Removes outdated updates view

package.json

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 	"activationEvents": [
 		"onCustomEditor:gitlens.rebase",
 		"onFileSystem:gitlens",
-		"onView:gitlens.views.updates",
 		"onView:gitlens.views.repositories",
 		"onView:gitlens.views.commits",
 		"onView:gitlens.views.fileHistory",
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@
 		"onCommand:gitlens.showStashesView",
 		"onCommand:gitlens.showTagsView",
 		"onCommand:gitlens.showWelcomeView",
-		"onCommand:gitlens.closeUpdatesView",
 		"onCommand:gitlens.closeWelcomeView",
 		"onCommand:gitlens.compareWith",
 		"onCommand:gitlens.compareHeadWith",
@@ -3141,12 +3139,6 @@
 				"category": "GitLens"
 			},
 			{
-				"command": "gitlens.closeUpdatesView",
-				"title": "Close",
-				"category": "GitLens",
-				"icon": "$(close)"
-			},
-			{
 				"command": "gitlens.closeWelcomeView",
 				"title": "Close",
 				"category": "GitLens",
@@ -5234,10 +5226,6 @@
 					"when": "gitlens:enabled"
 				},
 				{
-					"command": "gitlens.closeUpdatesView",
-					"when": "false"
-				},
-				{
 					"command": "gitlens.closeWelcomeView",
 					"when": "false"
 				},
@@ -6934,11 +6922,6 @@
 			],
 			"view/title": [
 				{
-					"command": "gitlens.closeUpdatesView",
-					"when": "view == gitlens.views.updates",
-					"group": "navigation@1"
-				},
-				{
 					"command": "gitlens.closeWelcomeView",
 					"when": "view == gitlens.views.welcome",
 					"group": "navigation@1"
@@ -9541,26 +9524,6 @@
 				"contents": "[Close](command:gitlens.closeWelcomeView \"Closes the Welcome view\")"
 			},
 			{
-				"view": "gitlens.views.updates",
-				"contents": "[GitLens views](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23views) have moved to the Source Control side bar.\nRun [GitLens: Set Views Layout](command:gitlens.setViewsLayout \"Changes the GitLens Views Layout\") from the Command Palette to switch to an alternate side bar layout, or drag & drop them."
-			},
-			{
-				"view": "gitlens.views.updates",
-				"contents": "★ [Repositories](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23repositories-view) — replaced by [Commits](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23commits-view), [Branches](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23branches-view), [Remotes](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23remotes-view), [Stashes](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23stashes-view), [Tags](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23tags-view), and [Contributors](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23contributors-view) views. If you want it back, [click here](command:gitlens.showRepositoriesView)."
-			},
-			{
-				"view": "gitlens.views.updates",
-				"contents": "★ [File History](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23file-history-view) — combines file and line history into a single view"
-			},
-			{
-				"view": "gitlens.views.updates",
-				"contents": "★ [Search & Compare](command:gitlens.showSettingsPage%23search-compare-view) — combines Search Commits and Compare Commits into a single view"
-			},
-			{
-				"view": "gitlens.views.updates",
-				"contents": "[Close](command:gitlens.closeUpdatesView)"
-			},
-			{
 				"view": "gitlens.views.searchAndCompare",
 				"contents": "Search for commits by [message](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits?%7B%22search%22%3A%7B%22pattern%22%3A%22message%3A%22%7D%2C%22prefillOnly%22%3Atrue%7D), [author](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits?%7B%22search%22%3A%7B%22pattern%22%3A%22author%3A%22%7D%2C%22prefillOnly%22%3Atrue%7D), [SHA](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits?%7B%22search%22%3A%7B%22pattern%22%3A%22commit%3A%22%7D%2C%22prefillOnly%22%3Atrue%7D), [file](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits?%7B%22search%22%3A%7B%22pattern%22%3A%22file%3A%22%7D%2C%22prefillOnly%22%3Atrue%7D), or [changes](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits?%7B%22search%22%3A%7B%22pattern%22%3A%22change%3A%22%7D%2C%22prefillOnly%22%3Atrue%7D)\n\n[Search Commits...](command:gitlens.views.searchAndCompare.searchCommits)"
 			},
@@ -9572,14 +9535,6 @@
 		"views": {
 			"gitlens": [
 				{
-					"id": "gitlens.views.updates",
-					"name": "Where did my views go?",
-					"when": "gitlens:views:updates:visible != false",
-					"contextualTitle": "GitLens",
-					"icon": "images/gitlens-activitybar.svg",
-					"visibility": "visible"
-				},
-				{
 					"id": "gitlens.views.welcome",
 					"name": "Welcome",
 					"when": "gitlens:views:welcome:visible != false",

