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Why does VS 2022 claim that a file is renamed or deleted, but Git says it is there?
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Falanga, Rod, DOH
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I'm working in a child branch, named Development. The default branch is named master. I've performed a git pull at the command line. Git informs me that I am up to date and nothing more needs to be pulled. I do the same thing within VS 2022, it tells me, "Repository is already up to date. No changes to pull."
So, then I try to open a .yml in .github/workflows. I get this error message:
Huh? How can the repo not have that file in .github/workflows and yet have that file in .github/workflows? How can it simultaneously be up to date and not up to date? What's going on?
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
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Falanga, Rod, DOH 250 Reputation points
2025-03-24T16:59:53.9166667+00:00 Additionally, when I issue the command
git pull origin Developmentat the command line I get this:So, it is already up to date, according to Git. But not up to date, according to Git in VS 2022.
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Viorel 122.9K Reputation points2025-03-24T18:41:06.16+00:00 Did you check if the file exists on your computer? How are you trying to open the file?
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Falanga, Rod, DOH 250 Reputation points
2025-03-24T18:51:42.2366667+00:00 Yes, it is there, and I can open it with Notepad
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Viorel 122.9K Reputation points
2025-03-24T19:00:15.9466667+00:00 How to open it to see the error?
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Falanga, Rod, DOH 250 Reputation points
2025-03-24T19:17:11.8566667+00:00 Just other things.
- I can easily edit the .yml file with VS Code, but like I said VS 2022 refuses to let me saying that either I've deleted or moved the .yml file elsewhere. Weird.
- I'm using VS 2022, version 17.13.2
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2025-03-25T12:38:57.31+00:00 Hi @Falanga, Rod, DOH,
I guess @Viorel means, how you tried to open that .yml file in .github/workflows, so that the error appeared.
The error appears to be prompted by Visual Studio, so, I think, you tried to open it with Visual Studio.
Maybe you can elaborate how you opened it. By right-clicking it and selecting "open with" VS, or you opened it in VS with your project being opened, or…
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Falanga, Rod, DOH 250 Reputation points
2025-03-25T15:37:51.69+00:00 Good questions and thank you for the clarification, Tianyu.
What I've done in VS 2022 is trying to open the .yml file in the .github/workflows. When I double click on the .yml file I get that popup error that I posted in the original post of this thread. If I right-mouse button click on the .yml file then select "Open", I also get the same error popup. I instead I choose "Open with..." I still get that same popup error message.
The weird thing, like I mentioned yesterday, is that I can easily open the .yml file using VS Code. So, right now VS 2022 refuses to open the .yml file, using all methods I know of to open a file. But Visual Studio Code can open the file.
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,456 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2025-03-26T08:49:36.87+00:00 Hi @Falanga, Rod, DOH ,
Is this issue caused by the hidden .vs folder?
Maybe try to rename/delete the .vs folder in the solution folder, see if the .yml file can be detected.
Besides, if you right-click the file, select Exclude From Project option, then click the Show All Files option and include it again, will it work?
Perhaps we can also double confirm the path by right-clicking the file, select Copy Full Path option. Paste the path to a .txt file and confirm that it’s correct.
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