Not working with VS Code

[dawsonc623]

I am using VS Code version 1.32.3 (user setup). When I let VS Code use my Windows Git, it works fine, but when setting it to use wslgit, I get "No source control providers registered" in my Source Control tab, and this in my Git output:

Looking for git in: C:\Users\...\wslgit.exe
Using git 2.17.1 from C:\Users\...\wslgit.exe
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel
> git rev-parse --show-toplevel

Obviously, VS Code is detecting wslgit fine, but as far as using it goes nothing is happening.

[andy-5]

What is the output of manually executing C:\Users\...\wslgit.exe rev-parse --show-toplevel within a Git repository on the Windows command line?

Have you made any customizations to your WSL environment, like e.g. custom mount points, using a different shell, etc.?

[dawsonc623]

Ah, got it - the VC++ runtime needed repaired. It would have been great if VS Code had shown me the error, but I suppose I should have tried running it manually anyway.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, and thanks for creating this to begin with!