src/commands/closeView.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { command, Command, CommandContext, Commands } from './common';
 @command()
 export class CloseViewCommand extends Command {
 	constructor() {
-		super([Commands.CloseWelcomeView, Commands.CloseUpdatesView]);
+		super([Commands.CloseWelcomeView]);
 	}
 
 	protected override preExecute(context: CommandContext) {
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ export class CloseViewCommand extends Command {
 				await Container.context.globalState.update(SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible, false);
 				await setContext(ContextKeys.ViewsWelcomeVisible, false);
 				break;
-			case Commands.CloseUpdatesView:
-				await Container.context.globalState.update(SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible, false);
-				await setContext(ContextKeys.ViewsUpdatesVisible, false);
-				break;
 		}
 	}
 }

src/commands/common.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export enum Commands {
 	BrowseRepoBeforeRevisionInNewWindow = 'gitlens.browseRepoBeforeRevisionInNewWindow',
 	ClearFileAnnotations = 'gitlens.clearFileAnnotations',
 	CloseUnchangedFiles = 'gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles',
-	CloseUpdatesView = 'gitlens.closeUpdatesView',
 	CloseWelcomeView = 'gitlens.closeWelcomeView',
 	CompareWith = 'gitlens.compareWith',
 	CompareHeadWith = 'gitlens.compareHeadWith',

src/constants.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export enum ContextKeys {
 	ViewsLineHistoryEditorFollowing = 'gitlens:views:lineHistory:editorFollowing',
 	ViewsRepositoriesAutoRefresh = 'gitlens:views:repositories:autoRefresh',
 	ViewsSearchAndCompareKeepResults = 'gitlens:views:searchAndCompare:keepResults',
-	ViewsUpdatesVisible = 'gitlens:views:updates:visible',
 	ViewsWelcomeVisible = 'gitlens:views:welcome:visible',
 	Vsls = 'gitlens:vsls',
 }
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ export const enum GlyphChars {
 }
 
 export enum SyncedState {
-	UpdatesViewVisible = 'gitlens:views:updates:visible',
 	Version = 'gitlens:synced:version',
 	WelcomeViewVisible = 'gitlens:views:welcome:visible',
 

src/extension.ts

@@ -87,31 +87,18 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise
 		Logger.debug(
 			`GitLens (v${gitlensVersion}): syncedVersion=${syncedVersion}, localVersion=${localVersion}, previousVersion=${previousVersion}, ${
 				SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible
-			}=${context.globalState.get<boolean>(SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible)}, ${
-				SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible
-			}=${context.globalState.get<boolean>(SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible)}`,
+			}=${context.globalState.get<boolean>(SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible)}`,
 		);
 	}
 
 	if (previousVersion == null) {
 		void context.globalState.update(SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible, true);
 		void setContext(ContextKeys.ViewsWelcomeVisible, true);
-		void context.globalState.update(SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible, false);
-		void setContext(ContextKeys.ViewsUpdatesVisible, false);
 	} else {
-		// Force Updates welcome view, since for some reason it never showed for many users
-		if (Versions.compare(previousVersion, Versions.from(11, 0, 5)) !== 1) {
-			await context.globalState.update(SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible, true);
-		}
-
 		void setContext(
 			ContextKeys.ViewsWelcomeVisible,
 			context.globalState.get<boolean>(SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible) ?? false,
 		);
-		void setContext(
-			ContextKeys.ViewsUpdatesVisible,
-			context.globalState.get<boolean>(SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible) !== false,
-		);
 	}
 
 	const enabled = workspace.getConfiguration('git', null).get<boolean>('enabled', true);
@@ -210,12 +197,7 @@ export async function setEnabled(enabled: boolean): Promise {
 }
 
 export function setKeysForSync(...keys: (SyncedState | string)[]) {
-	return _context?.globalState.setKeysForSync([
-		...keys,
-		SyncedState.UpdatesViewVisible,
-		SyncedState.Version,
-		SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible,
-	]);
+	return _context?.globalState.setKeysForSync([...keys, SyncedState.Version, SyncedState.WelcomeViewVisible]);
 }
 
 export function notifyOnUnsupportedGitVersion(version: string) {