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• Adds GitLens over Visual Studio Live Share
  • Live Share guests will now have read-only access to GitLens' features
• Adds a new Git virtual file system provider for the gitlens: scheme — closes #430
  • Replaces GitLens' internal handling of file revisions, which allows for better performance, as well as avoiding the use of temp files. It also provides a much better experience when dealing with file encodings, images, etc.
• Adds an Explore the Repository from Here (gitlens.views.exploreRepoRevision) command which opens a virtual workspace folder (uses the Git virtual file system provider) for the repository at the specified point in time (commit, branch, tag, etc) — closes #398
• Adds a new Repositories view, formerly the GitLens view, to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories — closes #456, #470, #494
  • Provides a cleaner information-rich view of your opened repositories, more git commands (fetch, push, pull, checkout, stage, unstage, etc), better visibility and accessibility of existing features, and more
• Adds a new File History view, formerly the History view, to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file
  • Provides similar features to the former History view as well as quickly toggling file tracking on and off, changing the base (branch, tag, commit, etc) of the file's history, and more
• Adds an all-new Line History view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file — closes #354
  • Provides similar features to the File History view including quickly toggling line tracking on and off, changing the base (branch, tag, commit, etc) of the selected lines' history, and more
• Adds an all-new Search Commits view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc — closes #455
  • Provides somewhat similar features to the former Results view as well as it is now a persistent view, makes it easier to start a commit search, and more
• Adds an all-new Compare view to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
  • Provides somewhat similar and powerful features to the former Results view as well as it is now a persistent view, makes it easier to start a comparison, and more
• Reduces the overhead of all GitLens views — GitLens now only tracks changes and updates the views if they are visible, collapsed or hidden views should have almost zero overhead
• Adds relative date markers (Less than a week ago, Over a week ago, Over a month ago, etc) to revision (commit) histories in GitLens views
• Adds branch and tag tip markers to revision (commit) histories in GitLens views — closes #560
• Adds a changes indicator (+x ~x -x) to commits in GitLens views (uses the new ${changes} token in the gitlens.views.commitFormat setting) — closes #493
• Adds comparisions to commit ids, by prefixing with a #, in addition to branches and tags — closes #535
• Adds support for git mailmap — closes #388
• Adds support for Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) remotes — closes #501
• Adds better detection of on-prem BitBucket and GitLab remotes — closes #214
• Adds some missing gitmojis — thanks to PR #510 by Loris Bettazza (@Pustur)
• Changes the sorting of branch, tags, and files in GitLens views to be a natural sort — closes #547
• Changes the Apply Changes command to truly apply only the patch of the specified change — closes #539
• Fixes #405 - Secondary, blank repository appears repeatedly in Repositories view
• Fixes #430 - File revisions can end up being parsed by language servers (causing errors and warnings, etc)
• Fixes #496 - Short hash length doesn't match git's default length
• Fixes #503 - Open Changes (with difftool) opens one difftool window per changed file
• Fixes #507 - Restrict commit message size
• Fixes #527 - GitLens icon flashes on startup
• Fixes #533 - Some descriptions not using markdown properly in Settings GUI
• Fixes #544 - Some commit messages have one letter missing

See the release notes for the full set of changes

GitLens is an open-source extension for Visual Studio Code created by Eric Amodio.

GitLens simply helps you better understand code. Quickly glimpse into whom, why, and when a line or code block was changed. Jump back through history to gain further insights as to how and why the code evolved. Explore the history and evolution of a codebase.

While GitLens is powerful and feature rich, it is also highly customizable to meet your specific needs — find code lens intrusive or the current line blame annotation distracting — no problem, it is quick and easy to turn them off or change how they behave via the built-in GitLens Settings editor, an interactive editor covering many of GitLens' powerful settings. While for more advanced customizations, refer to the GitLens settings docs and edit your vscode user settings.

Here are just some of the features that GitLens provides,

• an unobtrusive current line blame annotation at the end of the line with detailed blame information accessible via hovers
• on-demand gutter blame annotations, including a heatmap, for the whole file
• authorship code lens showing the most recent commit and # of authors to the top of files and/or on code blocks
• on-demand gutter heatmap annotations to show how recently lines were changed, relative to all the other changes in the file and to now (hot vs. cold)
• on-demand recent changes annotations to highlight lines changed by the most recent commit
• a status bar blame annotation showing author and date for the current line
• many rich Side Bar views
  • a Repositories view to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories
  • a File History view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file
  • a Line History view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file
  • a Search Commits view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc
  • a Compare view to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
• many powerful commands for exploring commits and histories, comparing and navigating revisions, stash access, repository status, etc
• user-defined modes for quickly toggling between sets of settings
• and so much more

GitLens has a built-in interactive settings editor which provides an easy-to-use interface to configure many of GitLens' powerful features. It can be accessed via the Open Settings (gitlens.showSettingsPage) command from the Command Palette.

