SOURCE CONTROL: No source control providers registered

[tornPiece]

Hello,

i struggle to get ms code (1.28.2) working with git (2.19.1.windows.1) on windows 10 Pro (1803). As of now i only get 'SOURCE CONTROL: No source control providers registered' in the source control view.
There are many threads about other users having the same problem, but the solutions mentioned there didn't help in my case.

First try:

• I installed git from https://git-scm.com/download/win
• I added C:\Git\cmd to the windows path manually (As the git install didn't)
• git is working fine with git --version on cmd.
• I restarted windows
• I installed MS Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• Started ms code and I get 'SOURCE CONTROL: No source control providers registered'

Second try:

• I added the git.exe path manually to the ms code user settings

{
    "git.path": "C:\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe",
    "git.enabled": true
}

• Closed ms code, restarted the system
• Started ms code again and still 'SOURCE CONTROL: No source control providers registered'

I also checked process.env.Path in the dev tools of ms code
Result: ...pData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin;C:\Git\cmd;C:\Users\Lorem Ipsum\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"

I have no more ideas.

Please help.

[vscodebot]

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• There are no active source control providers. (#58476)

[joaomoreno]

Can you show me the output from Git: Show Git Output?

[tornPiece]

I have read the suggested Ticket and checked the status of the build in git extension. It's not disabled.
Also I checked the extension logs that does not mention the git extension at all.

[tornPiece]

Here the Git: Show Git Output Info
Mhh. It's a git error... I'm new to git. And using it currently with the SourceTree UI (2.6.10) where i also successfully used my credentials to access my online repo.

[joaomoreno]

Have you tried opening a folder which is a git repository?

[tornPiece]

Ok, i opened a folder in the explorer view that was already under git control and magically ;) the source control view came to live. Conclusion: Git war setup correctly all along, i just couldn't verify it.

Suggestion: Please add a hint in the ui that content in the source control view is only available if your already open a folder that is under source control.
Follow up questions: But then how do i add a folder (like a new project) to source control out of vs code? And is it possible to push my commits directly to my online repository out of vscode?

Explanation: So the source of my confusion setting up vscode with git was, that i tried to set everything up, then test it and then starting my coding (in opening a folder).
But this is not the workflow you assume the new user would take...

My problem is solved. Thank you.

[joaomoreno]

Funny you just hit this. Another user just did, we should probably improve the experience here. You can follow this issue: #61491

[rdavid4]

SOLVE------------------------------------
The only thing you have to do to solve the problem is open de appdata folder:

1. win+r write
2. %appdata% ENTER
3. delete code folder.
4. Start VS code again, it is restarted.
   Now you can see the git icon available.