Allow "Open in Console" even when repository cannot be loaded

[Walt7]

Hi,

I ran into a problem where Fork cannot read the repository due to a corrupted ref.

Error message:

read references from 'C:\Users\admin\source\Repos\TopTec_Bart\.git':
read loose refs: parse oid in
'C:\Users\admin\source\Repos\xxx\.git\refs\remotes\dev.azure.com....':
OID length must be 40

In this situation the Repository menu is completely empty.
Normally the menu contains options like "Open in Console", but since the repository cannot be loaded the menu shows nothing.

The issue is that the only way to fix this kind of Git problem is usually from the console (for example deleting the broken ref or repairing the repository).

Suggestion

It would be very helpful if "Open in Console" was still available even when Fork cannot load the repository.
This would allow users to repair the repository directly without leaving Fork.

Thanks for the great tool!

[DanPristupov]

We will think about this.

Regarding this particular problem. If you are using reftable, please try fork-dev/Tracker#2172 (comment)