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git sync issue on an empty repo

See original GitHub issue

VSCode Version: 1.46.1
OS Version: macOS 10.15.5

Steps to Reproduce:

# create empty repo test1
git clone https://.../test1.git test1_01
git clone https://.../test1.git test1_02
cd test1_01
code ./
# add 1.txt -> commit -> sync
cd ../test1_02
code ./
# click sync: I expect changes will be synced

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:10 (8 by maintainers)

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kzhui125commented, Jun 24, 2020

@joaomoreno here is the recording

2020-06-24.gif.zip

I expect changes will be synced if I click the sync button, or a message.

But there is no response now.

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plainermancommented, Jan 11, 2021

I was finally able to identify and resolve the problem.

The core issue why the button is showing and sync does not work, is that to fetch the upstream (remote and remote branch name) git rev-parse is used. Compare here:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/3f3e35bf17ecf423dca5dc613e7c32474a8f9f16/extensions/git/src/git.ts#L2000-L2001

Executing this command on an empty repository throws an error, as described in this stackoverflow post.

In theory, this could be resolved somehow in the sync method itself https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/3f3e35bf17ecf423dca5dc613e7c32474a8f9f16/extensions/git/src/commands.ts#L2244

by handling this edge case separately. IMO, although possible, this becomes very messy and since it does not solve the underlying problem we should not do this.

See my PR (#114163) for more information.