The git repository has too many active changes

[complexityclass]

I have some really annoying warnings and can't even turn them off. Don't show again button doesn't work.

These are two warnings I have The git repository at '/private/var/folders/1g/gq74jq1d3h9cwbz240kdr0x45xywwk/T' has too many active changes, only a subset of Git features will be enabled.

The git repository at '/Users/user/path/to/monorepo/files' has too many active changes, only a subset of Git features will be enabled.

git status -u shows only 1 change git rev-parse --show-toplevel shows correct folder (it's a big monorepo)

The first one is not even a repo, it is a system temp directory.

• VSCode Version: 1.33.1
• OS Version: 10.14.4

Steps to Reproduce:

1. git difftool HEAD (vscode as a merge tool)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

[joaomoreno]

git status -u shows only 1 change

This is pretty weird.

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If you open a New Window in VS Code, does the error keep appearing?

[complexityclass]

git status -u shows only 1 change

This is pretty weird.

If you open a New Window in VS Code, does the error keep appearing?

Yes, it does. But the error message disappears after several seconds.

[joaomoreno]

Does the error appear right on startup? Can you show me a screenshot of the full window with the error?

[complexityclass]

Does the error appear right on startup? Can you show me a screenshot of the full window with the error?

Yes, right on startup. It doesn't appear if I have changes in single file and appear for 2 or more files with changes.

Here is a screenshot

[joaomoreno]

Can you show me the full output of git status -u on both folders?

[complexityclass]

Can you show me the full output of git status -u on both folders?

Yes

• /private/var/folders/.../T Is not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

• /Users/complexity/Development `On branch some/ios/feature/task-15477 Your branch and 'origin/some/ios/feature/task-15477' have diverged, and have 21 and 1 different commits each, respectively. (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)

  Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage) modified: TestHelpers.swift`

[joaomoreno]

Does it keep happening if you relaunch with code --disable-extensions?

[complexityclass]

Does it keep happening if you relaunch with code --disable-extensions?

I've added this key in .gitconfig, but the problem still exists [difftool "vscode"] cmd = code --disable-extensions --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE

[joaomoreno]

Oh! I missed that part. It only reproduces when used with difftool?

[complexityclass]

Oh! I missed that part. It only reproduces when used with difftool?

yes, only when It used as a difftool

[joaomoreno]

Can you show me the full output of Git: Show Git Output when the issue reproduces?

[complexityclass]

Can you show me the full output of Git: Show Git Output when the issue reproduces?

Yes, here it is Looking for git in: /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.21.0/libexec/git-core/git Using git 2.21.0 from /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.21.0/libexec/git-core/git

git rev-parse --show-toplevel git config --get commit.template Open repository: /private/var/folders/1g/gq74jq1d3h9cwbz240kdr0x45xywwk/T git rev-parse --show-toplevel git status -z -u git config --get commit.template Open repository:
Users/complexity/Development/path/to/monorepo/ios/app/SharedComponents/ Storage/Transformers git status -z -u git check-ignore -v -z --stdin 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

[joaomoreno]

There's a .git folder in /private/var/folders/1g/gq74jq1d3h9cwbz240kdr0x45xywwk/T. If that shouldn't be there, delete it. Then, check whether this still happens.

[complexityclass]

/private/var/folders/1g/

There is no such .git directory ls -ld .?* shows: drwx------ .AddressBookLocks drwx------ .CalendarLocks -rw-r--r-- 1 .keystoneAgentLock

And ls -a | grep git shows: vscode-git-askpass-3c14dd24371060ee0b74aafeaa1aab22acb

[joaomoreno]

That's weird because the log says it was successful in opening a git repo in that location. Something is odd.

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[brunovieira97]

Isn't this a duplicate of #55428?