GitLens supercharges the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code. It helps you to visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.

What's new in GitLens 8

8.5 — July 2018

• Adds an all-new GitLens sidebar view to contain the GitLens, GitLens File History, and GitLens Results explorers
• The new view is enabled by default, but can easily be configured back to the existing locations via the GitLens interactive settings editor
• Adds emoji support, e.g. 😄 in commit messages will now be 😃 — closes #429
• Adds Compare with Selected and Select for Compare commands to file nodes in the GitLens, GitLens File History, and GitLens Results explorers — closes #446
• Adds tag annotations to the tag tooltips in the GitLens explorer — closes #431
• Adds Choose from Branch or Tag History... to the quick pick menu shown by the Show File History... command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory) — closes #316
• Adds the Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) as an alternate (alt+click) for the Compare File with Previous Revision command in the editor toolbar
• Adds Checkout Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalCheckoutCommit) to commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer — closes #463
• Adds gitlens.historyExplorer.avatars setting to specify whether to show avatar images instead of status icons in the GitLens File History explorer — allows for an independent value from the other explorers
• Adds a gitlens.hovers.avatars setting to specify whether to show avatar images in hovers — closes #432 thanks to PR #441 by Segev Finer (@segevfiner)
• Adds the gitlens.hovers.avatars setting to the GitLens interactive settings editor to specify whether to show avatar images in hovers
• Adds Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard) command — copies the remote url of the current file and line to the clipboard — closes #467
• Improves performance of providing blame annotations, especially for large files (a ~33% improvement on some files)
• Changes commit search by sha to jump directly to the commit (if one is found), rather than having to click through to the commit
• Renames the GitLens History explorer to GitLens File History explorer for better clarity
• Changes the GitLens File History explorer to always show the full file history even when reviewing revisions
• Changes the behavior of and renames the Show Branches and Tags command and on the quick pick menu shown by the Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) to Choose from Branch or Tag History...
• Changes the behavior of and renames the Show Branches and Tags command on the quick pick menu shown by the Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) to Choose from Branch or Tag History...
• Changes Rebase to Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalRebaseCommit) to apply to all commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer
• Changes Reset to Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalResetCommit) to apply to all commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer
• Updates settings descriptions to better support the new settings editor in vscode
• Removes gitlens:activeIsTracked, gitlens:activeIsBlameable, gitlens:activeIsRevision, and gitlens:activeHasRemotes contexts and consolidates them into gitlens:activeFileStatus for better performance and UX
• Fixes #436 - Copy to clipboard not working
• Fixes #442 - GitLens File History fails if name (or path) starts with -
• Fixes #440 - Searching for commits with an empty query yields to no results anymore
• Fixes #444 - GitLens custom viewlet icon slightly larger than standard
• Fixes #437 - Remove --first-parent from git commands to show file history from merged in repositories
• Fixes #252 - Cannot read property 'push' of undefined
• Fixes #451 - "apply Changes" has discarded all my changes
• Fixes #449 - Stop hiding explorers by default when in Zen mode
• Fixes #454 - Search for string returns merge commits (unlike raw git log -S)
• Fixes #462 - Source Control shortcut on macOS (⌃⇧G) shouldn't be overridden
• Fixes #457 - Displays the wrong username (You) — thanks to PR #460 by Zyck (@qzyse2017)
• Fixes #459 - File blame annotation text overflow with letter spacing setting
• Fixes #471 - Don't use Ctrl+Alt+[character] as a shortcut
• Fixes #478 - suppressShowKeyBindingsNotice gets saved even when it is not required
• Fixes #468 - Commit history for detached HEAD doesn't work properly
• Fixes #477 - Can't load any GitLens features or UI
• Fixes #482 - UI displays "undefined" in results panel when comparing
• Fixes issues with GitLens Welcome and the interactive settings editor with light themes
• Fixes issue where commands in the editor toolbar would flash unnecessarily when navigating history or switching tabs
• Fixes issue where the Compare File with Previous Revision command wouldn't work properly when the file had been renamed in some cases
• Fixes issue where the Compare File with Next Revision command wouldn't work properly when the file had been renamed in some cases
• Fixes issue where changed files count was wrong when the branch was behind the upstream
• Fixes issue where the GitLens File History explorer wasn't being updated automatically for working changes
• Fixes issue where the Compare File with * Revision commands in the editor toolbar would show and hide too often because of insignificant focus changes
• Fixes issue where the scope box would be empty when there was no workspace open in the interactive settings editor
• Fixes issue where GitLens saves a couple settings with default values into user settings (rather than just removing the setting)
• Fixes issue showing changes with untracked stashed files
• Fixes issue showing changes with working file when the file has been renamed

See the release notes for the full set of changes

GitLens

GitLens is an open-source extension for Visual Studio Code created by Eric Amodio. While GitLens is generously offered to everyone free of charge, if you find it useful please consider supporting it.

