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- # GitLens
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- GitLens **supercharges** the built-in Visual Studio Code Git capabilities. It helps you to **visualize code authorship** at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, **seamlessly navigate and explore** the history of a file or branch, **gain valuable insights** via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.
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- GitLens provides an unobtrusive blame annotation at the end of the current line, a status bar item showing the commit information (author and date, by default) of the current line, code lens showing the most recent commit and # of authors of the file and/or code block, and many commands for exploring commits and histories, comparing and navigating revisions, stash access, repository status, and more. GitLens is also [highly customizable](#extension-settings) to meet your specific needs — find code lens intrusive or the current line blame annotation distracting — no problem, it is easy to [turn them off or change how they behave](#extension-settings).
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- ### Preview — featuring blame annotations, code lens, status bar details, quick pick menus for navigation and exploration, compare with previous, and more
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- ## Features
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- ### Git Blame Annotations
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- - Adds an unobtrusive, highly [customizable](#line-blame-annotation-settings) and [themeable](#theme-settings), **Git blame annotation** to the end of the current line ([optional](#line-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
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- - Contains the author, date, and message of the line's most recent commit, by [default](#line-blame-annotation-settings)
- - Adds a `details` hover annotation to the current line annotation, which provides more commit details ([optional](#line-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Clicking the commit id will run the `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`)
- - Adds a `changes` (diff) hover annotation to the current line annotation, which provides **instant** access to the line's previous version ([optional](#line-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Clicking on `Changes` will run the `Compare File Revisions` command (`gitlens.diffWith`)
- - Clicking the current and previous commit ids will run the `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`)
- - Clicking on external link icon will run the the `Open Commit in Remote` command (`gitlens.openCommitInRemote`)
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- - Adds on-demand, beautiful, highly [customizable](#file-blame-annotation-settings) and [themeable](#theme-settings), **Git blame annotations** of the whole file
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- - Choose between `gutter` (default) and `hover` [annotation styles](#file-blame-annotation-settings)
- - Contains the commit message and date, by [default](#file-blame-annotation-settings)
- - Adds a `details` hover annotation to the line's annotation, which provides more commit details ([optional](#file-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Clicking the commit id will run the `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`)
- - Adds a `heatmap` (age) indicator to the gutter annotations (on right edge by [default](#file-blame-annotation-settings)), which provides an easy, at-a-glance way to tell the age of a line ([optional](#file-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Indicator ranges from bright yellow (newer) to dark brown (older)
- - Press `Escape` to quickly toggle the annotations off
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- - Adds [customizable](#status-bar-settings) **blame information** about the current line to the **status bar** ([optional](#status-bar-settings), on by default)
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- - Contains the commit author and date, by [default](#status-bar-settings)
- - Clicking the status bar item will, by [default](#status-bar-settings), show a **commit details quick pick menu** with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more
- - Provides [customizable](#status-bar-settings) 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
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- - Adds a `Toggle File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileBlame`) with a shortcut of `alt+b` to toggle the file blame annotations on and off
- - Also adds a `Show File Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.showFileBlame`)
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- - Adds a `Toggle Line Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleLineBlame`) to toggle the current line blame annotations on and off
- - Also adds a `Show Line Blame Annotations` command (`gitlens.showLineBlame`)
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- ### Git Recent Changes Annotations
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- - Adds on-demand, [customizable](#file-recent-changes-annotation-settings) and [themeable](#theme-settings), **recent changes annotations** of the whole file
- - Highlights all of lines changed in the most recent commit
- - Adds a `details` hover annotation to each line, which provides more commit details ([optional](#file-blame-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Clicking the commit id will run the `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`)
- - Adds a `changes` (diff) hover annotation to each line, which provides **instant** access to the line's previous version ([optional](#file-recent-changes-annotation-settings), on by default)
- - Clicking on `Changes` will run the `Compare File Revisions` command (`gitlens.diffWith`)
- - Clicking the current and previous commit ids will run the `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`)
- - Press `Escape` to quickly toggle the annotations off
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- - Adds `Toggle Recent File Changes Annotations` command (`gitlens.toggleFileRecentChanges`) to toggle the recent changes annotations on and off
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- ### Git Code Lens
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- - Adds **code lens** to the top of the file and on code blocks ([optional](#code-lens-settings), on by default)
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- - **Recent Change** — author and date of the most recent commit for the file or code block
- - Clicking the code lens will, by [default](#code-lens-settings), show a **commit file details quick pick menu** with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more
- - **Authors** — number of authors of the file or code block and the most prominent author (if there is more than one)
- - Clicking the code lens will, by [default](#code-lens-settings), toggle the file Git blame annotations on and off of the whole file
- - 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
