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Git - do not show repositories in the empty window #292804

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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions extensions/git/src/repository.ts
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Expand Up @@ -957,11 +957,14 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
: new ThemeIcon('repo');

// Hidden
// This is a temporary solution to hide worktrees created by Copilot
// when the main repository is opened. Users can still manually open
// the worktree from the Repositories view.
this._isHidden = repository.kind === 'worktree' &&
isCopilotWorktree(repository.root) && parent !== undefined;
// This is a temporary solution to hide:
// * repositories in the empty window
// * worktrees created by Copilot when the main repository
// is opened. Users can still manually open the worktree
// from the Repositories view.
this._isHidden = workspace.workspaceFolders === undefined ||
(repository.kind === 'worktree' &&
isCopilotWorktree(repository.root) && parent !== undefined);
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The _isHidden property is only set once during repository initialization, but workspace.workspaceFolders can change dynamically during the VS Code session. This creates a bug where:

  1. If VS Code opens with no workspace folders (empty window), repositories will be hidden
  2. When a user later adds a workspace folder via "Add Folder to Workspace", the existing repositories remain hidden because _isHidden is never updated

The property needs to be made reactive to workspace folder changes. Consider one of these approaches:

  • Add a listener for workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders in the Repository constructor to update _isHidden
  • Make isHidden a computed getter that checks workspace.workspaceFolders dynamically
  • Dispose and recreate repositories when workspace folders change from empty to non-empty (or vice versa)

See below for a potential fix:

		const computeIsHidden = () => workspace.workspaceFolders === undefined ||
			(repository.kind === 'worktree' &&
				isCopilotWorktree(repository.root) && parent !== undefined);

		this._isHidden = computeIsHidden();

		const root = Uri.file(repository.root);
		this._sourceControl = scm.createSourceControl('git', 'Git', root, icon, this._isHidden, parent);
		this._sourceControl.contextValue = repository.kind;

		const workspaceFoldersListener = workspace.onDidChangeWorkspaceFolders(() => {
			const newIsHidden = computeIsHidden();
			if (newIsHidden === this._isHidden) {
				return;
			}
			this._isHidden = newIsHidden;
			this._sourceControl.hidden = this._isHidden;
		});
		this.disposables.push(workspaceFoldersListener);

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const root = Uri.file(repository.root);
this._sourceControl = scm.createSourceControl('git', 'Git', root, icon, this._isHidden, parent);
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion extensions/git/src/statusbar.ts
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Expand Up @@ -292,13 +292,17 @@ export class StatusBarCommands {
private checkoutStatusBar: CheckoutStatusBar;
private disposables: Disposable[] = [];

constructor(repository: Repository, remoteSourcePublisherRegistry: IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry) {
constructor(private readonly repository: Repository, remoteSourcePublisherRegistry: IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry) {
this.syncStatusBar = new SyncStatusBar(repository, remoteSourcePublisherRegistry);
this.checkoutStatusBar = new CheckoutStatusBar(repository);
this.onDidChange = anyEvent(this.syncStatusBar.onDidChange, this.checkoutStatusBar.onDidChange);
}

get commands(): Command[] {
if (this.repository.isHidden) {
return [];
}

return [this.checkoutStatusBar.command, this.syncStatusBar.command]
.filter((c): c is Command => !!c);
}
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