[BUG] - Git projects loading broken in v13.1.0

[senki]

Type: Bug

Updating to version 13.1.0 broke loading git projects.
No project detected anymore.
Here are the Project Manager configs:

{
  "projectManager.git.baseFolders": [
    "$home\\dev",
    "$home\\dev/_one-offs"
  ],
  "projectManager.git.ignoredFolders": [
    ".haxelib",
    "node_modules",
    "out",
    "test",
    "typings",
    "vendor"
  ],
  "projectManager.openInNewWindowWhenClickingInStatusBar": true
}

Extension version: 13.1.0
VS Code version: Code 1.113.0 (cfbea10c5ffb233ea9177d34726e6056e89913dc, 2026-03-24T15:07:18+01:00)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.3.0
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M4 (10 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x106b [Google Inc. (Apple)], DEVICE=0x0000 [ANGLE (Apple, ANGLE Metal Renderer: Apple M4, Version 26.3.1 (Build 25D2128))], DRIVER_VENDOR=Apple, DRIVER_VERSION=26.3.1 ACTIVE Machine model name: Mac Machine model version: 16.10 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: enabled_on trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	3, 3, 3
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.20GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[alefragnani]

Hi @senki ,

Aren't the projects available neither in the Side Bar nor the Command Palette? Does it restore if you refresh via Project Manager: Refresh Git Projects command?

Hope this helps

[wbcoder0]

I have the same problem.

[senki]

Hi @alefragnani ,

Yes, they’re missing from both places. Nothing changed upon upgrading but they disappeared when I refreshed.

[wbcoder0]

@senki I rolled back to version 13.0.1, and everything is back to normal.

[alefragnani]

Hi @wbcoder0 ,

Coud you share your settings?

@senki , could you test two changes to your basePath?

1. Normalize the path, using just one separator pattern, either \\ or /, preferably /.
2. Use ~ instead of $home

Also, any of these baseFolders are symlinks?

Thanks in advance

[senki]

Hi @alefragnani ,

Yep, the advice helped.
~/dev and $home/dev also work. No, none of them are symlinks.

Thanks!

[alefragnani]

Glad to know it worked!

@wbcoder0, could you please try these changes, if applicable?

[wbcoder0]

@alefragnani I changed the path from ~\\Documents\\workspace to ~/Documents/workspace, and everything is working fine now.
Thanks!

[domabbott92]

@alefragnani when I open the "Project Manager: List Projects to Open" it doesn't list the projects. Going to the Project Manager in the side loads correctly

It's only started happening today and I noticed both VS Code and the extension updated yesterday.

Extension version: 13.1.0

VS Code version: Version: 1.114.0 (Universal)
Commit: e7fb5e96c0730b9deb70b33781f98e2f35975036
Date: 2026-04-01T09:27:11Z
Electron: 39.8.3
ElectronBuildId: 13658728
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.4.0

[domabbott92]

Just been having a play with the settings and enabling this seems to have fixed my issue, but I definitely haven't changed this recently so not sure what has caused it to break. Just putting this on here incase anyone else has the same issue.

[alefragnani]

Hi @domabbott92 ,

Could you share your settings? Also, any of the baseFolders are symlinks?

BTW, the projects you see in the Command Palette doesn't seem to be Git projects, but Any ones, which are defined via projectManager.any.baseFolders setting. I say this because of the icon next to them (a Folder instead of a Branch).

Thanks in advance.