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In Git Staging view, in context menu "Show In" for a resource cannot find "History" option

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, java
Domain
desktop, devtools

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in the Git Staging view by comparing its resource context menu with the Git Repositories view's Working Tree menu. Trace how each view builds its “Show In” actions; done means the History option is available for the same resource in Git Staging without breaking the existing Working Tree behavior.

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Description

Hello,

I am on Ubuntu Budgie 10.9.1 (Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS).

I have downloaded following release

https://github.com/eclipsesource/megit/releases/download/v0.8.0/megit-0.8.0-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz

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From Git Staging view when I right-click on a file to view its history, in the "Show In" menu I cannot find the "History" option available.

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But in the Git Repositories view on the left when selecting resource under Working Tree I can see "Show In" -> "History" option available.

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Is this a bug or I am missing any configuration?

Thanks.

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