Cant follow symlinks

[HeCodes2Much]

• GitLens Version: 11.7.0
• Git Version: 2.34.1

• VSCode Version: 1.63.2
• OS Version: Arch Linux

Steps to Reproduce:

• file i selected is ~/.config/i3/config the i3 folder is the symlink to the folder below
• folder it gets the file from in the symlink is /mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles/i3/.config/i3/

if i select the file that is not the symlink then it works file but it doesnt seem to like that being a symlink folder

GitLens (Git):

[2022-01-19 11:48:23:980] [/home/repo/.config/i3] git rev-parse --show-toplevel • 29 ms 
[2022-01-19 11:50:44:955] [/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles] git ls-files -- /mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles/.config/i3/config • 33 ms 
[2022-01-19 11:50:44:957] [/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles] git ls-files -- /home/repo/.config/i3/config • 19 ms 

GitLens:

[2022-01-19 11:51:52:474] [/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles] git ls-files -- /mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles/.config/i3/config • 13 ms 
[2022-01-19 11:51:52:474] [8079] GitService.isTracked returned false • 14 ms — y=GitUri(file:///mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles/.config/i3/config repoPath=/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles)
[2022-01-19 11:51:52:475] [/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles] git ls-files -- /home/repo/.config/i3/config • 7 ms 
[2022-01-19 11:51:52:475] [807a] GitService.isTracked returned false • 8 ms — y=GitUri(file:///home/repo/.config/i3/config repoPath=/mnt/500GB/.gitlabs/DotFiles)

[stangelandm1]

More evidence on not being able to handle symlinks or subst drives:

On windows, my whole repo is "subst" to shorten the path for my own convenience (w: -> c:/Users/Username/workspaces/).

• If I open the project from the subst drive w:/project, GitLens does not work.
• If I open the non-subst, it works fine.

[eamodio]

Really sorry for the delay on this -- the major refactor GitLens underwent in version 12 to bring virtual repository support and web support made tracking down a performant solution much harder than I had expected/hoped.

Can you please verify this fix in today's GitLens insiders edition?

You can install the GitLens insiders edition from here.

Please be sure to disable or uninstall the stable version of GitLens first.

[neelayu]

I am using the insiders version and can confirm this indeed is working fine now. Thanks @eamodio

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