VSCode not showing changes in source control git panel

Question

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:

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?

Hey @George, did you find an answer....got the same issue :( — Phil Hawthorn, Jul 25 '20 at 19:19
can't remember but try the refresh button (circular arrow) if it happens again. — George, Jul 26 '20 at 00:31
`sudo apt install git` Solved my issue in Ubuntu 20. Thanks :) — Arjun G, Mar 26 '21 at 11:00
I faced this same issue. This solution works for me https://stackoverflow.com/a/70428355/8730140 — Simran Singh, Dec 20 '21 at 21:42

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '23 at 11:14

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Restart the extension host by Command palette -> Restart Extension Host.

Is faster than restarting/ reinstalling VSCode.

answered Jan 03 '23 at 11:14

anki

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '22 at 00:45

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Happened to me as well. I created a file by running touch aaa.txt and then it showed all changed files. After that I have deleted the created file

answered Sep 09 '22 at 00:45

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '20 at 22:54

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

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 03 '23 at 16:50

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I happened to face the same problem when I opened another project in VSCode. "SOURCE CONTROL: GIT" panel did not show changes in my files until I used

git add .

Below solution worked for me:

go into settings (file->preferences->settings).
search "Git: Post Commit Command".
select 'sync' option from drop down menu.

setting option image

edited Jan 03 '23 at 16:50

anki

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answered Dec 03 '21 at 11:27

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 15 '23 at 18:55

Nothing worked for me. This finally worked. Go to settings -> search for auto save -> Make the option as afterDelay. And make the afterDelay seconds as low as possible. Restart vscode Git changes show up only after the file is saved. This should help.

VSCode not showing changes in source control git panel

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