ''}${
+					child.repo.supportsChangeEvents
+						? ''
+						: `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 3, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`
+				}`;
 			} else {
-				this.view.description = undefined;
+				this.view.description = child.repo.supportsChangeEvents
+					? undefined
+					: `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 1, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
 			}
 
 			return child.getChildren();

src/views/contributorsView.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 import { commands, ConfigurationChangeEvent, Disposable, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { Avatars } from '../avatars';
 import { configuration, ContributorsViewConfig, ViewFilesLayout } from '../configuration';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { RepositoryChange, RepositoryChangeEvent } from '../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../git/gitUri';
 import { ContributorsNode, RepositoryFolderNode, unknownGitUri, ViewNode } from './nodes';
-import { debug, gate } from '../system';
+import { debug, gate, Strings } from '../system';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
 
 export class ContributorsRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<ContributorsView, ContributorsNode> {
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ export class ContributorsViewNode extends ViewNode<ContributorsView> {
 		if (this.children.length === 1) {
 			const [child] = this.children;
 
+			if (!child.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
+				this.view.description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 0, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
+			}
+
 			const contributors = await child.repo.getContributors();
 			if (contributors.length === 0) {
 				this.view.message = 'No contributors could be found.';

src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts

@@ -249,8 +249,10 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<RepositoriesView> {
 		}
 
 		if (!this.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
-			description = `<!>${description ? ` ${GlyphChars.Space}${description}` : ''}`;
-			tooltip += '\n\n<!> Unable to automatically detect repository changes';
+			description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 1, 0)}${
+				description ? Strings.pad(description, 2, 0) : ''
+			}`;
+			tooltip += `\n\n${GlyphChars.Warning} Unable to automatically detect repository changes`;
 		}
 
 		const item = new TreeItem(label, TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded);

src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 import { Command, Disposable, Event, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, TreeViewVisibilityChangeEvent } from 'vscode';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
 import {
 	GitFile,
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
-import { debug, Functions, gate, log, logName } from '../../system';
+import { debug, Functions, gate, log, logName, Strings } from '../../system';
 import { TreeViewNodeCollapsibleStateChangeEvent, View } from '../viewBase';
 
 export enum ContextValues {
@@ -352,8 +353,13 @@ export abstract class RepositoryFolderNode<
 			expand ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded : TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed,
 		);
 		item.contextValue = `${ContextValues.RepositoryFolder}${this.repo.starred ? '+starred' : ''}`;
+		item.description = this.repo.supportsChangeEvents ? undefined : Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 1, 0);
 		item.tooltip = `${
 			this.repo.formattedName ? `${this.repo.formattedName}\n${this.uri.repoPath}` : this.uri.repoPath ?? ''
+		}${
+			this.repo.supportsChangeEvents
+				? ''
+				: `\n\n${GlyphChars.Warning} Unable to automatically detect repository changes`
 		}`;
 
 		return item;

src/views/remotesView.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 	window,
 } from 'vscode';
 import { configuration, RemotesViewConfig, ViewBranchesLayout, ViewFilesLayout } from '../configuration';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import {
 	GitBranch,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 	unknownGitUri,
 	ViewNode,
 } from './nodes';
-import { debug, gate } from '../system';
+import { debug, gate, Strings } from '../system';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
 
 export class RemotesRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<RemotesView, RemotesNode> {
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ export class RemotesViewNode extends ViewNode<RemotesView> {
 		if (this.children.length === 1) {
 			const [child] = this.children;
 
+			if (!child.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
+				this.view.description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 0, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
+			}
+
 			const remotes = await child.repo.getRemotes();
 			if (remotes.length === 0) {
 				this.view.message = 'No remotes could be found.';

src/views/stashesView.ts

@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import {
 	window,
 } from 'vscode';
 import { configuration, StashesViewConfig, ViewFilesLayout } from '../configuration';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { GitReference, GitStashReference, RepositoryChange, RepositoryChangeEvent } from '../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../git/gitUri';
 import { RepositoryFolderNode, RepositoryNode, StashesNode, StashNode, unknownGitUri, ViewNode } from './nodes';
-import { debug, gate } from '../system';
+import { debug, gate, Strings } from '../system';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
 
 export class StashesRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<StashesView, StashesNode> {
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ export class StashesViewNode extends ViewNode<StashesView> {
 		if (this.children.length === 1) {
 			const [child] = this.children;
 
+			if (!child.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
+				this.view.description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 0, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
+			}
+
 			const stash = await child.repo.getStash();
 			if (stash == null) {
 				this.view.message = 'No stashes could be found.';

src/views/tagsView.ts

@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@ import {
 	window,
 } from 'vscode';
 import { configuration, TagsViewConfig, ViewBranchesLayout, ViewFilesLayout } from '../configuration';
+import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { GitReference, GitTagReference, RepositoryChange, RepositoryChangeEvent } from '../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../git/gitUri';
-import { RepositoryFolderNode, RepositoryNode, TagsNode, unknownGitUri, ViewNode } from './nodes';
-import { debug, gate } from '../system';
+import {
+	BranchOrTagFolderNode,
+	RepositoryFolderNode,
+	RepositoryNode,
+	TagsNode,
+	unknownGitUri,
+	ViewNode,
+} from './nodes';
+import { debug, gate, Strings } from '../system';
 import { ViewBase } from './viewBase';
-import { BranchOrTagFolderNode } from './nodes/branchOrTagFolderNode';
 
 export class TagsRepositoryNode extends RepositoryFolderNode<TagsView, TagsNode> {
 	async getChildren(): Promise<ViewNode[]> {
@@ -63,6 +70,10 @@ export class TagsViewNode extends ViewNode<TagsView> {
 		if (this.children.length === 1) {
 			const [child] = this.children;
 
+			if (!child.repo.supportsChangeEvents) {
+				this.view.description = `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Warning, 0, 2)}Auto-refresh unavailable`;
+			}
+
 			const tags = await child.repo.getTags();
 			if (tags.length === 0) {
 				this.view.message = 'No tags could be found.';