VSCode not showing changes in source control git panel

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When I make a change to a file in the project folder, the 'SOURCE CONTROL: GIT' panel is not showing the changes unless I type git add . in the terminal.

They do show as 'Uncommitted Changes' in Git Graph.

You can see this in the below screenshot:

VSCode git changes discrepancy

I have quit VSCode and reopened it, and made sure to open the project root folder which has the .git file which when opened showed the changes, but after I had committed, pushed, and then made some new changes, they were again not picked up.

How can I resolve this for good?

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Hey @George, did you find an answer....got the same issue :( – Phil Hawthorn
can't remember but try the refresh button (circular arrow) if it happens again. – George
Thanks, I rebooted and it went away so all good :+1 – Phil Hawthorn
sudo apt install git Solved my issue in Ubuntu 20. Thanks :) – Arjun G Perambra

1 Answers

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This happened to me when I tried merging one branch into another with merge conflicts.

The problem ended up being two sets of duplicate files in git Unmerged paths where the only difference was a folder name in their paths with different letter casing. I used git remove on the two files with incorrect casing and the problem was immediately resolved.

Example Resolution

% git status

Unmerged paths:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." as appropriate to mark resolution)

    both deleted:   filePATH/file01.ts
    both deleted:   filePATH/file02.ts
    added by us:    filePath/file01.ts
    added by us:    filePath/file02.ts

% git remove filePATH/file01.ts
% git remove filePATH/file02.ts
% git add filePath/file01.ts
% git add filePath/file02.ts