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- - Provides [customizable](#code-lens-settings) 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
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- - Adds a `Toggle Git Code Lens` command (`gitlens.toggleCodeLens`) with a shortcut of `shift+alt+b` to toggle the code lens on and off
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- ### Powerful Comparison Tools
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- - Effortlessly navigate between comparisons via the `alt+,` and `alt+.` shortcut keys to go back and forth through a file's revisions
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- - Provides easy access to the following comparison commands via the `Command Palette` as well as in context via the many provided quick pick menus
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- - Adds a `Directory Compare` command (`gitlens.diffDirectory`) to open the configured Git difftool to compare directories between branches
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- - Adds a `Compare File with Branch...` command (`gitlens.diffWithBranch`) to compare the active file with the same file on the selected branch
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- - Adds a `Compare File with Next Revision` command (`gitlens.diffWithNext`) with a shortcut of `alt+.` to compare the active file/diff with the next commit revision
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- - Adds a `Compare File with Previous Revision` command (`gitlens.diffWithPrevious`) with a shortcut of `alt+,` to compare the active file/diff with the previous commit revision
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- - Adds a `Compare Line Revision with Previous` command (`gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious`) with a shortcut of `shift+alt+,` to compare the active file/diff with the previous line commit revision
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- - Adds a `Compare File with Revision...` command (`gitlens.diffWithRevision`) to compare the active file with the selected revision of the same file
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- - Adds a `Compare File with Working Revision` command (`gitlens.diffWithWorking`) with a shortcut of `shift+alt+w` to compare the most recent commit revision of the active file/diff with the working tree
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- - Adds a `Compare Line Revision with Working` command (`gitlens.diffLineWithWorking`) with a shortcut of `alt+w` to compare the commit revision of the active line with the working tree
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- ### Navigate and Explore
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- - Adds a [customizable](#gitlens-custom-view-settings) `GitLens` custom view to the Explorer activity
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- - `Repository View` - provides a full repository explorer
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- - `Repository Status` node — provides the status of the repository
- - Provides the name of the current branch, its upstream tracking branch (if available), and its upstream status (if available)
- - Provides indicator dots on the repository icon which denote the following:
- - `None` - up-to-date with the upstream
- - `Green` - ahead of the upstream
- - `Red` - behind the upstream
- - `Yellow` - both ahead of and behind the upstream
- - Provides additional nodes, if the current branch is not synchronized with the upstream, to quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead and/or behind the upstream
- - Provides a context menu with `Open Repository in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
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- - `Branches` node — provides a list of the local branches
- - Indicates which branch is the current branch and [optionally](#gitlens-custom-view-settings) shows the remote tracking branch
- - Expand each branch to easily see its revision (commit) history
- - Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
- - Provides a context menu on each changed file with `Open Changes`, `Open Changes with Working Tree`, `Open File`, `Open Revision`, `Open File in Remote`, `Open Revision in Remote`, `Apply Changes`, and `Show Commit File Details` commands
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- - Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with `Open Commit in Remote`, `Open All Changes`, `Open All Changes with Working Tree`, `Open Files`, `Open Revisions`, `Copy Commit ID to Clipboard`, `Copy Commit Message to Clipboard`, `Show Commit Details`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each branch with `Open Branch in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu with `Open Branches in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
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- - `Remotes` node — provides a list of remotes
- - Indicates the direction of the remote (fetch, push, both), remote service (if applicable), and repository path
- - Expand each remote to see its list of branches
- - Expand each branch to easily see its revision (commit) history
- - Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
- - Provides a context menu on each changed file with `Open Changes`, `Open Changes with Working Tree`, `Open File`, `Open Revision`, `Open File in Remote`, `Open Revision in Remote`, `Apply Changes`, `Show File History`, and `Show Commit File Details` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with `Open Commit in Remote`, `Open All Changes`, `Open All Changes with Working Tree`, `Open Files`, `Open Revisions`, `Copy Commit ID to Clipboard`, `Copy Commit Message to Clipboard`,`Show Commit Details`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each remote with `Open Branches in Remote`, `Open Repository in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu with a `Refresh` command
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- - `Stashes` node — provides a list of stashed changes
- - Expand each stash to quickly see the set of files stashed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
- - Provides a context menu with `Stash Changes`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each stash with `Apply Stashed Changes` (confirmation required), `Delete Stashed Changes` (confirmation required), `Open All Changes`, `Open All Changes with Working Tree`, `Open Files`, `Open Revisions`, `Copy Commit Message to Clipboard`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each stashed file with `Apply Changes`, `Open Changes`, `Open Changes with Working Tree`, `Open File`, `Open Revision`, `Open File in Remote`, and `Show File History` commands
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- - `History View` - provides the revision history of the active file
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- - Automatically updates to track the active editor
- - Provides a context menu with `Open File`, `Open File in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
- - Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with `Open Changes`, `Open Changes with Working Tree`, `Open File`, `Open Revision`, `Open File in Remote`, `Open Revision in Remote`, `Apply Changes`, and `Show Commit File Details` commands
