Root repo folder was deleted after clicking "Delete to Trash" on a commit. now I can't find it in the Trash

[NoamNol]

Type: Bug

I had my git repo opened in vscode. There was a commit in remote that wasn’t pulled yet. I right-clicked on the commit and then clicked "Delete to Trash". Now everything inside the repo folder is gone, including the .git folder and ignored files. I have nothing left ):

I also don't see it in the Trash folder (I'm using mac)

VS Code version: Code 1.85.1 (Universal) (0ee08df0cf4527e40edc9aa28f4b5bd38bbff2b2, 2023-12-13T09:48:06.308Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 22.2.0 Modes:

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[NoamNol]

• Please don't allow such a destructive option. (and never delete the .git folder)
• Why is it not in the Trash - where should it be? Please explain these things and maybe add an option to recover from vscode.
• Please help me personally recover the folder, especially the .git folder with my local Stash and my ignored files

[ADTC]

I feel like this is a GitLens extension problem because VSCode doesn't have a commit browser. Have you tried an extension bisect to reproduce the problem?

Where exactly did you click "Delete to Trash"? Please show a screenshot.

PS: I'm not a VSCode maintainer. Just trying to help.

[ADTC]

Also btw, what exactly where you trying to do? Deleting an arbitrary commit could wreck your repository in unthinkable ways.

As for the loss of your .git repo folder, have you tried any recovery methods? (either via the operating system or via a third party). Recuva could be good if you're on Windows. Please download and extract it to an external disk though, to avoid overwriting the data you're trying to recover. (Although, YMMV when trying to recover an entire .git folder.)

Lesson for future: Never put anything important in the stash. Put it in a branch named STASH-something or DONT-MERGE-something and push it to the remote. You should treat your actual stash as temporary and potentially volatile.

Not sure what you mean by "my ignored files".. do you mean .git/info/exclude? Is there a reason why you're ignoring them only locally, and not committing the ignore decision to .gitignore?

[ADTC]

Ah since you're on Mac, have you had any luck with Time Machine backups? IDK if there's Recuva for Mac, but I'm sure there are recovery tools.

[NoamNol]

@ADTC Thank you, I just added a screenshot.

• I didn't try "extension bisect".
• It was the last commit from the remote. it should be fine to delete it.
• I didn't try any recovery method. Time Machine is not enabled.
• Folders to ignore where specified in .gitignore. I had some important stuff there.

[ADTC]

That's GitLens extension. You should report this in their repository.

[eamodio]

Really sorry you've experienced this, but GitLens doesn't provide this option. It seems like another extension (or VS Code -- though I don't see it there either) has a menu/command contribution that is attaching to GitLens view items (probably by accident).

Can you please run an extension bisect and see which extension is adding that extra menu option (really the last 3)?

[ADTC]

Thanks @eamodio yeah it seemed super odd that there's a "delete to trash" on a commit, like what does that even mean? Commits are not files or folders! You can't move commits to Trash.

@NoamNol please do Extension Bisect as noted, and report back. (Generally speaking I suggest disabling or removing unnecessary extensions anyway.)

[NoamNol]

I found the extension that caused this! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saekiraku.pin-up

[NoamNol]

If possible, I believe extensions shouldn’t be able to delete the .git folder, at least not without user approval

[lszomoru]

@NoamNol, glad to hear that you were able to track down the culprit extension. Extensions do have access to the full node API hence they can perform a wide range of actions in the context of the user running VS Code. Limiting what extensions do is a much broader issue that is outside the scope of this issue, hence I will go ahead and close it.