For more advanced customizations, refer to the settings documentation below.

• Adds an unobtrusive, customizable, and themable, blame annotation at the end of the current line
  • Contains the author, date, and message of the current line's most recent commit (by default)
  • Adds a Toggle Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleLineBlame) to toggle the blame annotation on and off

• Adds on-demand, customizable, and themable, gutter blame annotations for the whole file
  • Contains the commit message and date, by default
  • Adds a heatmap (age) indicator on right edge (by default) of the gutter to provide an easy, at-a-glance way to tell how recently lines were changed (optional, on by default)
    • See the gutter heatmap section below for more details
  • Adds a Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) with a shortcut of alt+b to toggle the blame annotations on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

• Adds customizable Git blame hovers accessible over the current line

• Adds a details hover annotation to the current line to show more commit details (optional, on by default)
  • Provides automatic issue linking to Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open on Remote, and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit Details command

• Adds a changes (diff) hover annotation to the current line to show the line's previous version (optional, on by default)
  • Click the Changes to execute the Open Changes command
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit Details command

• Adds customizable Git blame hovers accessible when annotating

• Adds a details hover annotation to each line while annotating to show more commit details (optional, on by default)
  • Provides automatic issue linking to Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open on Remote, and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit Details command

• Adds a changes (diff) hover annotation to each line while annotating to show the line's previous version (optional, on by default)
  • Click the Changes to execute the Open Changes command
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit Details command

• Adds Git authorship code lens to the top of the file and on code blocks (optional, on by default)

  • Recent Change — author and date of the most recent commit for the file or code block

    • Click the code lens to show a commit file details quick pick menu with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more (by default)

  • Authors — number of authors of the file or code block and the most prominent author (if there is more than one)

    • Click the code lens to toggle the file Git blame annotations on and off of the whole file (by default)
    • Will be hidden if the author of the most recent commit is also the only author of the file or block, to avoid duplicate information and reduce visual noise

  • Provides customizable click behavior for each code lens — choose between one of the following

    • Toggle file blame annotations on and off
    • Compare the commit with the previous commit
    • Show a quick pick menu with details and commands for the commit
    • Show a quick pick menu with file details and commands for the commit
    • Show a quick pick menu with the commit history of the file
    • Show a quick pick menu with the commit history of the current branch

• Adds a Toggle Git Code Lens command (gitlens.toggleCodeLens) with a shortcut of shift+alt+b to toggle the code lens on and off

• Adds an on-demand heatmap to the edge of the gutter to show how recently lines were changed
  • The indicator's customizable color will either be hot or cold based on the age of the most recent change (cold after 90 days by default)
  • The indicator's brightness ranges from bright (newer) to dim (older) based on the relative age, which is calculated from the median age of all the changes in the file
  • Adds Toggle File Heatmap Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileHeatmap) to toggle the heatmap on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

• Adds an on-demand, customizable and themable, recent changes annotation to highlight lines changed by the most recent commit
  • Adds Toggle Recent File Changes Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileRecentChanges) to toggle the recent changes annotations on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

• Adds a customizable Git blame annotation about the current line to the status bar (optional, on by default)

  • Contains the commit author and date (by default)

  • Click the status bar item to show a commit details quick pick menu with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more (by default)

  • Provides customizable click behavior — choose between one of the following

    • Toggle file blame annotations on and off
    • Toggle code lens on and off
    • Compare the line commit with the previous commit
    • Compare the line commit with the working tree
    • Show a quick pick menu with details and commands for the commit (default)
    • Show a quick pick menu with file details and commands for the commit
    • Show a quick pick menu with the commit history of the file
    • Show a quick pick menu with the commit history of the current branch

A customizable view to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Push Repositories, Pull Repositories, Fetch Repositories, and Refresh commands
  • A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, Enable Automatic Refresh or Disable Automatic Refresh, Open Settings commands

