Git changes not showing in file editor

[cquick01]

Type: Bug

Lines that have been modified according to Git are not showing up highlighted in the editor like normal. Usually there is a color near the line numbers showing lines that have changed (green added, red deleted, blue modified), along with similar colors near the scroll bar.

It happens with all of my repos, but also with creating an empty test repo. All extensions are disabled.

Usually we see something like this

1. Open new empty directory in VSCode
2. Initialize git repo, either with cli or through the Source Control panel
3. Create some empty file, add and commit with git
   
4. Modify and save the file
   
5. See that the file shows as modified in the file explorer, but there is no indication of modified lines in the editor, only in the actual diff explorer
   

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.90.0-insider (0cd8d6a, 2024-05-16T05:49:53.998Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.73GB (15.48GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu-22.04
OS	Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 x 0)
Memory (System)	11.68GB (10.23GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (1)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
remote-wsl	ms-	0.88.2

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[ssalbdivad]

I've been having the same issue on WSL for the last few days. Tried disabling all extensions etc. so it seems like a regression in VSCode?

@lszomoru Would be great to get some eyes on this. I'm constantly confused about why the files I'm working on don't look modified until I remember this.

[ovidiuc]

I think it duplicates #212857

[lszomoru]

Closing as duplicate of #212857

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