Git issue with Visual Studio 2015

48
votes

I have a Visual Studio solution inside a git repository created with TortoiseGit version 1.8.16.0 (git version 2.6.2.windows.1)

I just updated Visual Studio from 2015 to 2015 Update 1, and it stopped tracking changes on my files. also it won't allow me to commit anything.

Is this some sort of a known problem? are there any solutions?

update

(ironic title...) VS tracks unsaved files as "changed" and saved files appear to be "unchanged"

switching branches is behaves correctly and results in an error if there are uncommitted (real )changes

update 2

could this in the output window could have anything to do with the error:

Opening repositories:

Could not open 'C:/[project path].VC.opendb': The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Could not open 'C:/[project path].VC.opendb': The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

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I also verified this problem for a git repository cloned directly from visual studio's github extension (without tortoise). So this isn't related to tortoise git. - Sebastião Miranda
Do you get any error messages in TortoiseGit or git cli? - MrTux
Nope... And everything was working until the uodate - AK_
Is there your/repo/path/.git/index.lock file? - Yue Lin Ho
I am experiencing the same problem as are some of my coworkers. The suggestions below from @VonC don't resolve the issue :( - NebulaSleuth

5 Answers

113
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I had the exact same issue as you and spent hours trying to get it to work, including re-cloning.

I solved it on my end by adding the *.VC.opendb and *.VC.db files to the .gitignore file of my project.

As soon as I returned to Visual Studio all my pending changes were showing. As far as I can tell it's all working normally again.

3
votes

I have same issue with db.lock file ...

Solution with images are as follow:

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Git will ignore these files for next commit.

0
votes

Since the Visual Studio 2015 update 1 release notes and its "Known Issues and Fixed Bugs" page does not mention anything related to Git, try to:

  • make a fresh clone of your repo from the command line (git clone)
  • import the solution in Visual Studio and check if the git repo is detected

Or:

https://regmedia.co.uk/2015/12/01/1.jpg

  • check that you can add new files
  • close Visual Studio
  • overwrite that new repo by your own (delete and replace the .git by your own, and copy your worktree over the one used by Visual Studio)
0
votes

Simpler solution which worked for me (also for VS 2017): open .git\config file and change

bare: true

to

bare:false
-1
votes

To make VS 2015 not show the unmodified files, you need to set core.autocrlf=false in your Git configuration by console. It sames newer versions of git core includes one new line on file with crlf (VS doesn't show the new line).

To set it through all your repositories write

git config core.autocrlf false

and it will be deactivated.