The repositories view provides the following features,

• Repositories — lists the opened repositories

  • Provides the name of each repository, the name of its current branch, optionally its working tree status, and when it was last fetched
    • Indicator dots on each repository icon denote the following:
      • None — no upstream or up-to-date with the upstream
      • Green — ahead of the upstream
      • Red — behind the upstream
      • Yellow — both ahead of and behind the upstream
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Search Commits, Push Repository (alt-click for Push (force) Repository), Pull Repository, and Fetch Repository commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common repository commands
    • Current Branch — lists the revision (commit) history of the current branch and optionally shows its remote tracking branch and status (if available)
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with Remote (if available), Compare with Working Tree, and Open Branch on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common branch commands
    • * Commits Behind — quickly see and explore the specific commits behind the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pulled)
      • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is behind it
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Pull Repository command
    • * Commits Ahead — quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead of the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pushed)
      • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is ahead of it
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Push Repository (alt-click for Push (force) Repository) command
    • * Files Changed — lists all the "working" changes
      • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files in the working tree (optionally) and/or all files in all commits ahead of the upstream
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Stash Changes command

• Branches — lists the local branches in the repository

  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open Branches on Remote (if available) command
  • Provides the name of each branch, an indicator (check-mark) of the branch is the current one, and optionally shows its remote tracking branch and status (if available)
    • Indicator dots on each branch icon denote the following:
      • None — no upstream or up-to-date with the upstream
      • Green — ahead of the upstream
      • Red — behind the upstream
      • Yellow — both ahead of and behind the upstream
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Checkout, Compare with Remote (if available), Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), and Open Branch on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common branch commands
    • Each branch expands to list its revision (commit) history
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Remotes — lists the remotes in the repository

  • Provides the name of each remote, an indicator of the direction of the remote (fetch, push, both), remote service (if applicable), and repository path
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Fetch Repository, and Open Repository on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common repository and remote commands
    • Each remote expands list its remote branches
      • See the Branches above for additional details

• Stashes — lists the stashed changes in the repository

  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Apply Stash Changes, and Stash Changes commands
  • Provides the name of each stashed changes
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Apply Stashed Changes, and Delete Stashed Changes commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common stashed changes commands
    • Each stashed changes expands to list the set of stashed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Tags — lists the tags in the repository

  • Provides the name of each tag
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Checkout, and _Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common tag commands
    • Each tags expands to list its revision (commit) history
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

A customizable view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Pause File Tracking or Resume File Tracking, Change Base..., and Refresh commands
• A context menu provides the Follow Renames or Don't Follow Renames, and Open Settings commands

The file history view provides the following features,

• Automatically tracks the current editor and lists the revision (commit) history of the current file
• An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
• A context menu provides Open File, Open File on Remote (if available), Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard (if available), and Refresh commands
• Provides the message, author, and date of each revision (commit) — fully customizable
  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
  • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
  • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

A customizable view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Pause File Tracking or Resume File Tracking, Change Base..., and Refresh commands
• A context menu provides the Follow Renames or Don't Follow Renames, and Open Settings commands

The line history view provides the following features,

• Automatically tracks the current editor selection and lists the revision (commit) history of the selection in current file
• An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
• A context menu provides Open File, Open File on Remote (if available), Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard (if available), and Refresh commands
• Provides the message, author, and date of each revision (commit) — fully customizable
  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
  • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
  • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

A customizable view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Search Commits, Keep Results, Clear Results, and Refresh commands
• A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, Open Settings commands
• Use the Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) with a shortcut of alt+/ to search for commits
  • by message — use <message> to search for commits with messages that match <message> — See Git docs
  • or, by author — use @<pattern> to search for commits with authors that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • or, by commit id — use #<sha> to search for a commit with id of <sha> — See Git docs
  • or, by files — use :<pattern> to search for commits with file names that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • or, by changes — use ~<pattern> to search for commits with differences whose patch text contains added/removed lines that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • or, by changed lines — use =<string> to search for commits with differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file — See Git docs

The search commits view provides the following features,

• Provides a semi-persistent results view for searching and exploring commit histories
  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Dismiss command
  • A context menu provides access to common search commands
  • Provides the message, author, date, and change indicator of each revision (commit) — fully customizable
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
    • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands
  • Results can be provided by the following commands
    • Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch)
    • Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory)
    • Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)

A customizable view to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Compare Branch or Tag with..., Keep Results, Clear Results, and Refresh commands
• A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, Open Settings commands

The compare view provides the following features,

• Provides a semi-persistent results view for comparison operations
  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Swap Comparision, and Dismiss commands
  • A context menu provides access to common comparision commands
  • * Commits — lists the commits between the compared revisions (branches or commits)
    • Expands to provide the message, author, date, and change indicator of each revision (commit) — fully customizable
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands
  • * Files Changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared revisions (branches or commits)
    • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files in the working tree (optionally) and/or all files in all commits ahead of the upstream
  • Results can be provided by the following commands
    • Compare with Remote command (gitlens.views.compareWithRemote)
    • Compare with HEAD command (gitlens.views.compareWithHead)
    • Compare with Working Tree command (gitlens.views.compareWithWorking)
    • Compare with Selected command (gitlens.views.compareWithSelected)
    • Compare Ancestry with Working Tree command (gitlens.views.compareAncestryWithWorking)