GitLens simply helps you understand code better. Quickly glimpse into whom, why, and when a line or code block was changed. Jump back through history to gain further insights as to how and why the code evolved. Explore the history and evolution of a codebase.

Here are just some of the features that GitLens provides,

• a GitLens explorer to navigate and explore repositories
• a GitLens File History explorer to navigate and explore file histories
• an on-demand GitLens Results explorer to navigate and explore commit searches, visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
• authorship code lens showing the most recent commit and # of authors to the top of files and/or on code blocks
• an unobtrusive current line blame annotation at the end of the line
• on-demand gutter blame annotations, including a heatmap, for the whole file
• on-demand gutter heatmap annotations to show how recently lines were changed, relative to all the other changes in the file and to now (hot vs. cold)
• on-demand recent changes annotations to highlight lines changed by the most recent commit
• a status bar blame annotation showing author and date for the current line
• commit search — by message, author, filename, commit id, or code changes
• many powerful commands for exploring commits and histories, comparing and navigating revisions, stash access, repository status, etc
• and so much more

GitLens is powerful, feature rich, and also highly customizable to meet your specific needs — find code lens intrusive or the current line blame annotation distracting — no problem, it is quick and easy to turn them off or change how they behave via the built-in GitLens Settings editor, an interactive editor covering many of GitLens' powerful settings. While for more advanced customizations, refer to the GitLens settings docs and edit your vscode user settings.

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I've been building GitLens in my spare time¹ for almost 2 years now. From its very humble beginnings, GitLens has grown wildly beyond my expectations — in both its reach as well as its demands on my time and attention. While I enjoy giving my free time and attention to GitLens' development and growth, I would like to do even more.

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Configuration

GitLens has a built-in interactive settings editor which provides an easy-to-use interface to configure many of GitLens' powerful features. It can be accessed via the Open Settings (gitlens.showSettingsPage) command from the Command Palette.

For more advanced customizations, refer to the settings documentation below.

Features

GitLens Explorer

A customizable explorer to navigate and explore repositories or file histories. The GitLens explorer provides two views (modes) — a Repository view and a File History view.

• A toolbar provides Search Commits, Switch to Repository View or Switch to File History View, and Refresh commands
  • Quickly switch between views using the Switch to Repository View or Switch to File History View commands
  • A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, Enable Automatic Refresh or Disable Automatic Refresh, and Follow Renames or Don't Follow Renames commands

Repository view

The repository view provides a full Git repository explorer, which has the following features,

• Repository Status

  • Provides the name of the current branch, optionally its working tree status, and its upstream tracking branch and 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 upstream status nodes, if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and,
    • is behind the upstream — quickly see and explore the specific commits behind the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pulled)
    • is ahead of the upstream — quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead of the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pushed)
  • A context menu provides Open Repository in Remote, and Refresh commands
  • Changed Files — lists all the "working" changes
    • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files in the working tree (optionally) and/or all files in all commits ahead of the upstream
  • History (current-branch) — lists the revision (commit) history of the current branch
    • See the Branches expand section under Branches below for more details

• Branches — lists the local branches

  • Indicates which branch is the current branch and optionally shows the remote tracking branch
  • A context menu provides Open Branches in Remote, and Refresh commands
  • Branches expand to show its revision (commit) history
    • Provides indicator dots on each branch icon which denote the following:
      • None — no upstream or up-to-date with the upstream
      • Green — ahead of the upstream
      • Red — behind the upstream
      • Yellow — both ahead of and behind the upstream
    • Context menus for each branch provide
      • Open Branch in Remote (if available), Compare with Remote (if available), Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working Tree, Compare with Selected (when available), Compare Ancestry with Working Tree (when available), Select for Compare, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Checkout Branch (via Terminal), Merge Branch (via Terminal), Rebase (Interactive) Branch (via Terminal), Rebase (Interactive) Branch to Remote (via Terminal), Squash Branch into Commit (via Terminal), Create Branch (via Terminal)..., Delete Branch (via Terminal), Create Tag (via Terminal)..., and Refresh commands
    • Revisions (commits) expand to show the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • Context menus for each revision (commit) provide
        • Open Commit in Remote (if available), 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, Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working Tree, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, Cherry Pick Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Push to Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Revert Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Checkout Commit (via Terminal), Rebase to Commit (via Terminal), Reset to Commit (via Terminal), Create Branch (via Terminal)..., Create Tag (via Terminal)..., and Refresh commands
      • Context menus for each changed file provide
        • Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard, Apply Changes, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show Commit File Details commands
      • Inline toolbars for each changed file provide an Open File command

