I'm not in any git project, yet the message "Cannot determine recent change or authors (unsaved changes)" appears. Is this intended to appear even if I am not in a git project?
This message is helpful when I am working on a git project, but for me it is useless in a normal document.
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I get the same notation on nearly every line in an untracked file in a git project.
This is definitely NOT by design. I have never noticed this -- it took me a little bit to reproduce too. It will be fixed in the next GitLens release. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you both for the report!
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This is definitely NOT by design. I have never noticed this -- it took me a little bit to reproduce too. It will be fixed in the next GitLens release. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you both for the report!