• GitLens supports user-defined modes for quickly toggling between sets of settings
  • Adds Switch Mode command (gitlens.switchMode) to quickly switch the active mode
  • Adds a built-in Zen mode which for a zen-like experience, disables many visual features
    • Adds Toggle Zen Mode command (gitlens.toggleZenMode) to toggle Zen mode
  • Adds a built-in Review mode which for reviewing code, enables many visual features
    • Adds Toggle Review Mode command (gitlens.toggleReviewMode) to toggle Review mode
  • Adds the active mode to the status bar (optional, on by default)

• Adds a Show Last Opened Quick Pick command (gitlens.showLastQuickPick) with a shortcut of alt+- to quickly get back to where you were when the last GitLens quick pick menu closed

• Adds commands to Open files, commits, branches, and the repository on the supported remote services, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services or a user-defined remote services — only available if a Git upstream service is configured in the repository

  • Also supports remote services with custom domains, such as Bitbucket, Bitbucket Server (previously called Stash), GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab
  • Open Branches on Remote command (gitlens.openBranchesInRemote) — opens the branches on the supported remote service
  • Open Branch on Remote command (gitlens.openBranchInRemote) — opens the current branch commits on the supported remote service
  • Open Commit on Remote command (gitlens.openCommitInRemote) — opens the commit revision of the current line on the supported remote service
  • Open File on Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) — opens the current file/revision on the supported remote service
  • Open Repository on Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) — opens the repository on the supported remote service

• Adds a Show Current Branch History command (gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory) with a shortcut of shift+alt+h to show a paged branch history quick pick menu of the current branch for exploring its commit history

  • Provides entries to Show Commit Search and Open Branch on <remote-service> when available
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
  • Navigate pages via alt+, and alt+. to go backward and forward respectively

• Adds a Show Branch History command (gitlens.showQuickBranchHistory) to show a paged branch history quick pick menu of the selected branch for exploring its commit history

  • Provides the same features as Show Current Branch History above

• Adds a Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory) to show a paged file history quick pick menu of the current file for exploring its commit history
  • Provides additional entries to Show in View, Show Branch History, and Open File on <remote-service> when available
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
  • Navigate pages via alt+, and alt+. to go backward and forward respectively

• Adds a Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails) to show a commit details quick pick menu of the most recent commit of the current file
  • Quickly see the set of files changed in the commit, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
  • Provides additional entries to Show in View, Open Commit on <remote-service> when available, Open Files, Open Revisions, Open Directory Compare with Previous Revision, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on an entry to execute it without closing the quick pick menu, if possible — commands that open windows outside of VS Code will still close the quick pick menu unless "gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut": false is set
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on a file entry in the Changed Files section to preview the comparison of the current revision with the previous one

• Adds a Show Commit File Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails) with a shortcut of alt+c to show a file commit details quick pick menu of the most recent commit of the current file
  • Provides entries to Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File on <remote-service> when available, Open Revision on <remote-service> when available, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Show Commit Details, Show File History, and Show Previous File History
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on an entry to execute it without closing the quick pick menu, if possible — commands that open windows outside of VS Code will still close the quick pick menu unless "gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut": false is set

• Adds a Show Repository Status command (gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus) with a shortcut of alt+s to show a repository status quick pick menu for visualizing the current repository status
  • Quickly see upstream status (if an Git upstream is configured) — complete with ahead and behind information
    • If you are ahead of the upstream, an entry will be shown with the number of commits ahead. Choosing it will show a limited branch history quick pick menu containing just the commits ahead of the upstream
    • If you are behind the upstream, an entry will be shown with the number of commits behind. Choosing it will show a limited branch history quick pick menu containing just the commits behind the upstream
  • Quickly see all working changes, both staged and unstaged, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
  • Provides entries to Show Stashed Changes, Open Changed Files, and Close Unchanged Files
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on an entry to execute it without closing the quick pick menu, if possible — commands that open windows outside of VS Code will still close the quick pick menu unless "gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut": false is set
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on a file entry in the Staged Files or Unstaged Files sections to preview the comparison of the working file with the previous revision

• Adds a Show Stashed Changes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList) to show a stashed changes quick pick menu for exploring your repository stash history

  • Provides additional entries to Stash Changes
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available

• Adds a Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to save any working tree changes to the stash — can optionally provide a stash message

  • Also adds the command to the Source Control items context menu to stash an individual or group of files, works with multi-select too!

