GIT status missing in Visual Studio Code explorer

Question

I can clearly the GIT status of files on my current dev machine (Win10).

I needed to help update the dev tools on a laptop (Win8.1). VSCode and GIT versions are identical but I can't see the GIT status in the Explorer.

GIT is definitly working on the laptop; I can clearly see the files statuses in the SCM UI, but I'm missing these in the Explorer.

Is there some old config on the laptop that might be affecting this or is there a setting I'm just missing?

Answer 1

Ensure the following setting is set to true:

"git.decorations.enabled": true

And then reload the window by pressing Ctrl + Shift + P and insert reload window, then press Enter.

If this does not work you can check whether an extension overwrites this setting.