The Source control extension shows every file as "modified" because it uses wrong git executable

[kitattyor]

• VS Code Version: 1.54.3
• OS Version: 20H2

On terminal it's fine.

Git output :

Looking for git in: C:\tools\cygwin\usr\libexec\git-core\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Using git 2.24.1.windows.2 from C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
> git rev-parse --git-dir
Open repository: d:\Projects\Server\Server\serverd
> git status -z -u
> git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
> git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(objectname) refs/heads/master refs/remotes/master
> git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname)
> git remote --verbose
> git config --get commit.template
> git show --textconv :src/pipeline/data_pipeline.h
> git show --textconv :src/pipeline/data_pipeline.cpp
> git ls-files --stage -- D:\Projects\Server\Server\serverd\src\pipeline\data_pipeline.h
> git ls-files --stage -- D:\Projects\Server\Server\serverd\src\pipeline\data_pipeline.cpp
> git cat-file -s 3b1f2a1910b838a4ef2dc3fe5b266e09ef27cdfc
> git cat-file -s c53d48c174640553a91ee512fd6505c617e27d6f
> git check-ignore -v -z --stdin
> git check-ignore -v -z --stdin
> git check-ignore -v -z --stdin
> git check-ignore -v -z --stdin
> git status -z -u
> git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
> git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(objectname) refs/heads/master refs/remotes/master
> git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname)
> git remote --verbose
> git config --get commit.template
> git check-ignore -v -z --stdin
> git status -z -u
> git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
> git for-each-ref --format=%(refname)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(upstream:track)%00%(objectname) refs/heads/master refs/remotes/master
> git for-each-ref --sort -committerdate --format %(refname) %(objectname) %(*objectname)
> git remote --verbose
> git config --get commit.template
> git log --format=%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%at%n%ct%n%P%n%B -z -n21 -- d:\Projects\Server\Server\serverd\src\pipeline\data_pipeline.cpp
> git show --textconv :src/pipeline/data_pipeline.cpp
> git ls-files --stage -- D:\Projects\Server\Server\serverd\src\pipeline\data_pipeline.cpp
> git cat-file -s c53d48c174640553a91ee512fd6505c617e27d6f

Steps to Reproduce: Unknown (Doesn't happen on a new folder)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

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[kitattyor]

Ok, it seems that the problem is with the git executable that it's trying to use

But I set "git.path": "C:\\tools\\cygwin\\usr\\libexec\\git-core\\git.exe", as shown in git log : but maybe the extension can't find it?

[gjsjohnmurray]

Maybe #7998 is still relevant?

[joaomoreno]

VS Code just does not support cygwin, unfortunately. It was closed out of scope a while ago, and we still consider it to be. cc @eamodio