• Remotes — lists the remotes

  • Indicates the direction of the remote (fetch, push, both), remote service (if applicable), and repository path
  • A context menu provides a Refresh command
  • Remotes expands show its list of branches
    • Context menus for each remote provide
      • Open Branches in Remote, Open Repository in Remote, Remove Remote (via Terminal), and Refresh commands
    • Branches expand to show its revision (commit) history
      • See the Branches expand section under Branches above for more details

• Stashes — lists the stashed changes

  • A context menu provides Stash Changes, and Refresh commands
  • Stashes expand to show the set of files stashed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
    • Context menus for each stash provide
      • 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, Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working Tree, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Refresh commands
    • Context menus for each stashed file provide
      • Apply Changes, Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote (if available), Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show File History commands

• Tags — lists the tags

  • A context menu provides a Refresh command
  • Tags expand to show its revision (commit) history
    • Context menus for each tag provide
      • Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working Tree, Compare with Selected, Select for Compare, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Delete Tag (via Terminal), Create Branch (via Terminal), and Refresh commands
    • Revisions (commits) expand to show the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • See the Revisions (commits) expand section under Branches above for more details

File History view

The file history view provides the revision history of the current file, which has the following features,

• Automatically updates to track the current editor
• A context menu provides Open File, Open File in Remote (if available), and Refresh commands
• An inline toolbar provides an Open File command
• Context menus for each revision (commit) provides
  • Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote (if available), Open Revision in Remote (if available), Apply Changes, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show Commit File Details commands

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GitLens File History Explorer

A customizable stand-alone explorer to visualize the history of the current file — undocked version of the GitLens Explorer history view

• Automatically updates to track the current editor
• A context menu provides Open File, Open File in Remote (if available), and Refresh commands
• An inline toolbar provides an Open File command
• Context menus for each revision (commit) provides
  • Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote (if available), Open Revision in Remote (if available), Apply Changes, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show Commit File Details commands

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GitLens Results Explorer

An on-demand, customizable explorer to navigate and explore commits, histories, and searches, or visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more

• A toolbar provides Search Commits, Keep Results, and Refresh commands
  • A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, and Close commands

Explore

• Provides a semi-persistent results view for exploring histories, commits, and searches
  • Accessible via the following commands
    • Show Commit Search command (gitlens.showCommitSearch)
    • Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory)
    • Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)
  • An inline toolbar provides a Clear Results command
  • A context menu provides Clear Results, and Refresh commands
  • Revisions (commits) expand show the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
    • Context menus for each revision (commit) provide
      • Open Commit in Remote (if available), 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, Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working Tree, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, Cherry Pick Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Push to Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Revert Commit (via Terminal) (when available), Checkout Commit (via Terminal), Rebase to Commit (via Terminal), Reset to Commit (via Terminal), Create Branch (via Terminal)..., Create Tag (via Terminal)..., and Refresh commands
    • Context menus for each changed file provide
      • Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard, Apply Changes, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show Commit File Details commands

Compare

• Provides a semi-persistent results view for comparison operations

  • Accessible via the following commands

    • Compare with Remote command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithRemote)
    • Compare with HEAD command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithHead)
    • Compare with Working Tree command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithWorking)
    • Compare with Selected command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithSelected)
    • Compare Ancestry with Working Tree command (gitlens.explorers.compareAncestryWithWorking)

  • An inline toolbar provides Swap Comparision, and Clear Results commands

  • A context menu provides Clear Results, Swap Comparision, Open Directory Compare, and Refresh commands

  • Commits — lists the commits between the compared revisions (branches or commits)

    • Revisions (commits) expand to show the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • See the Revisions (commits) expand section under Explore above for more details

  • Changed Files — lists the files changed between the compared revisions (branches or commits)

    • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files
      • Context menus for each changed file provide
        • Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard, Apply Changes, Compare with Selected (when available), Select for Compare, and Show Commit File Details commands

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Code Lens

• Adds Git authorship code lens to the top of the file and on code blocks (optional, on by default)

  • Recent Change — author and date of the most recent commit for the file or code block

    • Click the code lens to show a commit file details quick pick menu with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more (by default)

  • Authors — number of authors of the file or code block and the most prominent author (if there is more than one)

    • Click the code lens to toggle the file Git blame annotations on and off of the whole file (by default)
    • 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

  • Provides customizable 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

• 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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Current Line Blame

• Adds an unobtrusive, customizable, and themable, blame annotation at the end of the current line
  • Contains the author, date, and message of the current line's most recent commit (by default)
  • Adds a Toggle Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleLineBlame) to toggle the blame annotation on and off

