Git API omits remotes defined through repository-local include.path

[dragos]

Type: Bug

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

When remotes are defined via an include inside .git/config, they are not correctly parsed. The most visible error is via the GitHub Pull Requests extension that shows [error] [FolderRepositoryManager+0] The remote 'origin' is not a GitHub repository. even though it really is.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a repository whose remote is defined in an included config:

   root="$(mktemp -d)"
   git init "$root/repo"
   
   git config --file "$root/remotes.conf" \
     remote.origin.url https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.git
   git config --file "$root/remotes.conf" \
     remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
   
   git -C "$root/repo" config --local include.path "$root/remotes.conf"
   git -C "$root/repo" remote -v

2. Confirm that Git reports origin:

   origin https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.git (fetch)
   origin https://github.com/microsoft/vscode.git (push)
   

3. Open $root/repo in VS Code.

4. Inspect the built-in Git extension’s Repository.state.remotes.

Actual behavior:

Repository.state.remotes does not contain origin. Features consuming the Git API consequently behave as if the repository has no matching remote, even though Git resolves it correctly.

Expected behavior:

Repository.state.remotes should reflect Git’s effective configuration, including remotes supplied through [include] and applicable [includeIf] sections.

Root cause:

extensions/git/src/git.ts implements getRemotesFS() by reading and parsing .git/config directly:

private async getRemotesFS(): Promise<MutableRemote[]> {
  const raw = await fs.readFile(
    path.join(this.dotGit.commonPath ?? this.dotGit.path, 'config'),
    'utf8'
  );
  return parseGitRemotes(raw);
}

This bypasses Git’s include processing. The existing getRemotesGit() fallback is only used when direct parsing throws, not when parsing succeeds but returns an incomplete set of remotes.

Suggested fix:

When the local config contains an include or includeIf section, use getRemotesGit() so Git resolves the effective configuration. This preserves the fast direct-file path for repositories without includes.

Extension version: 0.132.2
VS Code version: Code 1.136.1 (Universal) (a44adf7f53e00964ab890f9f8758a334f1fc15bc, 2026-09-03T05:06:41Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.6.0
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.4.0-1161-aws-fips

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M4 Max (16 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x106b [Google Inc. (Apple)], DEVICE=0x0000 [ANGLE (Apple, ANGLE Metal Renderer: Apple M4 Max, Version 26.6.2 (Build 25G83))], DRIVER_VENDOR=Apple, DRIVER_VERSION=26.6.2 ACTIVE Machine model name: Mac Machine model version: 16.5 direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: enabled_on trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	3, 3, 3
Memory (System)	64.00GB (0.45GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id d815658b-4870-4f52-91e0-a84e1b9dc813
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: arca.ssh
OS	Linux x64 5.4.0-1161-aws-fips
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8375C CPU @ 2.90GHz (48 x 0)
Memory (System)	371.78GB (339.97GB free)
VM	0%

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