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Git: Symlink support

See original GitHub issue

VSCode Version: 1.0.0 (1.0.0)
OS Version: OSX 10.11.4 (15E65)

Steps to Reproduce:

Create a new project with git repository initialised.
Create a folder /foo/bar
Add a symlink from /foo/bar to /bar ln -s /foo/bar .
Go to Git tab on vscode, and stage /bar folder.

If now you click on staged /bar folder, you’ll get an error Warn: Can't open this git resource.

Issue Analytics

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Created 7 years ago
Reactions:174
Comments:50 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

49reactions

adekmaulanacommented, Jul 5, 2021

this is the most annoying bug i’ve ever encountered yet still not fixed after 5 years. Hope it will be fixed soon

39reactions

martindalecommented, May 5, 2021

I’m adding another $300 bounty to this issue; as mind-boggling as it is to see it still be a problem 5 years later, we’re still losing productivity to the crashes and long delays associated with the occasional use of SSHFS for remote editing.

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