VS 2015 RC: Git integration crashed

Question

Suddenly, Visual Studio started showing this error at startup: "SccProviderPackage failed to load".

Also, the Team Explorer window stopped showing the proper section for Git.

I've repaired the installation, uninstalled/installed VS and restarted several times. NOTHING fixes the issue.

Please, notice that it's Visual Studio 2015 RC.

The activity log (ActivityLog.xml) says this:

• 174 Begin package load [SccProviderPackage] {7FE30A77-37F9-4CF2-83DD-96B207028E1B} VisualStudio 2015/06/15 09:31:26.510
• 175 ERROR SetSite failed for package [SccProviderPackage] {7FE30A77-37F9-4CF2-83DD-96B207028E1B} 80131500 VisualStudio 2015/06/15 09:31:26.556
• 176 ERROR End package load [SccProviderPackage] {7FE30A77-37F9-4CF2-83DD-96B207028E1B} 80131500 VisualStudio 2015/06/15 09:31:26.561

The Team Explorer window shows this:

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System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.ServiceProviderExtensionMethods.EnsurePackageLoaded(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, Guid packageGuid) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.ServiceProviderExtensionMethods.EnsureSccAndTfPackagesLoaded(IServiceProvider serviceProvider) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.Repositories.GitTeamProjectExtendedInfoProvider.set_ServiceProvider(IServiceProvider value) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.TeamExplorer.ConnectPage.ConnectPageVS.Initialize(Object sender, PageInitializeEventArgs e) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Controls.WPF.TeamExplorer.Framework.TeamExplorerPageHost.Initialize(TeamExplorerPageContext context)

Answer 1

I had this same issue, look in your [Appdata]\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.xml for references to SccProviderPackage. Should give you the error info.

In my case it was trying to load an old folder location that apparently had a messed up repo. Removing that folder from the filesystem fixed it.

Running this command makes sure that all activity is logged:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE>Devenv /log