microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github

Quickly browse, search, edit, and commit to any GitHub or Azure Repos repository directly from within Visual Studio Code.

Remote Repositories

This repository is for providing feedback on the GitHub Repositories and Azure Repos extensions. You can use the repository to report issues or submit feature requests.

The GitHub Repositories extension lets you quickly browse, search, edit, and commit to any remote GitHub repository directly from within Visual Studio Code. The Azure Repos extension lets you quickly browse, search, edit, and commit to any remote Azure Repos (part of Azure DevOps) repository directly from within Visual Studio Code.

Why Remote Repositories?

As developers, we often clone Git repos locally just to browse them or make small edits. We may want to look at the source code of a library we use, experiment with new tools, or just feel the desire to learn something new.

However, cloning repos takes time and maintenance, as your local copy can quickly become out of date if you don't pull changes regularly. Plus, if you don't know the codebase you're cloning, there may be security risks involved too!

The GitHub Repositories and Azure Repos extensions in VS Code give you a fast, convenient, and safe way to open, browse, and edit repos quickly.

Here are some great situations in which you may choose to use GitHub Repositories or Azure Repos to work on a codebase:

• To browse, learn, or search a codebase or parts of one, either as it exists today or at any point in history, directly in VS Code.
• To create, edit, and review documentation, blog posts, notes, etc., using VS Code's powerful Markdown editor.
• To make changes that don't require building or running tests, although validations can still run in GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines triggered on commit.
• To quickly review pull requests (PRs), without having to check-out or in any way affect your local setup. ... And many more!

Features

This extension provides the following support for GitHub and Azure Repos repositories:

• Open any GitHub or Azure Repos repository directly from GitHub and Azure Repos — no cloning or local repository required.
• Quickly search for a repository or pull request to open — can also copy/paste links directly from GitHub or Azure Repos.
• Repositories always open to the latest version on GitHub or Azure Repos, unless you have uncommitted changes
• Similar to editing directly on GitHub or Azure Repos, changes will go directly to GitHub or Azure Repos on commit — no pushing or publishing branches required.
• Working changes are independent to the branch — work on multiple branches simultaneously!
  • When you pause work on one branch and switch to another one, you don’t need to stash your changes — they’ll stay on the previous branch, and when you go back, your changes will be there to pick up right where you left off.
• Automatically detects if there are new changes on GitHub or Azure Repos — always stay up to date.
  • Indicates the number of unpulled commits on the status bar.
  • Flags potential merge conflicts if you've modified the same file as someone else.
• Open Remote Repositories in the Remote Explorer to see all the repositories you've accessed.
  • You can quickly open a remote repository to continue working, or view and compare any uncommitted changes you may have. Additionally, you can apply uncommitted changes across branches from the same repository.
• Search files in the repository.

Integration with vscode.dev

GitHub Repositories and Azure Repos are built into vscode.dev so that you can easily use them right from your browser.

You can use the GitHub Repositories and Azure Repos extensions directly in your browser in the following ways:

• Prefix any GitHub or Azure Repos repository URL with https://vscode.dev, or
• Visit https://vscode.dev and select Open Remote Repository, or
• On GitHub and Azure DevOps, just press .

GitHub Repositories URLs have the following structure:

https://vscode.dev/github/<owner>/<repo>

Azure Repos URLs have the following structure:

https://vscode.dev/azurerepos/<organization>/<project>/<repo>

Continue Working On...

When working with either GitHub or Azure repositories, you have several options to continue working in a more powerful environment.

• When you choose Continue Working On... from the Command Palette or from the remote indicator, you're presented the option to continue your work locally, in a container volume (if you have the Remote - Containers extension), or in GitHub Codespaces.

  

Releases

While an optional install, this extension releases along with VS Code. The VS Code release notes will include a summary of changes.

You can also install the pre-release version of this extension for early feedback and testing. The pre-release version of this extension works best in VS Code Insiders. You can learn more about VS Code's support for pre-release extensions here.