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Gutter Blame

• Adds on-demand, customizable, and themable, gutter blame annotations for the whole file
  • Contains the commit message and date, by default
  • Adds a heatmap (age) indicator on right edge (by default) of the gutter to provide an easy, at-a-glance way to tell how recently lines were changed (optional, on by default)
    • See the gutter heatmap section below for more details
  • Adds a Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) with a shortcut of alt+b to toggle the blame annotations on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

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Gutter Heatmap

• Adds an on-demand heatmap to the edge of the gutter to show how recently lines were changed
  • The indicator's customizable color will either be hot or cold based on the age of the most recent change (cold after 90 days by default)
  • The indicator's brightness ranges from bright (newer) to dim (older) based on the relative age, which is calculated from the median age of all the changes in the file
  • Adds Toggle File Heatmap Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileHeatmap) to toggle the heatmap on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

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Hovers

Current Line Hovers

• Adds customizable Git blame hovers accessible over the current line

Details Hover

• Adds a details hover annotation to the current line to show more commit details (optional, on by default)
  • Provides automatic issue linking to Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open in Remote, and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)

Changes (diff) Hover

• Adds a changes (diff) hover annotation to the current line to show the line's previous version (optional, on by default)
  • Click the Changes to execute the Compare File Revisions command (gitlens.diffWith)
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)

Annotation Hovers

• Adds customizable Git blame hovers accessible when annotating

Details Hover

• Adds a details hover annotation to each line while annotating to show more commit details (optional, on by default)
  • Provides automatic issue linking to Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open in Remote, and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)

Changes (diff) Hover

• Adds a changes (diff) hover annotation to each line while annotating to show the line's previous version (optional, on by default)
  • Click the Changes to execute the Compare File Revisions command (gitlens.diffWith)
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)

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Modes

• GitLens supports user-defined modes for quickly toggling between sets of settings
  • Adds Switch Mode command (gitlens.switchMode) to quickly switch the active mode
  • Adds a built-in Zen mode which for a zen-like experience, disables many visual features
    • Adds Toggle Zen Mode command (gitlens.toggleZenMode) to toggle Zen mode
  • Adds a built-in Review mode which for reviewing code, enables many visual features
    • Adds Toggle Review Mode command (gitlens.toggleReviewMode) to toggle Review mode
  • Adds the active mode to the status bar (optional, on by default)

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Recent Changes

• Adds an on-demand, customizable and themable, recent changes annotation to highlight lines changed by the most recent commit
  • Adds Toggle Recent File Changes Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileRecentChanges) to toggle the recent changes annotations on and off
  • Press Escape to turn off the annotations

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Status Bar Blame

• Adds a customizable Git blame annotation about the current line to the status bar (optional, on by default)

  • Contains the commit author and date (by default)

  • Click the status bar item to show a commit details quick pick menu with commands for comparing, navigating and exploring commits, and more (by default)

  • Provides customizable 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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Commit Search

• Adds a Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) with a shortcut of alt+/ to search for commits by message, author, file(s), commit id, or code changes
  • Use <message> to search for commits with messages that match <message> — See Git docs
  • Use @<pattern> to search for commits with authors that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • Use :<pattern> to search for commits with file names that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • Use #<sha> to search for a commit with id of <sha> — See Git docs
  • Use ~<pattern> to search for commits with differences whose patch text contains added/removed lines that match <pattern> — See Git docs
  • Use =<string> to search for commits with differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file — See Git docs
  • Provides a Show in Results option to show the search results in the GitLens Results explorer

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Navigate and Explore

• 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

• Adds commands to open files, commits, branches, and the repository in the supported remote services, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services or a user-defined remote services — only available if a Git upstream service is configured in the repository

  • Also supports remote services with custom domains, 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 current line in the supported remote service
  • Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) — opens the current file/revision in the supported remote service
  • Open Repository in Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) — opens the repository in the supported remote service

Branch History

• 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
  • Navigate pages via alt+, and alt+. to go backward and forward respectively

• 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

File History

• Adds a Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory) to show a paged file history quick pick menu of the current file for exploring its commit history
  • Provides additional entries to Show in Results, 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

Commit Details

• Adds a Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails) to show a commit details quick pick menu of the most recent commit of the current file
  • Quickly see the set of files changed in the commit, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
  • Provides additional entries to Show in Results, Open Commit in <remote-service> when available, Open Files, Open Revisions, Open Directory Compare with Previous Revision, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard
  • 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 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

• 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 current file
  • Provides entries to Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in <remote-service> when available, Open Revision in <remote-service> when available, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Show Commit Details, Show File History, and Show Previous File History
  • 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 is set

Repository Status

• 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
    • 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 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

Stashes

• Adds a Show Stashed Changes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList) to show a stashed changes quick pick menu for exploring your repository stash history

  • Provides additional entries to Stash Changes
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available

• 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!

