[server] keep gitStatus on new instances

[svenefftinge]

Description

Initialize new ws instances with the git status from the previous ws instance.

Summary generated by Copilot

🤖 Generated by Copilot at 4c5a16a

This pull request adds the ability to show the git status of workspaces in the dashboard by passing the gitStatus property from the previous workspace instance to the new one. It modifies the workspace-starter.ts file to implement this logic.

Related Issue(s)

Fixes EXP-680

How to test

Documentation

Preview status

Gitpod was successfully deployed to your preview environment.

• 🏷️ Name - se-live-git-fix
• 🔗 URL - se-live-git-fix.preview.gitpod-dev.com/workspaces.
• 📚 Documentation - See our internal documentation for information on how to interact with your preview environment.
• 📦 Version - se-live-git-fix-gha.17720
• 🗒️ Logs - GCP Logs Explorer

Build Options

Build

• /werft with-werft
  Run the build with werft instead of GHA
• leeway-no-cache
• /werft no-test
  Run Leeway with --dont-test

Publish

• /werft publish-to-npm
• /werft publish-to-jb-marketplace

Installer

• analytics=segment
• with-dedicated-emulation
• workspace-feature-flags
  Add desired feature flags to the end of the line above, space separated

Preview Environment / Integration Tests

• /werft with-local-preview
  If enabled this will build install/preview
• /werft with-preview
• /werft with-large-vm
• /werft with-gce-vm
  If enabled this will create the environment on GCE infra
• with-integration-tests=all
  Valid options are all, workspace, webapp, ide, jetbrains, vscode, ssh. If enabled, with-preview and with-large-vm will be enabled.
• with-monitoring

/hold

[filiptronicek]

Thanks a lot for this change, I believe it will also contribute a lot to fixing EXP-441. Tested and everything looks a-ok!

[svenefftinge]

/unhold