[realbakari]

What Changed

GitVcsDriver.isInsideWorkTree now treats a missing git executable as “not a repository” instead of failing.

A VcsProcessSpawnError whose cause is PlatformError NotFound on ChildProcess.spawn (and not chdir) maps to false. detectRepository already returns null when that probe is false, so folder-open VCS detect no longer toasts. A missing working directory still fails.

Why

#10351: opening a folder without Git on PATH showed VCS process failed to spawn… git. Exit 128 (“not a repo”) was already silent. A missing binary was not.

Settings → Version Control already reports Git as unavailable via git --version. That switch is an availability indicator, not an off switch, and detect did not use it. Same missing-binary handling as gh / az.

Fixes #10351

UI Changes

None. The spawn toast on folder open goes away when Git is not installed. No copy or layout change.

Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
• I explained what changed and why
• I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
• I included a video for animation/interaction changes (not applicable)

Grok 4.6 (Grok Build)

[macroscopeapp]

Approvability

Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This focused fix changes only repository detection so an unavailable Git executable is treated as no repository, while preserving errors for missing working directories and other operations. The production change is small and accompanied by targeted regression tests.

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[juliusmarminge]

Note

This comment is posted by Julius' dot

The missing-Git fix matches the direction approved in #10351, but the PR supplies no executed results for its new driver and registry regression tests. Added tests alone do not satisfy verification. Please run the focused GitVcsDriver and VcsDriverRegistry tests, report the commands and results for missing Git and missing working directories, then request reconsideration.