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- - Quickly switch between views using the `Switch to Repository View` or `Switch to History View` commands
- - Provides toolbar commands to `Search Commits`, `Switch to Repository View` or `Switch to History View`, and `Refresh`
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- - Adds a `Search Commits` command (`gitlens.showCommitSearch`) with a shortcut of `alt+/` to search for commits by message, author, file(s), or commit id
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- - Adds commands to open files, commits, branches, and the repository in the supported remote services, currently **BitBucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services** — only available if a Git upstream service is configured in the repository
- - Also supports [remote services with custom domains](#custom-remotes-settings), such as **BitBucket, Bitbucket Server (previously called Stash), GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab**
- - `Open Branches in Remote` command (`gitlens.openBranchesInRemote`) — opens the branches in the supported remote service
- - `Open Branch in Remote` command (`gitlens.openBranchInRemote`) — opens the current branch commits in the supported remote service
- - `Open Commit in Remote` command (`gitlens.openCommitInRemote`) — opens the commit revision of the active line in the supported remote service
- - `Open File in Remote` command (`gitlens.openFileInRemote`) — opens the active file/revision in the supported remote service
- - `Open Repository in Remote` command (`gitlens.openRepoInRemote`) — opens the repository in the supported remote service
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- - 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
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- - Provides entries to `Show Commit Search` and `Open Branch in <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
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- - 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
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- - Adds a `Show File History` command (`gitlens.showQuickFileHistory`) to show a paged **file history quick pick menu** of the active file for exploring its commit history
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- - Provides entries to `Show Branch History` and `Open File in <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
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- - Adds a `Show Commit Details` command (`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails`) to show a **commit details quick pick menu** of the most recent commit of the active file
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- - Quickly see the set of files changed in the commit, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
- - Provides entries to `Copy to Clipboard`, `Directory Compare`, `Open Changed Files`, `Open File in <remote-service>` when available, and more
- - 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`](#extension-settings) 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
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- - 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 active file
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- - Provides entries to `Show Commit Details`, `Show File History`, `Compare File with...`, `Copy to Clipboard`, `Open File`, `Open File in <remote-service>` when available, and more
- - 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`](#extension-settings) is set
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- - 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
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- - 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`](#extension-settings) 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
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- - Adds a `Show Stashed Changes` command (`gitlens.showQuickStashList`) to show a **stashed changes quick pick menu** for exploring your repository stash history
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- - Provides entries to `Stash Changes`
- - Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via `alt+left arrow`, if available
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- - Choosing a stash entry shows a **stash details quick pick menu** which is very similar to the **commit details quick pick menu** above
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- - Quickly see the set of files changed in the stash, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
- - Provides entries to `Copy Message to Clipboard`, `Directory Compare`, and `Open Changed Files`
- - Provides entries to `Apply Stashed Changes` and `Delete Stashed Changes` — both require a confirmation
- - 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`](#extension-settings) 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
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- - 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
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- - Adds a `Open File History Explorer` command (`gitlens.showFileHistory`) to show a **file history explorer** (peek style) to visualize the history of a file
- - Likely to be deprecated in a future release, add your voice to [#66](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/66) if you feel it should not be removed
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- - Adds a `Open Blame History Explorer` command (`gitlens.showBlameHistory`) to show a **blame history explorer** (peek style) to visualize the blame history of a file or code block
- - Likely to be deprecated in a future release, add your voice to [#66](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/66) if you feel it should not be removed
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- ### And More
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- - Adds a `Copy Commit ID to Clipboard` command (`gitlens.copyShaToClipboard`) to copy the commit id (sha) of the active line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no active editor
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- - Adds a `Copy Commit Message to Clipboard` command (`gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard`) to copy the commit message of the active line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no active editor
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- - Adds a `Open Changed Files` command (`gitlens.openChangedFiles`) to open any files with working tree changes
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- - Adds a `Close Unchanged Files` command (`gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles`) to close any files without working tree changes
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- - Adds a `Apply Stashed Changes` command (`gitlens.stashApply`) to chose a stash entry to apply to the working tree from a quick pick menu
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- - 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!
