GitLens

Git supercharged

GitLens supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.

Show the GitLens view

When opened, show the

Use author avatars in place of commit icons

Automatically refreshes when the file system or any repository changes

For more advanced customizations open User Settings and search for gitlens.gitExplorer

Show the Git authorship code lenses

Add the author and date of the most recent change for the file or code block

When clicked

Add the number of authors and the most prominent author of the file or code block

When clicked

Add code lens to the following scopes

File scope — added at the top of the file

Containers scope — added at the start of modules, classes, interfaces, etc

Block scope — added at the start of functions, methods, etc

For more advanced customizations open User Settings and search for gitlens.codeLens Use the GitLens: Toggle Git Code Lens command to override this setting for the current window

Show a Git blame annotation at the end of the current line

For more advanced customizations open User Settings and search for gitlens.currentLine Use the GitLens: Toggle Line Blame Annotations command to override this setting for the current window

Add a heatmap (age) indicator

Quickly tell the age of a line — indicator ranges from bright yellow (newer) to dark brown (older)

Position the heatmap on the

Add author avatars in the gutter

Highlight other lines changed with the current line

Add gutter highlight

Add line highlight

Add scroll bar highlight

Use compact view

Compacts (deduplicate) matching adjacent blame annotations

For more advanced customizations open User Settings and search for gitlens.blame

Show Git hovers

Add Git blame details

Add Git changes (diff)

Show hovers while annotating

Shown when over the

Add Git blame details

Add Git changes (diff)

Show a Git blame annotation for the current line in the status bar

Position the annotation on the

When clicked

For more advanced customizations open User Settings and search for gitlens.statusBar Use the GitLens: Toggle Line Blame Annotations command to override this setting for the current window

Use keyboard shortcuts