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### Added
- Adds support for Live Share presence
- Adds an avatar presence indicator and an invite button to start a Live Share session with the code author<br/>
- Adds an avatar presence indicator and an invite button to start a Live Share session with the code author<br/>
- Adds presence status and an _Invite to Live Share_ command to contributor nodes in the _Repositories_ view
- Adds a new _Views Side Bar Layout_ section to the interactive settings editor (via the _GitLens: Open Settings_ command) with 3 layout presets
- _Default_— shows all the views together on the GitLens side bar
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- Adds a new Git virtual file system provider for the `gitlens:` scheme — closes [#430](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/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 new Git virtual file system provider) for the repository at the specified point in time (commit, branch, tag, etc) — closes [#398](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/398)
- Adds a new [_Repositories_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs'), formerly the _GitLens_ view, to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories — closes [#456](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/456), [#470](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/470), [#494](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/494)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs')
- Adds a new [_Repositories_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs'), formerly the _GitLens_ view, to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories — closes [#456](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/456), [#470](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/470), [#494](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/494)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#repositories-view- 'Jump to the Repositories view docs')
- Adds a `gitlens.views.repositories.autoReveal` setting to specify whether to automatically reveal repositories in the _Repositories_ view when opening files
- Adds a new [_File History_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs'), formerly the _History_ view, to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Line History_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs') to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file — closes [#354](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/354)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Search Commits_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs') to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc — closes [#455](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/455)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Compare_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs') to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs')
- Adds a new [_File History_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs'), formerly the _History_ view, to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#file-history-view- 'Jump to the File History view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Line History_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs') to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file — closes [#354](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/354)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#line-history-view- 'Jump to the Line History view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Search Commits_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs') to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc — closes [#455](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/455)
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#search-commits-view- 'Jump to the Search Commits view docs')
- Adds an all-new [_Compare_ view](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs') to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
<br/>[](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/98e225f39a8ebfb5c5bdd3018bc47b35a7e63a6c/#compare-view- 'Jump to the Compare view docs')
- 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](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/560)