version control with google cloud shell

[its-dibo]

I installed code-server in Google cloud shell.
it installed successfully and opened, but I cannot use the version control.

from Google shell I run git version and it returned the value git version 2.20.1, whitch means that git is already installed.

also I installed git extension pack, but it didn't help.

I run git status inside the project and got the following:

On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'

[code-asher]

The message here suggests you haven't opened a git repository yet. You can do that with File > Open Folder. If you don't have one yet you can create one with git init.

[its-dibo]

Thanks, @code-asher for your response,
This message appears even if I opened a folder (project initiated with git) or if I cloned a repo from github.

[code-asher]

Ahhh interesting. You've probably already done this but can you double-check that the file explorer shows the root of the project?

Another thing is to test is to check if VS Code can see git. Are you able to run git commands on the project when opening the bulit-in terminal?

[its-dibo]

yes, the file explorer shows the project's root and yes I can run git commands from the VS built-in terminal.

[code-asher]

Strange! I haven't had any luck replicating yet (using 3.9.0). There might be some information in the logs that will help pinpoint the issue: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/v3.9.0/docs/FAQ.md#how-do-i-debug-issues-with-code-server

[its-dibo]

it seems that --log debug did a magic, for no reason the issue solved!

[code-asher]

Hahaha magical! Maybe code-server just needed to be restarted for some reason. 🤔

[its-dibo]

The problem occurred again even when passing --log debug
the command git status works!

I think the issue is that code-server couldn't activate the extensions

log:

I see that extensions don't displayed in the status bar (ex: prettier), also "accounts" just continuously loading....

I restarted the cloud shell and opened it in a new clean Google chrome instance without any browser-extension enabled.

[code-asher]

Ahh yeah that does seem like it could cause the issue. Could you post the browser console log?

[its-dibo]

@code-asher
The issue may be caused due to a network connection problem, preventing the extensions to be loaded, in addition to preventing the connection between code-server and the remote repo to be established .
so I suggest in case of a connection failure, code-server must display an obvious warning message.

[code-asher]

Ahh that does make sense. I think it only shows a message if it fails to connect and not when the connection is interrupted so we'll probably want some logic to handle that.

[bpmct]

So I'm curious how you're using code-server with Google Cloud Shell. I believe cloud shell will reset the system after you disconnect? Are you re-installing it every time?