The pre-release version of this extension replaces the GitHub Repositories (Insiders) extension, which is now deprecated. If you are still using the GitHub Repositories (Insiders) extension and want to migrate to pre-releases,

1. Commit any uncommitted changes in your existing GitHub Repositories workspaces to retain access to them after you uninstall the extension.
2. Uninstall the GitHub Repositories (Insiders) extension.
3. Install the pre-release edition of the GitHub Repositories extension.

Providing Feedback

You can use this repository to:

• Up-vote a feature request or request a new one
• Search for existing issues already reported for potential workarounds
• Report a problem if you don't find what you are looking for

If you have a question, connect with the community using any of these social platforms:

License

By downloading and using the GitHub Repositories extension and its related components, you agree to the product license terms and privacy statement.

License for this repository:

Copyright © Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (International): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For any code or snippets within this repository itself: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github/blob/main/LICENSE-CODE.

vscode-remote-repositories-github's Issues

Logging in with a different GitHub account

I have multiple GitHub accounts. How can I sign out with one and sign in with another?

Bug with debug autoAttach in dev containers

I added the following line to the settings field in my devcontainer.json: "debug.javascript.autoAttachFilter": "smart". Rebuilding works, but running node in the terminal now gives the following error:

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:905
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/node/.vscode-server/data/User/workspaceStorage/82385960831832aaa7dc0f79ab321f88/ms-vscode.js-debug/bootloader.js'
Require stack:
- internal/preload
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at Module._preloadModules (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1244:12)
    at loadPreloadModules (internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js:467:5)
    at prepareMainThreadExecution (internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js:70:3)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:7:1 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ 'internal/preload' ]
}

There are several similar bugs at the VS Code repository, just linking one for now: microsoft/vscode#98778
Feel free to move this to the VS Code repository if it fits better there.

To make auto attach working I can do Debug: Toggle Auto Attach from the command palette and toggle it off and on again, but that defeats the purpose of having it set as a default setting in the devcontainer.json 😊

Misleading message contributed to Run and Debug view

I am the author of an extension called Serenji that implements a debugger and a virtual filesystem.

When the Remote Repositories extension is also enabled it adds this message to the Run and Debug view:

This is the viewsWelcome contribution that causes it:

		"viewsWelcome": [
...
			{
				"view": "debug",
				"contents": "%viewsWelcome.debug%",
				"when": "virtualWorkspace || isWeb && remoteName != codespaces"
			},

Please improve the when clause so that the message doesn't display if the virtual workspace isn't a Remote Repositories one.

how to delete files or folders ?

when i try to delete some files, it remind me as follow image. i use macos11.3

Remote Repositories: Iteration Plan for July 2021

This plan captures our work in July. We follow the same iteration cycle as VS Code. Although we plan for a whole iteration, we may not only ship at the end of an iteration but throughout.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team

UX

• Show hint that commits are immediately visible on GitHub vscode-remote-repositories-github#41 @eamodio

Fundamentals

• 🔴 Ensure a smooth flow between the Remote Repositories and the GHPRI extension @eamodio @alexr00
• 🔴 🏃 Recommend the GHPRI extension when the users opens a PR @alexr00 @eamodio
• 💪 Explore command line support like code github.com/org/repo vscode-remote-repositories-github#5 @eamodio
• 🔴 💪 Consolidate pickers with the GH core extension and make pickers available for other extensions @eamodio
• 🔴 💪 Remote repositories selected from history in a remote window show as being on the remote @eamodio @aeschli

Unable to open file name [...something].js

NextJS has a special route filename that involves the following file name pattern [...something].js.

This extension is having issues opening the file. Even though the explorer shows the file in the file tree, opening it results in the following error:

Unable to open '[...nextauth].js': Unable to read file 'vscode-vfs://github/nextauthjs/next-auth-example/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js' (Error: Unable to resolve non-existing file 'vscode-vfs://github/nextauthjs/next-auth-example/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js').

