(VS)Code(ium) is great. (VSCode is MS fork of the OSS Codium.) It's a popular editor with a lot of plugin for just about every language. It has an integrated console. It can do basic Version control (and you can use the console for anything more). It's my favorite editor/IDE (not technically and IDE, at least out of the box). Just don't do things you don't understand. It's that simple. The OP fucked around, and they found out what it does the hard way. It's really easy to use if you have a basic understanding of things though.

Makes no sense to me. I’ve never had a single problem. Best ide I’ve ever used.

You can avoid this problem by not doing version control in your code editor. Different programs for different purposes. VS Code is fine for editing code and should not be used to manage an entire project.

I begrudgingly switched to vscode a few years ago. I've never had any issues like this with it. My only issues have been with a plugin that I installed optionally (and that was later fixed by the plugin author).