Stash Details

• Stashed changes show a stash details quick pick menu which is very similar to the commit details quick pick menu above

  • Quickly see the set of files changed in the stash, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
  • Provides additional entries to Apply Stashed Changes (requires confirmation), Delete Stashed Changes (requires confirmation), Open Files, Open Revisions, Open Directory Compare with Previous Revision, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard
  • 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 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

• 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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Powerful Comparison Tools

• Effortlessly navigate between comparisons via the alt+, and alt+. shortcut keys to go back and forth through a file's revisions

• Provides easy access to the following comparison commands via the Command Palette as well as in context via the many provided quick pick menus

• Adds a Directory Compare Working Tree with... command (gitlens.diffDirectory) to open the configured Git difftool to compare the working tree with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare HEAD with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffHeadWithBranch) to compare the index (HEAD) with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare Working Tree with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffWorkingWithBranch) to compare the working tree with the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare File with Branch or Tag... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) to compare the current file with the same file on the selected branch or tag

• Adds a Compare File with Next Revision command (gitlens.diffWithNext) with a shortcut of alt+. to compare the current file/diff with the next commit revision

• Adds a Compare File with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) with a shortcut of alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous commit revision

• Adds a Compare Line Revision with Previous command (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) with a shortcut of shift+alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous line commit revision

• Adds a Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) to compare the current file with the selected revision of the same file

• 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 current file/diff with the working tree

• Adds a Compare Line Revision with Working File command (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) with a shortcut of alt+w to compare the commit revision of the current line with the working tree

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And More

• Adds a Copy Commit ID to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyShaToClipboard) to copy the commit id (sha) of the current line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no current editor

• Adds a Copy Commit Message to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard) to copy the commit message of the current line to the clipboard or from the most recent commit to the current branch, if there is no current editor

• Adds a Copy Remote File Url to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard) to copy the remote url of the current file and line to the clipboard

• Adds a Open Working File" command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) to open the working file for the current file revision

• Adds a Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) to open the selected revision for the current file

• Adds a Open Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiff) to the source control group and source control resource context menus to open the changes of a file or set of files with the configured git difftool

• Adds a Open All Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiffAll) to open all working changes with the configured git difftool

  • Also adds the command to the Source Control group context menu

• Adds a Open Changed Files command (gitlens.openChangedFiles) to open any files with working tree changes

• Adds a Close Unchanged Files command (gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles) to close any files without working tree changes

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GitLens Settings

GitLens is highly customizable and provides many configuration settings to allow the personalization of almost all features.

General Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.defaultDateFormat	Specifies how absolute dates will be formatted by default See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
gitlens.defaultDateStyle	Specifies how dates will be displayed by default
gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle	Specifies the style of the gravatar default (fallback) images identicon - a geometric pattern mm - a simple, cartoon-style silhouetted outline of a person (does not vary by email hash) monsterid - a monster with different colors, faces, etc retro - 8-bit arcade-style pixelated faces robohash - a robot with different colors, faces, etc wavatar - a face with differing features and backgrounds
gitlens.insiders	Specifies whether to enable experimental features
gitlens.keymap	Specifies the keymap to use for GitLens shortcut keys alternate - adds an alternate set of shortcut keys that start with Alt (⌥ on macOS) chorded - adds a chorded set of shortcut keys that start with Ctrl+Shift+G (⌥⌘G on macOS) none - no shortcut keys will be added
gitlens.menus	Specifies which commands will be added to which menus
gitlens.outputLevel	Specifies how much (if any) output will be sent to the GitLens output channel
gitlens.settings.mode	Specifies the display mode of the interactive settings editor simple - only displays common settings advanced - displays all settings
gitlens.showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades	Specifies whether to show What's New after upgrading to new feature releases

GitLens Explorer Settings

See also Explorer Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.gitExplorer.autoRefresh	Specifies whether to automatically refresh the GitLens explorer when the repository or the file system changes
gitlens.gitExplorer.branches.layout	Specifies how the GitLens explorer will display branches list - displays branches as a list tree - displays branches as a tree when branch names contain slashes /
gitlens.gitExplorer.enabled	Specifies whether to show the GitLens explorer"
gitlens.gitExplorer.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the GitLens explorer Only applies when gitlens.gitExplorer.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.gitExplorer.files.layout	Specifies how the GitLens explorer will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.gitExplorer.files.threshold value and the number of files at each nesting level list - displays files as a list tree - displays files as a tree
gitlens.gitExplorer.files.threshold	Specifies when to switch between displaying files as a tree or list based on the number of files in a nesting level in the GitLens explorer Only applies when gitlens.gitExplorer.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.gitExplorer.includeWorkingTree	Specifies whether to include working tree files inside the Repository Status node of the GitLens explorer
gitlens.gitExplorer.location	Specifies where to show the GitLens explorer gitlens - adds to the GitLens view explorer - adds to the Explorer view scm - adds to the Source Control view
gitlens.gitExplorer.showTrackingBranch	Specifies whether to show the tracking branch when displaying local branches in the GitLens explorer"
gitlens.gitExplorer.view	Specifies the starting view of the GitLens explorer auto - shows the last selected view, defaults to repository history - shows the commit history of the current file repository - shows a repository explorer"

