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# GitLens
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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).
### 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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- 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)
- 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`)
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- 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`)
- Adds on-demand, beautiful, highly [customizable](#file-blame-annotation-settings) and [themeable](#theme-settings), **Git blame annotations** of the whole file
- 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)
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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)
- 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
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- Adds **code lens** to the top of the file and on code blocks ([optional](#code-lens-settings), on by default)
- **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)
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-`Repository View` - provides a full repository explorer
-`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)
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-`History View` - provides the revision history of the active file
- Automatically updates to track the active editor
- Provides a context menu with `Open File`, `Open File in Remote`, and `Refresh` commands
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
Eric Amodio
7 years ago