Is the version for Gitlab coming to?

Is the version for Gitlab coming to?

Remote Repositories extension should only register as a git provider for GHPRI when a remote repo is opened

Full details: microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github#2860 (comment)

TL;DR: The GHPRI extension is waiting for Remote Repositories to say that git is initialized, and it never is.

Unable to commit

So I opened this repo in my chirag-droid/github-actions-demo in Remote Repositories.

Edit: The error mostly happens inside the .github directory specifically

1. I made a workflows directory inside the .github directory.
2. Then I created a new file called github-actions-demo.yml inside the workflows directory.
3. I staged the changes and then tried to commit but the commit failed.
4. On refreshing the files, github-actions-demo.yml is gone and making file with the same name shows error.
5. Now I can't commit it, neither can I discard the changes or remove the workflows dir or create a new file with the same name. Its stuck!

video01.mp4

I don' t really know what caused the issue. I repeated this process several times still the same result.

How to remove Remote Repo from Remote Explorer View?

I can't find a command or GUI element that allows me to remove a remote repo where I finished working on.
I also couldn't find anything regarding this in the docs.

Can someone help me or give me a tip?

Duplicate search results

1. create an untitled file with strings that are also contained in existing files
2. search for the string
3. save as of the untitled file
4. refresh the search results

-> you end up with two file entries for the same file (the last two entries are the same file)

Opening Remote Repositories with URL

Local projects can by opened in VS Code with a URL like this:
vscode://file/{full path to project}/

It would by nice if the same could be done for remote repositories, for example like this:
vscode://github/{user}/{repo}/

This would enable directly opening remote repos from websites.

"Reopen on the web" should go to github.com

When I run the "Reopen on the web" command, I am not directed to github.com but instead to some dubious https://vscode.dev/github.com URL. Even worse, this page does not redirect me to GitHub unless I log in with my Microsoft account and it even requires me to do a phone code verification when trying to log in!

Usually, I'm definitively not a MS hater, these days you build so much awesome software, but in this example, this is just unnecessary and patronizing and the opposite of data minimalism. Can't you please just redirect me to the respective GitHub URL? Or alternatively, at least make the login on vscode.dev optional!

Make it work with a private GHES instance

Is it possible to make this extension work with Github Enterprise servers?

I have a colleague who keeps complaining about wanting full editor support for PR reviews, so this looked like exactly the thing we need in our team, but since we work with a private GHE instance, I can't figure out how to actually open a PR with this extension. Is it possible? If not, could you make it possible, pretty-please? :)

Roadmap for the extension

As a GitHub published extension tied to the GitHub service, open sourcing is not currently on the extension roadmap.

Originally posted by @bamurtaugh in #6 (comment)

Roadmaps are nice, sharing those with the community helps to know what to expect / wish for. Can you please share the roadmap (even if it is "loose") as part of the docs?

Folders missing in File Explorer

VS Code: 1.59.0
GitHub Repositories: 0.13.0

Not all folders in the repo are shown in the file explorer. For instance, for the [MSFT Learn PR repo] (https://github.com/microsoftdocs/learn-pr) (fork), the Azure folder is present in GitHub, but not in the VS Code file explorer. It should be noted that this folder is quite large.

GitHub

File Explorer (Remote Repositories)

The files in that folder are still accessible via the Command Palette if referenced directly.

The VS Code output window shows the following error for Remote Repositories....

