SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Don't Install Git 2. Click Open Folder Button 3. Have a .git subfolder in the parent folder. (ex: parentfolder/.git/) 3. Open the folder OBSERVED RESULT Folder browser is blank (specifically the "projects" button) EXPECTED RESULT To see files and navigate like a free man. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Thanks for all the hard work! Nvim is a bit meh for me. VS Code too bloated. :)
We rely on git for that. We might want to better report that git is missing in such cases.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1603
Git commit 141bb4732d38d578c9d188c8b7b3c628c43f46fa by Christoph Cullmann, on behalf of Waqar Ahmed. Committed on 28/09/2024 at 17:52. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. project: Emit error if the relevant vcs wasn't found when loading So that the user knows what happened and can fix the situation M +13 -0 addons/project/kateproject.cpp M +20 -1 addons/project/kateprojectworker.cpp M +9 -6 addons/project/kateprojectworker.h https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/141bb4732d38d578c9d188c8b7b3c628c43f46fa