Visual Studio Code: .git folder/file hidden

Question

By default Visual Studio Code excludes files in a folder using the following settings:

"files.exclude": {
    "**/.git": true,
    "**/.svn": true,
    "**/.hg": true,
    "**/.DS_Store": true
}

You can change your user settings or workspace settings to show the .git folder by adding these lines:

"files.exclude": {
     "**/.git": false
}

The below steps can be followed to override the existing user setting:

1. Menu Code → Preference → Setting
2. Search for files.exclude
3. Mouse over files.exclude property, click on the edit icon and then opt for the copy to settings.
4. The above steps will add all the properties, but keep only those which need to be overridden. For this case: it should be, "files.exclude": { "**/.git": false }
5. Close the user setting. the .git folder will automatically appear in the respective repository.

The settings for Visual Studio Code can be found:

• On a Windows or Linux computer, click menu File → Preferences → Settings
• On a Mac, click menu Code → Preferences → Settings

There are both users settings (for everyone) and workspace settings for individual projects.

More instructions can be found at: User and Workspace Settings

If you want to configure vscode to show .git directory, you need to settings in vscode by (cmd + ,) or (ctrl + ,). If you do it you will see a search bar, type "Files: Exclude" , when you see the top result just hover over the .git row and you will see a close icon or a delete icon. Click on that. After you click on that done! Now you will be able to see the .git directory in the vscode explorer.