Add possibility to disable all welcome screens. Fixes #1049. (#1258)

README.md

@@ -903,7 +903,8 @@ See also [View Settings](#view-settings- 'Jump to the View settings')
 | `gitlens.insiders`                                               | Specifies whether to enable experimental features                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `gitlens.liveshare.allowGuestAccess`                             | Specifies whether to allow guest access to GitLens features when using Visual Studio Live Share                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `gitlens.outputLevel`                                            | Specifies how much (if any) output will be sent to the GitLens output channel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `gitlens.showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades`                              | Specifies whether to show What's New after upgrading to new feature releases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `gitlens.showWelcomeOrWhatsNew`                                  | Specifies whether to show the Welcome (Quick Setup) experience on first install, or the What's New notification after upgrading to new feature releases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `gitlens.showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades`                              | Specifies whether to show the What's New notification after upgrading to new feature releases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `gitlens.advanced.abbreviatedShaLength`                          | Specifies the length of abbreviated commit SHAs (shas)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `gitlens.advanced.blame.customArguments`                         | Specifies additional arguments to pass to the `git blame` command                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `gitlens.advanced.blame.delayAfterEdit`                          | Specifies the time (in milliseconds) to wait before re-blaming an unsaved document after an edit. Use 0 to specify an infinite wait                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

package.json

@@ -1463,10 +1463,16 @@
 					"markdownDescription": "Specifies user-defined remote (code-hosting) services or custom domains for built-in remote services",
 					"scope": "resource"
 				},
+				"gitlens.showWelcomeOrWhatsNew": {
+					"type": "boolean",
+					"default": true,
+					"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show the Welcome (Quick Setup) experience on first install, or the What's New notification after upgrading to new feature releases",
+					"scope": "window"
+				},
 				"gitlens.showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades": {
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"default": true,
-					"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show What's New after upgrading to new feature releases",
+					"markdownDescription": "Specifies whether to show the What's New notification after upgrading to new feature releases",
 					"scope": "window"
 				},
 				"gitlens.sortBranchesBy": {
@@ -2600,7 +2606,7 @@
 			},
 			{
 				"command": "gitlens.showWelcomePage",
-				"title": "Welcome",
+				"title": "Welcome (Quick Setup)",
 				"category": "GitLens"
 			},
 			{

src/config.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export interface Config {
 	modes: Record<string, ModeConfig>;
 	outputLevel: TraceLevel;
 	remotes: RemotesConfig[] | null;
+	showWelcomeOrWhatsNew: boolean;
 	showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades: boolean;
 	sortBranchesBy: BranchSorting;
 	sortTagsBy: TagSorting;

src/extension.ts

@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ export function notifyOnUnsupportedGitVersion(version: string) {
 async function showWelcomeOrWhatsNew(version: string, previousVersion: string | undefined) {
 	if (previousVersion == null) {
 		Logger.log('GitLens first-time install');
+		if (!Container.config.showWelcomeOrWhatsNew) return;
+
 		await commands.executeCommand(Commands.ShowWelcomePage);
 
 		return;
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ async function showWelcomeOrWhatsNew(version: string, previousVersion: string |
 		Logger.log(`GitLens upgraded from v${previousVersion} to v${version}`);
 	}
 
+	if (!Container.config.showWelcomeOrWhatsNew) return;
+
 	const [major, minor] = version.split('.').map(v => parseInt(v, 10));
 	const [prevMajor, prevMinor] = previousVersion.split('.').map(v => parseInt(v, 10));
 	if (