Vscode: Source Control select default setting show/hide untracked changes tab

Created on 23 Jan 2020 · 9Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

I'd like to request the ability to set a default value for whether the "untracked changes"-tab is expanded or minimized.

As it is now, the tab is always open to show the files. I'd like to be able to change my default to minimized to reduce clutter and noise when looking at the changes I actually care about.

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DanielHammerin

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@hypercubestart I did a fix for this yesterday and was about to summit a PR. Sorry for not commenting about it beforehand

jeanp413 on 27 Jan 2020

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We could simply remember the collapse state and preserve it across sessions, would that work? I'm not too keen on adding a setting for it.

joaomoreno on 23 Jan 2020

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After reading your suggestion I realize that it is exactly what I actually want. So much better.
Excellent!

EDIT:
It also forgets it's state if I go to another activity in the activity bar and back.
Ex: I'm in Source Control and minimize the untracked changes, then go to Debug/Run and then go back to Source Control. Upon returning, the untracked changes tab is expanded.
Not sure if this information is of value, but I figured I might as well include it.

DanielHammerin on 23 Jan 2020

This sounds like a great idea! Can I work on this?

hypercubestart on 27 Jan 2020

@hypercubestart I did a fix for this yesterday and was about to summit a PR. Sorry for not commenting about it beforehand

jeanp413 on 27 Jan 2020

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This was open on January, is there any plan to merge the PR for the upcoming versions? I have like aleph-0 untracked files I do not want to delete because I do not know if I am going to need some of them in the future and I do not want to commit because they are only interesting to me. Being able to collapse the tab is great but 99% of the space of the sidebar is untracked files and every time I open it I think: when did I modify that many files? oh wait... Find the untracked changes collapse bar (there is little discussion about how invisible this can be depending on your theme xD) and collapse it.

This is such a small thing that would make a great difference.