Vscode: timeline-View shown nothing

[bardware]

• VSCode Version: 1.43.0 insider
• OS Version: Win 10 64 bit German
• git version 2.24.0.windows.2

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Add "timeline.showView": true to settings.json
2. Open a file - timeline-View stays empty.
   I switch to output pane, select Git as soure and read

> git log --format=%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%at%n%ct%n%P%n%B -z -n21 -- d:\Webs\xxx\yyy\zzz\README.md
fatal: d:\Webs\xxx\yyy\zzz\README.md: 'd:\Webs\xxx\yyy\zzz\README.md' is outside repository

When I started code I switched to folder d:\Webs\xxx\yyy\zzz and called "c:\Program files\VSCode_insider\bin\code-insiders.cmd" . --extensions-dir "D:\vscode\insiders_cfml\exts" --new-window.
When I copy the git log call to cmd I get the same error message. Still, I guess the path to the file whose history is to be retrieved is wrong.
I have no idea how it has to look.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[KevinGuancheDarias]

Able to reproduce. In todays build of VSCode Insider (2020-03-09T19:46:29.230Z)

The problem seems to be similar to one already fixed with the Git extension itself, when working with drives. other than C:

I have a G: drive that is "subst" device, it points to C:\Users\kevin\Development

When opening the folder in the G: drive, no changes are detected, when opening the folder in C: it works as expected

• Folder: C:\Users\kevin\Development\AdvancedProjects\modern-sgt
  

• Folder: G:\AdvancedProjects\modern-sgt

Best regards!, keep the great work :wine_glass: :beer:

[the-lambda-way]

Does not appear either on my AFS remote system opened in Remote-WSL. A local project opened in Remote-WSL does show the timeline, however.

[eamodio]

Fixed by https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91548

[DawnPaladin]

Just updated to 1.44.0 and I'm still seeing this problem. The repo is on the C: drive. It's not using WSL.

From Git status:

git log --format=%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%at%n%ct%n%P%n%B -z -n21 -- c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb
fatal: c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb: 'c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb' is outside repository

From my terminal:

PS C:\Repositories\TaskFractal> git log c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb
fatal: c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb: 'c:\Repositories\TaskFractal\app\controllers\application_controller.rb' is outside repository
PS C:\Repositories\TaskFractal> git log \app\controllers\application_controller.rb
fatal: Invalid path '/app': No such file or directory
PS C:\Repositories\TaskFractal> git --version
git version 2.12.2.windows.2

I don't know why it's saying '/app' is an invalid path - it is part of my repo.

[eamodio]

@DawnPaladin Is there a casing difference the folder you are opening in vs code vs the actual casing on disk? e.g. c:\Foo\Bar on disk, but opening c:\foo\bar in vs code

[eamodio]

@bardware Are you still seeing the same issue with 1.44?

[DawnPaladin]

@eamodio I tried a few variations and it looks like the command is failing because it's using a lowercase drive letter. git log c:/... fails, while git log C:/... works.

[bardware]

@bardware Are you still seeing the same issue with 1.44?

Sorry for the delayed answer.
I just updated my Code installation (not insider) to 1.44.1 and saw timeline is enabled by default and the setting "timeline.showView" is not recognized in settings.json.
I had updated git to git version 2.25.1.windows.1.

It looks good at the moment. The timeline View contains the list of commits for the file including a top entry Uncommited Changes.

[eamodio]

@DawnPaladin are you still seeing this issue?

[KevinGuancheDarias]

@eamodio Still having same issue, I don't know if my case is way too different,

Have a good day! :man_technologist:

[DawnPaladin]

@eamodio Yes, I'm on 1.45.1 and the issue is still there. My Timeline pane is always empty. In the Git output pane, I see:

> git log --format=%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%at%n%ct%n%P%n%B -z -n21 -- d:\Repositories\delegate\features\delegate.js
fatal: d:\Repositories\delegate\features\delegate.js: 'd:\Repositories\delegate\features\delegate.js' is outside repository

I open the built-in terminal and run the command and confirm that it fails; then I change "d:" to "D:" and it runs.

[kjeske]

Updating Git for Windows to v2.27 helped

[mglimmerveen]

Thanks! This fix helped me too.

[DawnPaladin]

Updating Git for Windows fixed the problem for me too. Thanks!

[KevinGuancheDarias]

In my case it keeps failing, even with the 2.27 git version.

git version 2.27.0.windows.1

Keep the great work :wine_glass: !

[rretter]

The actual fix for this is the Git Lens extension. It does more stuff, of course, but what distinguishes it from the "native" Git toolset is that it _works_.

[KevinGuancheDarias]

Started working properly in version 1.48.1

Great! :clap:

Update: Keeps failing, was my mistake

[vscode-triage-bot]

Hey @eamodio, this issue might need further attention.

@bardware, you can help us out by closing this issue if the problem no longer exists, or adding more information.