GitLens File History Explorer Settings

See also Explorer Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.historyExplorer.enabled	Specifies whether to show the current file history undocked in a GitLens File History explorer
gitlens.historyExplorer.location	Specifies where to show the GitLens File History explorer gitlens - adds to the GitLens view explorer - adds to the Explorer view scm - adds to the Source Control view

GitLens Results Explorer Settings

See also Explorer Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the GitLens Results explorer Only applies when gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.layout	Specifies how the GitLens Results explorer will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.threshold value and the number of files at each nesting level list - displays files as a list tree - displays files as a tree
gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.threshold	Specifies when to switch between displaying files as a tree or list based on the number of files in a nesting level in the GitLens Results explorer Only applies when gitlens.resultsExplorer.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.resultsExplorer.location	Specifies where to show the GitLens Results explorer gitlens - adds to the GitLens view explorer - adds to the Explorer view scm - adds to the Source Control view

Explorer Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.explorers.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers
gitlens.explorers.commitFileFormat	Specifies the format of a committed file in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers Available tokens ${directory} - directory name ${file} - file name ${filePath} - formatted file name and path ${path} - full file path
gitlens.explorers.commitFormat	Specifies the format of committed changes in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers Available tokens ${id} - commit id ${author} - commit author ${message} - commit message ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago) ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat) ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
gitlens.explorers.stashFileFormat	Specifies the format of a stashed file in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers Available tokens ${directory} - directory name ${file} - file name ${filePath} - formatted file name and path ${path} - full file path
gitlens.explorers.stashFormat	Specifies the format of stashed changes in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers Available tokens ${id} - commit id ${author} - commit author ${message} - commit message ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago) ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat) ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
gitlens.explorers.statusFileFormat	Specifies the format of the status of a working or committed file in the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers Available tokens ${directory} - directory name ${file} - file name ${filePath} - formatted file name and path ${path} - full file path ${working} - optional indicator if the file is uncommitted

Code Lens Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.codeLens.authors.command	Specifies the command to be executed when the authors code lens is clicked gitlens.toggleFileBlame - toggles file blame annotations gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current committed file with the previous commit gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - shows a commit file details quick pick gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows a branch history quick pick
gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled	Specifies whether 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.enabled	Specifies whether to provide any Git code lens, by default Use the Toggle Git Code Lens command (gitlens.toggleCodeLens) to toggle the Git code lens on and off for the current window
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command	Specifies the command to be executed when the recent change code lens is clicked gitlens.toggleFileBlame - toggles file blame annotations gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current committed file with the previous commit gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - shows a commit file details quick pick gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows a branch history quick pick
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled	Specifies whether 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.scopes	Specifies where Git code lens will be shown in the document document - adds code lens at the top of the document containers - adds code lens at the start of container-like symbols (modules, classes, interfaces, etc) blocks - adds code lens at the start of block-like symbols (functions, methods, etc) lines
gitlens.codeLens.scopesByLanguage	Specifies where Git code lens will be shown in the document for the specified languages
gitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes	Specifies a set of document symbols where Git code lens will or will not be shown in the document Prefix with ! to not show Git code lens for the symbol Must be a member of SymbolKind

Current Line Blame Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat	Specifies how to format absolute dates (using the ${date} token) for the current line blame annotations See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
gitlens.currentLine.enabled	Specifies whether to provide a blame annotation for the current line, by default Use the Toggle Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleLineBlame) to toggle the annotations on and off for the current window
gitlens.currentLine.format	Specifies the format of the current line blame annotation Available tokens ${id} - commit id ${author} - commit author ${message} - commit message ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago) ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat) ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
gitlens.currentLine.scrollable	Specifies whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport

