GitLens

Provides Git CodeLens information (most recent commit, # of authors), on-demand inline blame annotations, status bar blame information, file and blame history explorers, and commands to compare changes with the working tree or previous versions.

Features

• Provides (optional) CodeLens on code blocks:
  • Recent Change - author and date of the most recent check-in for that block
    • Clicking on the CodeLens opens a commit details quick pick ui (by default) with commands for comparing, navigating, and exploring commits
  • Authors - number of authors of a block and the most prominent author (if there are more than one)
    • Clicking on the CodeLens toggles Git blame annotations on/off (by default)
• Provides on-demand inline blame annotations with multiple styles (compact, expanded, and trailing)
• Provides (optional) Git blame information about the selected line in the status bar
  • Clicking on the status bar toggles Git blame annotations on/off (by default)
• Provides (optional) Git blame information about the selected line to the right of the line
• Provides ability to compare diffs with the working tree as well as with previous versions
• Provides a Git commit details quick pick ui with detailed information about the commit, complete with commands for comparing, navigating, and exploring commits
• Provides a Git file history quick pick ui for exploring the commit history of a file
• Provides a Git repository history quick pick ui for exploring the commit history of a repository
• Provides a Git repository status quick pick ui for exploring the status of a repository
• Provides a Git file history explorer (peek style ui) to visualize the history of a file
• Provides a Git blame history explorer (peek style ui) to visualize the blame history of a file or block
• Provides many configuration settings to allow the customization of almost all features

Feature Previews

Featuring CodeLens and commands, toggling inline blame annotations, and showing quick pick ui and commands

Featuring active line blame annotation and hovers, status bar commit details and commands, quick pick ui and commands, compare with previous, etc

Extension Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.blame.annotation.style	Specifies the style of the blame annotations. compact - groups annotations to limit the repetition and also adds author and date when possible. expanded - shows an annotation on every line
gitlens.blame.annotation.highlight	Specifies whether and how to highlight blame annotations. none - no highlight. gutter - adds a gutter icon. line - adds a full-line highlight. both - adds both gutter and line highlights
gitlens.blame.annotation.sha	Specifies whether the commit sha will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded & trailing annotation styles
gitlens.blame.annotation.author	Specifies whether the committer will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded & trailing annotation styles
gitlens.blame.annotation.date	Specifies whether and how the commit date will be shown in the blame annotations. off - no date. relative - relative date (e.g. 1 day ago). absolute - date format specified by gitlens.blame.annotation.dateFormat. Applies only to the expanded & trailing annotation styles
gitlens.blame.annotation.dateFormat	Specifies the date format of how absolute dates will be shown in the blame annotations. See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
gitlens.blame.annotation.message	Specifies whether the commit message will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded & trailing annotation styles
gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLine	Specifies whether and how to show blame annotations on the active line. off - no annotation. inline - adds a trailing annotation to the active line. hover - adds hover annotation to the active line. both - adds both inline and hover annotations
gitlens.codeLens.visibility	Specifies when CodeLens will be triggered in the active document. auto - automatically. ondemand - only when requested. off - disables all active document CodeLens
gitlens.codeLens.location	Specifies where CodeLens will be rendered in the active document. all - render at the top of the document, on container-like (classes, modules, etc), and on member-like (methods, functions, properties, etc) lines. document+containers - render at the top of the document and on container-like lines. document - only render at the top of the document. custom - rendering controlled by gitlens.codeLens.locationCustomSymbols
gitlens.codeLens.locationCustomSymbols	Specifies the set of document symbols to render active document CodeLens on. Must be a member of SymbolKind
gitlens.codeLens.languageLocations	Specifies where CodeLens will be rendered in the active document for the specified languages
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled	Specifies whether the recent change CodeLens is shown
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command	"Specifies the command executed when the recent change CodeLens is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a repository history quick pick
gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled	Specifies whether the authors CodeLens is shown
gitlens.codeLens.authors.command	Specifies the command executed when the authors CodeLens is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a repository history quick pick
gitlens.menus.diff.enabled	Specifies whether diff commands will be added to the context menus
gitlens.statusBar.enabled	Specifies whether blame information is shown in the status bar
gitlens.statusBar.command	"Specifies the command executed when the blame status bar item is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a repository history quick pick
gitlens.statusBar.date	Specifies whether and how the commit date will be shown in the blame status bar. off - no date. relative - relative date (e.g. 1 day ago). absolute - date format specified by gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat
gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat	Specifies the date format of how absolute dates will be shown in the blame status bar. See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats

Known Issues

• 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
• Visible whitespace causes issue (vscode issue) with expanded & compact blame annotations when using a non-monospace font -- use gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled if you are using a non-monospace font
• Menu alt commands aren't working: vscode issue