TortoiseGit modified sign (icon overlay) is not updating

Question

I have made a small change in some code but TortoiseGit shows it as modified (red exclamation sign) although I have committed, pulled, pushed, but it stays. What should I do her

Answer 1

There is a workaround that I have tried:

Rename the directory of the repository and then change it back and you are good to go!

As an example: MyComplexProject can be changed to MyComplexProject1 then back to MyComplexProject.

Answer 2

The thing that solved this issue for us was that we had moved our Git repos to a mapped network drive, thus changing the drive letter.

It seems that TortoiseGit needs to be set to monitor network drives - it is not the default behaviour.

So to solve this issue you would:

• Right click a repo folder
• Choose "TortoiseGit"
• Choose "Settings"
• Choose "Icon Overlays"
• Tick "Network drives"

Job done.

Answer 3

When the icons are not updating you can quickly kill the icon overlay cache using the following "Run" command:

taskkill /f /im tgitcache.exe

The cache process should restart itself automatically. You can even turn this into a desktop shortcut if you notice it happening frequently.

Answer 4

Kill TGitCache.exe works for me. .... I put this as an answer because I don't have enough reputation points to add it as a comment. But wanted to help further iterate that it is a working solution.

Answer 5

After getting astonished by this and trying pretty much everything, I managed to get it fixed by simply deleting one single file from the directory marked as modified, then reverting it from the TortoiseGit menu itself.

P.S. I made sure the CRC64 checksum for the entire directory was identical before and after this operation.

Answer 6

What helped for me was the following:

1. Go to "Settings -> Icon Overlays" Check under "Status cache" the option "none"
2. Refresh the explorer F5
3. Go back and change the cache option back to "Default"