[2021-08-07 13:02:56:608] Running on the desktop; workspaceId=bd97b5f317aabceb03c03c4e45c1d328; storageUri=file:///c:/Users/buhollan/AppData/Roaming/Code/User/globalStorage/github.remotehub
[2021-08-07 13:02:56:857] [Experimental] Prefetching tree for b3fb23390c5ec7fa7be2643d60eec1160d52a7cd...
[2021-08-07 13:03:00:516] Loading file tree for path=.vscode failed
HttpError: Not Found

fail to use `go to definition` when physical path requires a resolver

e.g.

import foo from './foo'

In local repositories, vscode can know the physical path is ./foo.js or ./foo.ts.
But with this plugin it will throw Unable to open 'foo': Unable to read file 'vscode-vfs://github/**/foo' (Error: Unable to resolve non-existing file 'vscode-vfs://github/**/foo').

No reconnection if window was opened offline

The extension does not try to reconnect to the repository if the window was opened without the Internet and then gone back online. Only the window reload helps.

[support] add read only mode and preview code

For most scenarios, we only need to browse the code from github on tablet. The virtual keyboard always pops up automatically.

so, add a config in user setting:

 "remoteHub.readOnly": true,

then, open a repo, only read it.

Can't automatically update the branch list

When I delete a branch on github, this plugin cannot automatically update my branch list

If a repository is deleted from github it breaks the lookups for all previously opened repositories.

Issue Type: Bug

After opening many repos remotely, one of those repos no longer exists, breaking lookup chain. Getting the error: "Could not resolve to a Repository with the name 'nour-d/React-Library-Search'.", which references a library that is now deleted/removed from Github but Remote Repositories is still trying to access it. This seems to be preventing extension from listing all the other visited repos.

Edit: It would be a nice quality of life thing if Remote Repositories could poll the list of opened repositories and if a repo has been deleted/removed from Github the extension automatically removes that entry and all search indexes associated with that repo.

Extension version: 0.10.1
VS Code version: Code 1.57.0 (b4c1bd0a9b03c749ea011b06c6d2676c8091a70c, 2021-06-09T17:22:31.215Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 20.5.0
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

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CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 x 3100)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	17, 17, 24
Memory (System)	16.00GB (1.14GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Is it possible to add support for commit signing?

[Feature Request]
Hello,
Is it possible to enable support for commit signing via gpg or via GitHub?
I loved the concept of working with repositories without the need of cloning them, but I'm pretty sure a lot of repositories require the committer to sign their commits to verify the authenticity of code. From what I understand, there are only 2 ways to get verified commits - either to make them on GitHub or to sign them manually using gpg keys.

feature: Copy remote/repository URL from tree view

Add the option to copy the remote URL of selected (by right-click) file/folder from tree view.

[support] add VSCode launch parameter to open a github repo

vscode launch parameter such as:

vscode <folder>   

it can open a folder with VSCode.

So, whether VSCode can open a github repo with a launch parameter:

vscode https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github                # linux

or

vscode.exe https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github          # windows

This is a very useful feature.

GitHub Repositories: Iteration Plan for August 2021

This plan captures our work in August. We follow the same iteration cycle as VS Code. Although we plan for a whole iteration, we may not only ship at the end of an iteration but throughout.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team

UX

• Rename Remote Repositories extension to GitHub Repositories @eamodio

Fundamentals

• 🔴 Remote repositories selected from history in a remote window show as being on the remote @eamodio @aeschli
• 🔴 🏃 Improve first load performance @eamodio
• 🏃 Recommend the GHPRI extension when the users opens a PR vscode-internalbacklog#2330 @alexr00 @eamodio
• 💪 Explore command line support like code github.com/org/repo vscode-remote-repositories-github#5 @eamodio
• 🔴 💪 Consolidate pickers with the GH core extension and make pickers available for other extensions @eamodio
• 💪 Explore how not to get stuck when the user cancels a GitHub sign-in request externally vscode-remotehub#248 @eamodio

Unable to find repository named ...