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- ## Insiders
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- Add [`"gitlens.insiders": true`](#general-extension-settings) 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.
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- ## Extension Settings
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- GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow the personalization of almost all features
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- ### General Settings
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- |`gitlens.defaultDateFormat`|Specifies how all absolute dates will be formatted by default\nSee https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
- |`gitlens.insiders`|Opts into the insiders channel -- provides access to upcoming features
- |`gitlens.outputLevel`|Specifies how much (if any) output will be sent to the GitLens output channel
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- ### Blame Settings
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- |`gitlens.blame.ignoreWhitespace`|Specifies whether or not to ignore whitespace when comparing revisions during blame operations
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- #### File Blame Annotation Settings
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- |`gitlens.blame.file.annotationType`|Specifies the type of blame annotations that will be shown for the current file<br />`gutter` - adds an annotation to the beginning of each line<br />`hover` - shows annotations when hovering over each line
- |`gitlens.blame.file.lineHighlight.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to highlight lines associated with the current line
- |`gitlens.blame.file.lineHighlight.locations`|Specifies where the associated line highlights will be shown<br />`gutter` - adds a gutter glyph<br />`line` - adds a full-line highlight background color<br />`overviewRuler` - adds a decoration to the overviewRuler (scroll bar)
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.format`|Specifies the format of the gutter blame annotations<br />Available tokens<br />`${id}` - commit id<br />`${author}` - commit author<br />`${message}` - commit message<br />`${ago}` - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br />`${date}` - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.dateFormat`)<br />`${authorAgo}` - commit author, relative commit date<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.dateFormat`|Specifies how to format absolute dates (using the `${date}` token) in gutter blame annotations<br />See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.compact`|Specifies whether or not to compact (deduplicate) matching adjacent gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.heatmap.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to provide a heatmap indicator in the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.heatmap.location`|Specifies where the heatmap indicators will be shown in the gutter blame annotations<br />`left` - adds a heatmap indicator on the left edge of the gutter blame annotations<br />`right` - adds a heatmap indicator on the right edge of the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.details`|Specifies whether or not to provide a commit details hover annotation over the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.wholeLine`|Specifies whether or not to trigger hover annotations over the whole line
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.hover.heatmap.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to provide heatmap indicators on the left edge of each line
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.hover.wholeLine`|Specifies whether or not to trigger hover annotations over the whole line
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- #### Line Blame Annotation Settings
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- |Name | Description
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- |`gitlens.blame.line.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to provide a blame annotation for the current line, by default<br />Use the `gitlens.toggleLineBlame` command to toggle the annotations on and off for the current session
- |`gitlens.blame.line.annotationType`|Specifies the type of blame annotations that will be shown for the current line<br />`trailing` - adds an annotation to the end of the current line<br />`hover` - shows annotations when hovering over the current line
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.format`|Specifies the format of the trailing blame annotations<br />Available tokens<br />`${id}` - commit id<br />`${author}` - commit author<br />`${message}` - commit message<br />`${ago}` - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br />`${date}` - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.dateFormat`)<br />`${authorAgo}` - commit author, relative commit date<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.dateFormat`|Specifies how to format absolute dates (using the `${date}` token) in trailing blame annotations<br />See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.details`|Specifies whether or not to provide a commit details hover annotation over the trailing blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.changes`|Specifies whether or not to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation over the trailing blame annotations
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.wholeLine`|Specifies whether or not to trigger hover annotations over the whole line
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.hover.details`|Specifies whether or not to provide a commit details hover annotation for the current line
- |`gitlens.annotations.line.hover.changes`|Specifies whether or not to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation for the current line
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- ### File Recent Changes Annotation Settings
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- |Name | Description
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- |`gitlens.recentChanges.file.lineHighlight.locations`|Specifies where the highlights of the recently changed lines will be shown<br />`gutter` - adds a gutter glyph<br />`line` - adds a full-line highlight background color<br />`overviewRuler` - adds a decoration to the overviewRuler (scroll bar)
