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Multiple Repos with git worktrees in worspace

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#257,396 opened on Jul 23, 2025

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Description

Hi,

I have searched now for a while but not found anything related to the issue I have. As I am working on multiple repositories with multiple branches I create my own workspace. In the workspace there are always the repositories mapped using worktree structures. An example:

Repo A .git -> story -> this_is_user_story_a -> this_is_user_story_b

Repo B -> story -> this_is_user_story_a -> this_is_user_story_b

Then I have two workspaces that are created like:

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "name": "Repo A",
      "path": "path/to/this_is_user_story_a"
    },
    {
      "name": "Repo B",
      "path": "path/to/this_is_user_story_a"
    }
}

The issue now is that in VS-Code View it does not show me the repository names but there I see twice:

this_is_user_story_a this_is_user_story_a

Is there any setting to tell the source view the correct name for the repo or a possibility to add such a feature?

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Tech stack
typescript
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developer experience
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feature
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3
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TypeScriptGit worktreesVS Code extension development
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45
Research direction
Look into the VS Code source code for the Source Control view (likely in src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm). Investigate how the view lists repositories and how they might be renamed when using git worktrees. The comments in the issue may contain hints. Consider exploring the git extension's handling of worktrees and how it reports repository names. A possible solution could involve adding a configuration option to set display names for repositories in multi root workspaces.