Issue Type: Bug

Not being able to open any public repo at github.com when .git extension at the end of URL.
👎 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github.git
👍🏼: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-repositories-github

Extension version: 0.13.3
VS Code version: Code 1.59.0 (379476f0e13988d90fab105c5c19e7abc8b1dea8, 2021-08-04T23:14:40.191Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 20.5.0
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

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CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6567U CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 x 3300)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	4, 4, 7
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.73GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id a80e795f-f7bc-4354-b651-70c918cd6eff --crash-reporter-id a80e795f-f7bc-4354-b651-70c918cd6eff --crash-reporter-id a80e795f-f7bc-4354-b651-70c918cd6eff
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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Can't open vscode-python

• Run "Open Repository"
• Type microsoft/vscode-python
• I get other repos but not the vscode-python repo

is this because it's a fork?

Remote repositories: "open from github" or similar command not found

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: No (of course not!)

• VS Code Version: 1.58.1
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open command palette
2. "open from github"

It should easily find this command:

But it doesn't. My mind goes "open a repo from github" but nothing pertaining to remote repositories is found with "github" in the command name, which to me is super weird, because that's the only remote provider it works with.

"Lost" changes on window reload

1. had a repo open with uncommitted changes
2. opened the extension view to disable an extension for this workspace
3. perform required reload of the window
   -> changes are gone
4. Open Remote Explorer, see changes are in "some other place"
   

[issue] cache the file downloading from github

reading the code with VSCode. It is not watching the novel from first to the end.

We often see a function that needs to jump to another file to see it definition. but when we return current file, it will download from github again.

for example, add a config:

vscode-remote-repositories-github.cachesize: 100M

Pull Request to someone else's repo

I need to change one word in another repo and submit a PR. I decided to try remote repositories since this seems like a perfect use case, but I'm having trouble finding the right process. Is there a simple flow for this?

1. I opened their repo in vscode.
2. I changed the wrong property accessor to the correct one.
3. I try to fork at this point, but don't see a way. I'm not allowed to branch since I'm on their repo.
4. I type in a commit message and commit (via checkbox icon) - vscode prompts me to fork. I do.
5. The Source Control view is pretty empty. I see no history at all and can't find a way to open that pane.
6. I'm not sure where my commit is.
7. I find the Remote Explorer.
8. Why are there two "master" branches?
9. Why does it say there are "Uncommitted Changes" (and where is my commit)?
10. I right-click on the inner most item (System.Diagnostics.Abstractions/Process...) and take a chance on "Apply Changes".
    
11. Now I have a modified file (my original change).
12. I save it and it shoes as modified in the Source Control view.
13. I decide to create a branch for the PR. When I try to switch to the branch I get a warning that my uncommitted changes won't be visible.
14. I figure what-the-heck and do it anyway since I need the branch for the PR... the changes are still there. (phew!)
15. I stage and commit my change again.
16. I still see no history in Source Control view.
17. I hit "Create a Pull Request" and vscode says "There are no changes"
18. Still not sure where my commit is.
19. I give up at this point and look in github. I see the new branch with the commit (and an extra blank commit?). I'll do the PR from there.

I banged this out pretty quickly and don't mean to downplay any hard work that was put into this feature. This is a pretty great feature really, but I don't really understand it I think, and/or maybe it's just intended for working on your own repo. I'm not sure, but I think it would be great if the creating simple PRs to another owners repo was a bit easier to figure out.

Improve suggestion to index the remote repository

From https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remotehub/issues/79#issuecomment-831570019:

Based on discussion in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev/issues/128, I think makes sense to use above styling, with wording like:

1. For exact text searches, [enable indexing]

cc @bamurtaugh

All files in tree

Show hint that commits are immediately visible on GitHub

It can be surprising that commits are performed directly on GitHub (no push required) which is different than on normal repositories.

Option to search only in personal/organisation repositories

Hello there,

It would be useful to be able to disable Github-wide repository searches in the settings, so when you search only personal/organisation repositories are shown.

Another observation: when searching for repositories of my organisation, the results are incomplete: some repositories that satisfy the search query are displayed, but not all of them. Even when I detalise the search query, some repositories are not displayed. I am not sure if it is a bug or not, I don't know if there's some kind of condition that makes a repo to show up.