Gutter Blame Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.blame.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images in the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.blame.compact	Specifies whether to compact (deduplicate) matching adjacent gutter blame annotations
gitlens.blame.dateFormat	Specifies how to format absolute dates (using the ${date} token) in gutter blame annotations See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
gitlens.blame.format	Specifies the format of the gutter blame annotations Available tokens ${id} - commit id ${author} - commit author ${message} - commit message ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago) ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by gitlens.blame.dateFormat) ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
gitlens.blame.heatmap.enabled	Specifies whether to provide a heatmap indicator in the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.blame.heatmap.location	Specifies where the heatmap indicators will be shown in the gutter blame annotations left - adds a heatmap indicator on the left edge of the gutter blame annotations right - adds a heatmap indicator on the right edge of the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.blame.highlight.enabled	Specifies whether to highlight lines associated with the current line
gitlens.blame.highlight.locations	Specifies where the associated line highlights will be shown gutter - adds a gutter glyph line - adds a full-line highlight background color overview - adds a decoration to the overview ruler (scroll bar)
gitlens.blame.ignoreWhitespace	Specifies whether to ignore whitespace when comparing revisions during blame operations
gitlens.blame.separateLines	Specifies whether gutter blame annotations will have line separators
gitlens.blame.toggleMode	Specifies how the gutter blame annotations will be toggled file - toggles each file individually window - toggles the window, i.e. all files at once

Gutter Heatmap Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold	Specifies the age of the most recent change (in days) after which the gutter heatmap annotations will be cold rather than hot (i.e. will use gitlens.heatmap.coldColor instead of gitlens.heatmap.hotColor)
gitlens.heatmap.coldColor	Specifies the base color of the gutter heatmap annotations when the most recent change is older (cold) than the gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold value
gitlens.heatmap.hotColor	Specifies the base color of the gutter heatmap annotations when the most recent change is newer (hot) than the gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold value
gitlens.heatmap.toggleMode	Specifies how the gutter heatmap annotations will be toggled file - toggles each file individually window - toggles the window, i.e. all files at once

Hover Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.hovers.annotations.changes	Specifies whether to provide a changes (diff) hover for all lines when showing blame annotations
gitlens.hovers.annotations.details	Specifies whether to provide a commit details hover for all lines when showing blame annotations
gitlens.hovers.annotations.enabled	Specifies whether to provide any hovers when showing blame annotations
gitlens.hovers.annotations.over	Specifies when to trigger hovers when showing blame annotations annotation - only shown when hovering over the line annotation line - shown when hovering anywhere over the line
gitlens.hovers.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images in hovers
gitlens.hovers.currentLine.changes	Specifies whether to provide a changes (diff) hover for the current line
gitlens.hovers.currentLine.details	Specifies whether to provide a commit details hover for the current line
gitlens.hovers.currentLine.enabled	Specifies whether to provide any hovers for the current line
gitlens.hovers.currentLine.over	Specifies when to trigger hovers for the current line annotation - only shown when hovering over the line annotation line - shown when hovering anywhere over the line
gitlens.hovers.enabled	Specifies whether to provide any hovers

Modes Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.mode.active	Specifies the active GitLens mode, if any
gitlens.mode.statusBar.enabled	Specifies whether to provide the active GitLens mode on the status bar
gitlens.mode.statusBar.alignment	Specifies the active GitLens mode alignment in the status bar left - aligns to the left right - aligns to the right
gitlens.modes	Specifies the user-defined GitLens modes

Recent Changes Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.recentChanges.highlight.locations	Specifies where the highlights of the recently changed lines will be shown gutter - adds a gutter glyph line - adds a full-line highlight background color overview - adds a decoration to the overview ruler (scroll bar)
gitlens.recentChanges.toggleMode	Specifies how the recently changed lines annotations will be toggled file - toggles each file individually window - toggles the window, i.e. all files at once

Status Bar Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.statusBar.alignment	Specifies the blame alignment in the status bar left - aligns to the left right - aligns to the right
gitlens.statusBar.command	Specifies the command to be executed when the blame status bar item is clicked gitlens.toggleFileBlame - toggles file blame annotations gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current line commit with the previous gitlens.diffWithWorking - compares the current line commit with the working tree gitlens.toggleCodeLens - toggles Git code lens gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows a commit details quick pick gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - shows a commit file details quick pick gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history quick pick gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows a branch history quick pick
gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat	Specifies the date format of absolute dates shown in the blame information on the status bar See https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/ for valid formats
gitlens.statusBar.enabled	Specifies whether to provide blame information on the status bar
gitlens.statusBar.format	Specifies the format of the blame information on the status bar Available tokens ${id} - commit id ${author} - commit author ${message} - commit message ${ago} - relative commit date (e.g. 1 day ago) ${date} - formatted commit date (format specified by gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat) ${agoOrDate} - commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle ${authorAgo} - commit author, relative commit date ${authorAgoOrDate} - commit author, commit date specified by gitlens.defaultDateStyle See https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/wiki/Advanced-Formatting for advanced formatting
gitlens.statusBar.reduceFlicker	Specifies whether to avoid clearing the previous blame information when changing lines to reduce status bar "flashing"

