Fix VS Code Breakpoints Not Hit in Multi-Root Workspace - Git Stash Fails: index.lock Exists – Fix-How to Fix Python UnicodeDecodeError: Practical Solutions

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Fix VS Code Breakpoints Not Hit in Multi-Root Workspace - Git Stash Fails: index.lock Exists – Fix-How to Fix Python UnicodeDecodeError: Practical Solutions
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