Git checkout dropdown includes non-existing remote

[AlCalzone]

Issue Type: Bug

When trying to switch branches in VSCode, the dropdown includes branches from a remote that no longer exists:

Attempting to check out these branches results in an error

Git: fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; starting point 'AlexCPU/vitrum-fixes' is not a branch.

Neither git remote -v nor git branch -vv include any reference to this remote. It also does not appear in ~/.gitconfig nor the local .git/config.

How can I remove these entries?

VS Code version: Code 1.62.2 (3a6960b964327f0e3882ce18fcebd07ed191b316, 2021-11-11T20:56:38.428Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043 Restricted Mode: No

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor (24 x 3793)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
oop_rasterization: enabled
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
skia_renderer: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|31.91GB (17.38GB free)| |Process Argv|--folder-uri file:///c%3A/Repositories/node-zwave-js --crash-reporter-id 334f021d-210d-4760-a7f9-f7e771ce0905| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (48)

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A/B Experiments

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[lszomoru]

@AlCalzone, sorry for not getting back to you on this until now. Couple of questions:

1. Were those remotes ever present in the repository? If so, were the branches deleted on the remote? Was the remote deleted?
2. Could you please share the value of the git.checkoutType setting? Is it set to ["local", "remote", "tags"]?
3. To rule out any extension, are you able to reproduce the issue when you start VS Code with code --disable-extensions?

[AlCalzone]

Were those remotes ever present in the repository?

Yes

If so, were the branches deleted on the remote? Was the remote deleted?

The remote came from locally checking out a pull request from a contributor. I removed the remote from my local repository (and deleted all local branches). The remote on Github still exists, but the branch that contained the PR commits doesn't any longer.

Is it set to ["local", "remote", "tags"]?

Yes

code --disable-extensions

Still there.

[lszomoru]

@AlCalzone, thank for the update. Will take a look at this today and will update the issue with my findings.

[lszomoru]

@AlCalzone sorry for not getting back to you until now. Could you please try couple of things in order to track down the issue:

1. Could you please run the following command git for-each-ref refs/remotes/AlexCPU and see if it returns anything?
2. Could you please run the following command git for-each-ref and see if it returns any of the remotes
3. Could you please update the git.checkoutType setting to ["local", "tags"]and see if the items are still being included in the quick pick.

[AlCalzone]

@lszomoru I'm afraid I can't reproduce anymore.

In the meantime another PR from the problematic remote was opened, I checked it out locally with the Github extension and then removed the remote again when done.

Now the entries no longer appear in the list. Commands 1 and 2 also return no reference, but I guess this is expected.

[lszomoru]

@AlCalzone thanks for the update. Based on your update I will go ahead and close this issue. Please feel free to reopen it in case you run into this issue again. Thanks!