• Stashed changes show a stash details quick pick menu which is very similar to the commit details quick pick menu above

  • Quickly see the set of files changed in the stash, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
  • Provides additional entries to Apply Stashed Changes (requires confirmation), Delete Stashed Changes (requires confirmation), Open Files, Open Revisions, Open Directory Compare with Previous Revision, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on an entry to execute it without closing the quick pick menu, if possible — commands that open windows outside of VS Code will still close the quick pick menu unless "gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut": false is set
  • Use the alt+right arrow shortcut on a file entry in the Changed Files section to preview the comparison of the current revision with the previous one

• Adds a Apply Stashed Changes command (gitlens.stashApply) to chose a stash entry to apply to the working tree from a quick pick menu

• Effortlessly navigate between comparisons via the alt+, and alt+. shortcut keys to go back and forth through a file's revisions

• Provides easy access to the following comparison commands via the Command Palette as well as in context via the many provided quick pick menus

• Adds a Directory Compare Working Tree with... command (gitlens.diffDirectory) to open the configured Git difftool to compare the working tree with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare HEAD with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffHeadWithBranch) to compare the index (HEAD) with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare Working Tree with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffWorkingWithBranch) to compare the working tree with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Open Changes with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) to compare the current file with the same file on the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Open Changes with Next Revision command (gitlens.diffWithNext) with a shortcut of alt+. to compare the current file/diff with the next commit revision

• Adds a Open Changes with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) with a shortcut of alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous commit revision

• Adds a Open Line Changes with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) with a shortcut of shift+alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous line commit revision

• Adds a Open Changes with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) to compare the current file with the selected revision of the same file

• Adds a Open Changes with Working File command (gitlens.diffWithWorking) with a shortcut of shift+alt+w to compare the most recent commit revision of the current file/diff with the working tree

• Adds a Open Line Changes with Working File command (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) with a shortcut of alt+w to compare the commit revision of the current line with the working tree

• Adds a Copy Commit ID to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyShaToClipboard) to copy the commit id (sha) of the current line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no current editor

• Adds a Copy Commit Message to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard) to copy the commit message of the current line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no current editor

• Adds a Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard) to copy the remote url of the current file and line to the clipboard

• Adds a Open Working File" command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) to open the working file for the current file revision

• Adds a Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) to open the selected revision for the current file

• Adds a Open Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiff) to the source control group and source control resource context menus to open the changes of a file or set of files with the configured git difftool

• Adds a Open All Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiffAll) to open all working changes with the configured git difftool

  • Also adds the command to the Source Control group context menu

• Adds a Open Changed Files command (gitlens.openChangedFiles) to open any files with working tree changes

• Adds a Close Unchanged Files command (gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles) to close any files without working tree changes

GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow the personalization of almost all features.

See also View Settings

See also View Settings

See also View Settings

See also View Settings

See also View Settings

GitLens defines a set of themable colors which can be provided by vscode themes or directly by the user using workbench.colorCustomization.

Add "gitlens.insiders": true to your settings to join the insiders channel and get early access to upcoming features. Be aware that because this provides early access expect there to be issues.

A big thanks to the people that have contributed to this project:

• Loris Bettazza (@Pustur) — contributions
• Amanda Cameron (@AmandaCameron) — contributions
• Brett Cannon (@brettcannon) — contributions
• Ash Clarke (@ashclarke) — contributions
• Matt Cooper (@vtbassmatt) — contributions
• Segev Finer (@segevfiner) — contributions
• Cory Forsyth (@bantic) — contributions
• Geoffrey (@g3offrey) — contributions
• Yukai Huang (@Yukaii) — contributions
• Roy Ivy III (@rivy) — contributions
• Helmut Januschka (@hjanuschka) — contributions
• Chris Kaczor (@ckaczor) — contributions
• Andrei Korigodski (@korigod) — contributions
• Peng Lyu (@rebornix) — contributions
• Cédric Malard (@cmalard) — contributions
• Aurelio Ogliari (@nobitagit) — contributions
• Maxim Pekurin (@pmaxim25) — contributions
• Johannes Rieken (@jrieken) — contributions
• ryenus (@ryenus) — contributions
• Zack Schuster (@zackschuster) — contributions
• SpaceEEC (@SpaceEEC) — contributions
• Alexey Vasyukov (@notmedia) — contributions
• Zyck (@qzyse2017) — contributions

Also special thanks to the people that have provided support, testing, brainstorming, etc:

• Brian Canzanella (@bcanzanella)
• Matt King (@KattMingMing)

And of course the awesome vscode team!