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.recentChanges.hover.details`|Specifies whether or not to provide a commit details hover annotation
- |`gitlens.annotations.file.recentChanges.hover.changes`|Specifies whether or not to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation
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- ### Code Lens Settings
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- |Name | Description
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- |`gitlens.codeLens.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to provide any Git code lens, by default<br />Use the `gitlens.toggleCodeLens` command to toggle the Git code lens on and off for the current session
- |`gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to show a `recent change` code lens showing the author and date of the most recent commit for the file or code block
- |`gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command`|Specifies the command to be executed when the `recent change` code lens is clicked<br />`gitlens.toggleFileBlame` - toggles file blame annotations<br />`gitlens.showBlameHistory` - opens the blame history explorer<br />`gitlens.showFileHistory` - opens the file history explorer<br />`gitlens.diffWithPrevious` - compares the current committed file with the previous commit<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails` - shows a commit details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails` - shows a commit file details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickFileHistory` - shows a file history quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory` - shows a branch history quick pick
- |`gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to show an `authors` code lens showing number of authors of the file or code block and the most prominent author (if there is more than one)
- |`gitlens.codeLens.authors.command`|Specifies the command to be executed when the `authors` code lens is clicked<br />`gitlens.toggleFileBlame` - toggles file blame annotations<br />`gitlens.showBlameHistory` - opens the blame history explorer<br />`gitlens.showFileHistory` - opens the file history explorer<br />`gitlens.diffWithPrevious` - compares the current committed file with the previous commit<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails` - shows a commit details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails` - shows a commit file details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickFileHistory` - shows a file history quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory` - shows a branch history quick pick
- |`gitlens.codeLens.locations`|Specifies where Git code lens will be shown in the document<br />`document` - adds code lens at the top of the document<br />`containers` - adds code lens at the start of container-like symbols (modules, classes, interfaces, etc)<br />`blocks` - adds code lens at the start of block-like symbols (functions, methods, properties, etc) lines<br />`custom` - adds code lens at the start of symbols contained in `gitlens.codeLens.locationCustomSymbols`
- |`gitlens.codeLens.customLocationSymbols`|Specifies the set of document symbols where Git code lens will be shown in the document
- |`gitlens.codeLens.perLanguageLocations`|Specifies where Git code lens will be shown in the document for the specified languages
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- ### GitLens Custom View Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.view`|Specifies the starting view (mode) of the `GitLens` custom view<br />`history` - shows the commit history of the active file<br />`repository` - shows a repository explorer"
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.showTrackingBranch`|Specifies whether or not to show the tracking branch when displaying local branches in the `GitLens` custom view"
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFormat`|Specifies the format of committed changes in the `GitLens` custom view<br />Available tokens<br /> ${id} - commit id<br /> ${author} - commit author<br /> ${message} - commit message<br /> ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br /> ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat`)<br /> ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFileFormat`|Specifies the format of a committed file in the `GitLens` custom view<br />Available tokens<br /> ${file} - file name<br /> ${filePath} - file name and path<br /> ${path} - file path
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFormat`|Specifies the format of stashed changes in the `GitLens` custom view<br />Available tokens<br /> ${id} - commit id<br /> ${author} - commit author<br /> ${message} - commit message<br /> ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br /> ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat`)<br /> ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
- |`gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFileFormat`|Specifies the format of a stashed file in the `GitLens` custom view<br />Available tokens<br /> ${file} - file name<br /> ${filePath} - file name and path<br /> ${path} - file path
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- ### Custom Remotes Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.remotes`|Specifies any custom domains for remote (code-hosting) services<br />Example: ```"gitlens.remotes": [{ "domain": "git.corporate-url.com", "type": "GitHub" }]```
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- ### Status Bar Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.statusBar.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to provide blame information on the status bar
- |`gitlens.statusBar.alignment`|Specifies the blame alignment in the status bar<br />`left` - align to the left, `right` - align to the right
