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Git - Add option for git.untrackedChanges to accept current git repo setting for git's status.showUntrackedFiles

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#249,351 opened on May 20, 2025

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Description

Add option for VSCode's git.untrackedChanges to use current setting of git's status.showUntrackedFiles. That will make it possible to edit dotfiles git bare repository that has git's status.showUntrackedFiles=no

GIT_WORK_TREE="$HOME" GIT_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles" code "$HOME"

Add 4th option, named "git.status.showUntrackedFiles", that will run command like git config --local status.showUntrackedFiles, if equals to yes should be same as "mixed", if no should be equivalent of "hidden":

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Research direction
Examine VSCode's existing git extension code for `git.untrackedChanges` setting and understand how it currently uses git status. Then implement a new option that reads `git config local status.showUntrackedFiles` and maps the values to the existing VSCode behavior.
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3
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