Advanced Settings

Name	Description
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
gitlens.advanced.blame.sizeThresholdAfterEdit	Specifies the maximum document size (in lines) allowed to be re-blamed after an edit while still unsaved. Use 0 to specify no maximum
gitlens.advanced.caching.enabled	Specifies whether git output will be cached — changing the default is not recommended
gitlens.advanced.git	Specifies the path to the git executable to use. Use as a last resort as GitLens will use the built-in git.path setting first
gitlens.advanced.fileHistoryFollowsRenames	Specifies whether file histories will follow renames -- will affect how merge commits are shown in histories
gitlens.advanced.maxListItems	Specifies the maximum number of items to show in a list. Use 0 to specify no maximum
gitlens.advanced.messages	Specifies which messages should be suppressed
gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut	Specifies whether to close QuickPick menus when focus is lost
gitlens.advanced.repositorySearchDepth	Specifies how many folders deep to search for repositories
gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled	Specifies whether to enable GitLens telemetry (even if enabled still abides by the overall telemetry.enableTelemetry setting

Custom Remotes Settings

Name

Description

gitlens.remotes

Specifies user-defined remote (code-hosting) services or custom domains for built-in remote services Example: "gitlens.remotes": [{ "domain": "git.corporate-url.com", "type": "GitHub" }] Example: "gitlens.remotes": [{     "domain": "git.corporate-url.com",     "type": "Custom",     "name": "My Company",     "protocol": "https",     "urls": {         "repository": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}",         "branches": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}/branches",         "branch": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}/commits/${branch}",         "commit": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}/commit/${id}",         "file": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}?path=${file}${line}",         "fileInBranch": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}/blob/${branch}/${file}${line}",         "fileInCommit": "https://git.corporate-url.com/${repo}/blob/${id}/${file}${line}",         "fileLine": "#L${line}",         "fileRange": "#L${start}-L${end}"         }     }] Example: "gitlens.remotes": [{     "domain": "git.corporate-url.com",     "type": "Custom",     "name": "My Company",     "protocol": "https",     "urls": {         "repository": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}",         "branches": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}/branches",         "branch": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}/commits/${branch}",         "commit": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}/commit/${id}",         "file": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}?path=${file}${line}",         "fileInBranch": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}/blob/${branch}/${file}${line}",         "fileInCommit": "https://git.corporate-url.com/projects/${repoBase}/repos/${repoPath}/blob/${id}/${file}${line}",         "fileLine": "#L${line}",         "fileRange": "#L${start}-L${end}"         }     }]

Strings Settings

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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Themable Colors

GitLens defines a set of themable colors which can be provided by vscode themes or directly by the user using workbench.colorCustomization.

Name	Description
gitlens.gutterBackgroundColor	Specifies the background color of the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.gutterForegroundColor	Specifies the foreground color of the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.gutterUncommittedForegroundColor	Specifies the foreground color of an uncommitted line in the gutter blame annotations
gitlens.trailingLineBackgroundColor	Specifies the background color of the trailing blame annotation
gitlens.trailingLineForegroundColor	Specifies the foreground color of the trailing blame annotation
gitlens.lineHighlightBackgroundColor	Specifies the background color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations
gitlens.lineHighlightOverviewRulerColor	Specifies the overview ruler color of the associated line highlights in blame annotations

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Insiders

Add "gitlens.insiders": true 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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Contributors 🙏❤

A big thanks to the people that have contributed to this project:

• Amanda Cameron (@AmandaCameron) — contributions
• Brett Cannon (@brettcannon) — contributions
• Segev Finer (@segevfiner) — contributions
• Cory Forsyth (@bantic) — contributions
• Geoffrey (@g3offrey) — contributions
• Yukai Huang (@Yukaii) — contributions
• Roy Ivy III (@rivy) — contributions
• Helmut Januschka (@hjanuschka) — contributions
• Chris Kaczor (@ckaczor) — contributions
• korigod (@korigod) — contributions
• Peng Lyu (@rebornix) — contributions
• Cédric Malard (@cmalard) — contributions
• Aurelio Ogliari (@nobitagit) — contributions
• Maxim Pekurin (@pmaxim25) — contributions
• Johannes Rieken (@jrieken) — contributions
• ryenus (@ryenus) — contributions
• Zack Schuster (@zackschuster) — contributions
• SpaceEEC (@SpaceEEC) — contributions
• Alexey Vasyukov (@notmedia) — contributions
• Zyck (@qzyse2017) — contributions

Also special thanks to the people that have provided support, testing, brainstorming, etc:

• Brian Canzanella (@bcanzanella)
• Matt King (@KattMingMing)

And of course the awesome vscode team!