- |`gitlens.statusBar.command`|Specifies the command to be executed when the blame status bar item is clicked<br />`gitlens.toggleFileBlame` - toggles file blame annotations<br />`gitlens.showBlameHistory` - opens the blame history explorer<br />`gitlens.showFileHistory` - opens the file history explorer<br />`gitlens.diffWithPrevious` - compares the current line commit with the previous<br />`gitlens.diffWithWorking` - compares the current line commit with the working tree<br />`gitlens.toggleCodeLens` - toggles Git code lens<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails` - shows a commit details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails` - shows a commit file details quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickFileHistory` - shows a file history quick pick<br />`gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory` - shows a branch history quick pick
- |`gitlens.statusBar.format`|Specifies the format of the blame information on the status bar<br />Available tokens<br />`${id}` - commit id<br />`${author}` - commit author<br />`${message}` - commit message<br />`${ago}` - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago)<br />`${date}` - formatted commit date (format specified by `gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat`)<br />See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
- |`gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat`|Specifies the date format of absolute dates shown in the blame information on the status bar<br />See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
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- ### Strings Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.recentChangeAndAuthors`|Specifies the string to be shown in place of both the `recent change` and `authors` code lens when there are unsaved changes
- |`gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.recentChangeOnly`|Specifies the string to be shown in place of the `recent change` code lens when there are unsaved changes
- |`gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.authorsOnly`|Specifies the string to be shown in place of the `authors` code lens when there are unsaved changes
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- ### Theme Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.separateLines`|Specifies whether or not gutter blame annotations will have line separators
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.dark.backgroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme background color of the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.light.backgroundColor`|Specifies the light theme background color of the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.dark.foregroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme foreground color of the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.light.foregroundColor`|Specifies the light theme foreground color of the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.dark.uncommittedForegroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme foreground color of an uncommitted line in the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.light.uncommittedForegroundColor`|Specifies the light theme foreground color of an uncommitted line in the gutter blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.line.trailing.dark.backgroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme background color of the trailing blame annotation
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.line.trailing.light.backgroundColor`|Specifies the light theme background color of the trailing blame annotation
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.line.trailing.dark.foregroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme foreground color of the trailing blame annotation
- |`gitlens.theme.annotations.line.trailing.light.foregroundColor`|Specifies the light theme foreground color of the trailing blame annotation
- |`gitlens.theme.lineHighlight.dark.backgroundColor`|Specifies the dark theme background color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations. Must be a valid css color
- |`gitlens.theme.lineHighlight.light.backgroundColor`|Specifies the light theme background color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations. Must be a valid css color
- |`gitlens.theme.lineHighlight.dark.overviewRulerColor`|Specifies the dark theme overview ruler color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations
- |`gitlens.theme.lineHighlight.light.overviewRulerColor`|Specifies the light theme overview ruler color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations
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- ### Advanced Settings
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- |Name | Description
- |-----|------------
- |`gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to enable GitLens telemetry (even if enabled still abides by the overall `telemetry.enableTelemetry` setting
- |`gitlens.advanced.menus`|Specifies which commands will be added to which menus
- |`gitlens.advanced.caching.enabled`|Specifies whether git output will be cached
- |`gitlens.advanced.caching.maxLines`|Specifies the threshold for caching larger documents
- |`gitlens.advanced.git`|Specifies the git path to use
- |`gitlens.advanced.gitignore.enabled`|Specifies whether or not to parse the root .gitignore file for better performance (i.e. avoids blaming excluded files)
- |`gitlens.advanced.maxQuickHistory`|Specifies the maximum number of QuickPick history entries to show
- |`gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut`|Specifies whether or not to close the QuickPick menu when focus is lost
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- ## Known Issues
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- - If the `Copy to * clipboard` commands don't work on Linux -- `xclip` needs to be installed. You can install it via `sudo apt-get install xclip`
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- ## Contributors
-
- A big thanks to the people that have contributed to this project:
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- - Peng Lyu ([@rebornix](https://github.com/rebornix)) — [contributions](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=rebornix))
- - Aurelio Ogliari ([@nobitagit](https://github.com/nobitagit)) — [contributions](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=nobitagit)
- - Johannes Rieken ([@jrieken](https://github.com/jrieken)) — [contributions](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=jrieken))
- - Zack Schuster ([@zackschuster](https://github.com/zackschuster)) — [contributions](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/commits?author=zackschuster)
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