Fixes #4127 ensures view is shown

Author: eamodio

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 - Fixes avoid eagerly getting "full" commit details for inline blame ([#4115])(https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4115))
 - Fixes large commit messages work poorly on Commit Graph ([#4100](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4100))
+- Fixes _Show \* View_ commands fail intermittently ([#4127](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4127))
 
 ## [16.3.2] - 2025-02-21
 

src/views/scmGroupedView.ts

@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ export class ScmGroupedView implements Disposable {
 			type = this.views.scmGroupedViews?.size ? (first(this.views.scmGroupedViews) as T) : undefined!;
 		}
 
-		if (this._view?.type === type) {
-			this.views.lastSelectedScmGroupedView = type;
-			return this._view as TreeViewByType[T];
+		if (this._view?.type !== type) {
+			this._view?.dispose();
+			this._view = this.getView(type);
 		}
 
-		this._view?.dispose();
-		this._view = this.getView(type);
 		if (focus) {
 			void this._view.show({ preserveFocus: false });
 		}