Thank you for your hard work.

Choose an organization repository

Can I choose an organization repository?

Support unauthenticated access

When you install extension it asks permission to private repositories, but I don't want to grant this access.

It would be great if you'll be able to restrict extention to be able to search by public repos only.

Run application in terminal

I would love if there is some sort of virtual terminal or a way you can run the applications in the terminal with different cli's

Authenticate to different (enterprise) Github instance

As a developer I would like to authenticate to an enterprise github provider so that I can use remote repositories with my work code. When I authenticate I want to specify which github to log into to search for remote repositories. Currently I'm authenticated to the public general "github" account but cannot use remote repositories to view code from a different github provider.

option to delete the remote repository list in the remote explorer in vs code

There should be an option to delete the remote repository from that list in the remote explorer in vs code.





I don't want the second repo to be in this list. How can I do that?

Support the `git.openDiffOnClick` setting

More possibilities for fork and open remotes repositories.

I want fork repos publics and privates of github and in end to have possibility for to open it.

Support Virtual Workspaces without sign in with GitHub

The Virtual Workspaces features is a really neat solution for browsing and quick editing remote repositories, but even being understandable to support only GitHub repos out of the box, I don't see why it forces the user to sign in with GitHub in order to load any repository.

Sure, you must be sign in to properly edit/save/commit changes on repos that you are authorized to do so, but because the feature is not limited only to repos that I'm allowed to push, I could, in theory, browse the contents of any public/available repo, even without signing in.

Thank you

Plan for June 2021

Plan Items

UX

• Improve suggestion to index the remote repository @JacksonKearl

Fundamentals

• 🏃 Ensure a smooth flow between the Remote Repositories and the GHPR extensions @eamodio @alexr00
• 🏃 Easily accessible creation of remote links @eamodio @alexr00
• 💪 Explore command line support like code github.com/org/repo @eamodio
• 💪 Consolidate pickers with the GH core extension and make pickers available for other extensions @eamodio

How can I change the highlight color of the Remote Repositories icon in the status bar and can I keep it consistent with other icons?

How can I change the highlight color of the Remote Repositories icon in the status bar and can I keep it consistent with other icons?

Eye-catching colors distract me and I want to keep the harmony like the icons around me.

I hope so.

background-color: rgb(172, 98, 24);

change to

background-color: rgb(65, 67, 57);

When opening the remote I would like to add an option to open in a new window.

When opening a remote I would like to add an option to open in a new window instead of the current window.

I know that in Remote Manager, you can use the Alt button to open a project in a new window, but that only works for historical projects that have already been opened, not for new projects.

Support Open Remote Repo in GitHub Code menu

Can "Open as Remote Repository in VSCode" be added to this menu? I suspect this might need to be done w/ an extension.

When I'm logged in, there's also an "Open with Visual Studio" option.

Source?

The README states that this repo is for additional docs and providing feedback; this repo is under CC BY 4.0; "the code" is under MIT. The "binary" extension vsix, is - as other extensions from Microsoft - distributed under "use for whatever you like but only with Microsoft VS code binaries" https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/GitHub.remotehub/license

So... where is the actual code of the extension for review? Is the code under MIT (so also could be used to self-build for a self-build version of vscode or for use with Theia; possibly be extended/modified to be usable with other git hosting sites than Github)? If not: what does LICENSE-CODE applies to?

Please answer and be specific in the README, preventing these questions in the future.
Thanks!

Empty selection following "Open Repository from GitHub"

It's hard to describe the problem any more -- following the first-time authentication, and having validated (through "Manage Trusted Extensions") that I'm signed-in and "Remove Repositories" can use that account, the list of repositories I'm presented with for GitHub is completely empty. No error is offered or any indication of other failure.

Support git-lfs

Provide support for repositories that use git-lfs.