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What's new in GitLens 11

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• And much more

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.

GitLens simply helps you better understand code. 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. Effortlessly explore the history and evolution of a codebase.

GitLens is powerful, feature rich, and highly customizable to meet your needs. Do you find code lens intrusive or the current line blame annotation distracting — no problem, quickly turn them off or change how they behave via the interactive GitLens Settings editor. For advanced customizations, refer to the GitLens docs and edit your user settings.

Here are just some of the features that GitLens provides,

• an unobtrusive current line blame annotation at the end of the line with detailed blame information accessible via hovers

• authorship code lens showing the most recent commit and # of authors to the top of files and/or on code blocks

• a status bar blame annotation showing author and date for the current line

• many rich Side Bar views

  • a Commits view to visualize, explore, and manage Git commits
  • a File History view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file or just the selected lines of the current file and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file
  • a Branches view to visualize, explore, and manage Git branches
  • a Remotes view to visualize, explore, and manage Git remotes and remote branches
  • a Stashes view to visualize, explore, and manage Git stashes
  • a Tags view to visualize, explore, and manage Git tags
  • a Contributors view to visualize, navigate, and explore contributors
  • a Search & Compare view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc, or visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more

• on-demand gutter blame annotations, including a heatmap, for the whole file

• on-demand gutter changes annotations to highlight any local (unpublished) changes or lines changed by the most recent commit

• 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)

• a custom, user-friendly interactive rebase editor to more easily configure an interactive rebase session

• a Git Command Palette to provide guided (step-by-step) access to many common Git commands and their flags

• many powerful commands for exploring commits and histories, comparing and navigating revisions, stash access, repository status, etc

• user-defined modes for quickly toggling between sets of settings

• and so much more

Features

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

Git 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

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

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 Azure DevOps in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open on Remote, Invite to Live Share (if available), and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit command

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 Open Changes command
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit command

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 Azure DevOps in commit messages
  • Provides a quick-access command bar with Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open on Remote, Invite to Live Share (if available), and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Click the commit id to execute the Show Commit command

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 Open Changes command
  • Click the current and previous commit ids to execute the Show Commit command

Side Bar Views #

Commits view #

A customizable view to visualize, explore, and manage Git commits

The Commits view lists all of the commits on the current branch, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to switch between showing all commits or just your own commits
• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto
• a branch comparison tool (Compare <current branch> with <branch, tag, or ref>) — optionally shows a comparison of the current branch (or working tree) to a user-selected reference
  • Behind — lists the commits that are missing from the current branch (i.e. behind) but exist in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
  • Ahead — lists the commits that the current branch has (i.e. ahead) but are missing in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
• the current branch status — shows the upstream status of the current branch
  • <current branch> hasn't yet been published — shown when the current branch has not been published to a remote
  • Up to date with <remote> — shown when the current branch is up to date with the upstream remote
  • Changes to push to <remote> — lists of all the files changed in the unpublished commits when the current branch has (unpublished) commits that waiting to be pushed to the upstream remote
  • Changes to pull from <remote> — lists all of the commits waiting to be pulled when the current branch has commits that are waiting to be pulled from the upstream remote
• any associated pull request — shows any opened pull request associated with the current branch

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File History view #

A customizable view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file or just the selected lines of the current file

The file history view lists all of the commits that changed the current file on the current branch, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to pin (pause) the automatic tracking of the current editor
• a toggle to switch between file and line history, i.e. show all commits of the current file, or just the selected lines of the current file
• the ability to change the current base branch (reference) for the file or line history
• a toggle to follow renames across the current file
• a toggle to show commits from all branches rather than just from the current base branch (reference)

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Branches view #

A customizable view to visualize, explore, and manage Git branches

The Branches view lists all of the branches, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to change the branch layout: list or tree
• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto
• an indicator (check-mark) if the branch is the current branch
• an icon indicator to show the branch's upstream status (if available)
  • No dot — unpushlished or up to date with the upstream remote
  • Green dot — has changes unpublished (ahead)
  • Red dot — has changes un-pulled (behind)
  • Yellow dot — both unpublished and un-pulled changes
• a branch comparison tool (Compare <branch> with <branch, tag, or ref>) — optionally shows a comparison of the branch to a user-selected reference
  • Behind — lists the commits that are missing from the branch (i.e. behind) but exist in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
  • Ahead — lists the commits that the branch has (i.e. ahead) but are missing in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
• the branch status — shows the upstream status of the branch
  • Changes to push to <remote> — lists of all the files changed in the unpublished commits when the branch has (unpublished) commits that waiting to be pushed to the upstream remote
  • Changes to pull from <remote> — lists all of the commits waiting to be pulled when the branch has commits that are waiting to be pulled from the upstream remote
• any associated pull request — shows any pull request associated with the branch

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Remotes view #

A customizable view to visualize, explore, and manage Git remotes and remote branches

The Remotes view lists all of the remotes and its remote branches, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to change the branch layout: list or tree
• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto
• a toggle to connect to a supported remote providers to enable a rich integration with pull requests, issues, avatars, and more

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Stashes view #

A customizable view to visualize, explore, and manage Git stashes

The Stashes view lists all of the stashes, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto

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Tags view #

A customizable view to visualize, explore, and manage Git tags

The Tags view lists all of the tags, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to change the tag layout: list or tree
• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto

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Contributors view #

A customizable, but hidden by default, view to visualize, navigate, and explore contributors

The Contributors view lists all of the contributors, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto

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Search & Compare view #

A customizable, but hidden by default, view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc, or visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more

The Search & Compare view lists pinnable (saved) results for searching commit histories or for comparison operations, and additionally provides,

• a toggle to keep previous results when new results are added
• a toggle to change the file layout: list, tree, auto
• pinnable search — lists all of the commits that match the search query
  • Search results can be provided by the following commands
    • Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) can search
      • by message — use <message> to search for commits with messages that match <message> — See Git docs
      • or, by author — use @<pattern> to search for commits with authors that match <pattern> — See Git docs
      • or, by commit id — use #<sha> to search for a commit with id of <sha> — See Git docs
      • or, by files — use :<path/glob> to search for commits with file names that match <path/glob> — See Git docs
      • or, by changes — use ~<pattern> to search for commits with differences whose patch text contains added/removed lines that match <pattern> — See Git docs
    • Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory)
    • Show Commit command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails)
• pinnable comparison — shows a comparison of the two user-selected references
  • Behind — lists the commits that are missing from the branch (i.e. behind) but exist in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
  • Ahead — lists the commits that the branch has (i.e. ahead) but are missing in the selected reference
    • # files changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared references
  • Comparision results can be provided by the following commands
    • Compare with Upstream command (gitlens.views.compareWithUpstream)
    • Compare with Working Tree command (gitlens.views.compareWithWorking)
    • Compare with HEAD command (gitlens.views.compareWithHead)
    • Compare with Selected command (gitlens.views.compareWithSelected)
    • Compare Ancestry with Working Tree command (gitlens.views.compareAncestryWithWorking)

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Repositories view #

TODO@eamodio Needs updating

A customizable view to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories

• A toolbar provides quick access to the Push Repositories, Pull Repositories, Fetch Repositories, and Refresh commands
  • A context menu provides Automatic Layout, List Layout, Tree Layout, Enable Automatic Refresh or Disable Automatic Refresh, Open Settings commands

The repositories view provides the following features,

• Repositories — lists the opened repositories

  • Provides the name of each repository, the name of its current branch, optionally its working tree status, and when it was last fetched
    • Indicator dots on each repository icon 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
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Add to Favorites (when applicable), Remove from Favorites (when applicable), Search Commits, Push (alt-click for Push (force)), Pull, and Fetch commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common repository commands
    • Current Branch — lists the revision (commit) history of the current branch and optionally shows its remote tracking branch and status (if available)
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with Remote (if available), Compare with Working Tree, and Open Branch on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common branch commands
    • * Commits Behind — quickly see and explore the specific commits behind the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pulled)
      • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is behind it
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Pull command
    • * Commits Ahead — quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead of the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pushed)
      • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is ahead of it
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Push (alt-click for Push (force)) command
    • * Files Changed — 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
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Stash All Changes command
    • Compare Current Branch with <branch, tag, or ref> — optionally shows a comparison of the current branch to a user-selected reference
      • * Commits — lists the commits between the compared revisions
        • Expands to provide the message, author, date, and change indicator of each revision (commit) — fully customizable
          • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
            • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
            • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands
      • * Files Changed — lists all of the files changed between the compared revisions
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Switch to Two-dot Comparison (when applicable), Switch to Three-dot Comparison (when applicable), Switch to Working Tree Comparison (when applicable), Switch to Branch Comparison (when applicable), and Refresh commands

• Branches — lists the local branches in the repository

  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open Branches on Remote (if available) command
  • Provides the name of each branch, an indicator (check-mark) if the branch is the current one, and optionally shows its remote tracking branch and status (if available)
    • Indicator dots on each branch icon 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
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Add to Favorites (when applicable), Remove from Favorites (when applicable), Checkout, Compare with Remote (if available), Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), and Open Branch on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common branch commands
    • Each branch expands to list its revision (commit) history
      • * Commits Behind — quickly see and explore the specific commits behind the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pulled)
        • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is behind it
      • * Commits Ahead — quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead of the upstream (i.e. commits that haven't been pushed)
        • Only provided if the current branch is tracking a remote branch and is ahead of it
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Contributors — lists the contributors in the repository, sorted by contributed commits

  • Provides the avatar (if enabled), name, and email address of each contributor
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Copy to Clipboard command
    • A context menu provides access to the Copy to Clipboard, Add as Co-author, and Refresh commands
    • Each contributor expands to list the repository's revision (commit) history filtered by the contributor
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Incoming Activity — lists the recent incoming activity (merges and pulls) to your local repository (experimental, enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true)

  • Provides the command, branch (if available), and date of each activity
    • A context menu provides access to the Refresh command
    • Each activity expands to list the commits added by the command
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Remotes — lists the remotes in the repository

  • Provides the name of each remote, an indicator of the remote's direction (fetch, push, both), remote service (if applicable), and repository path
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Fetch, and Open Repository on Remote (if available) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common repository and remote commands
    • Each remote expands to list its remote branches
      • See the Branches above for additional details

• Stashes — lists the stashed changes in the repository

  • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Stash All Changes, and Apply Stash Changes commands
  • Provides the name of each stash, the date, and an indicator (+x ~x -x) of the changes
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Apply Stash, and Delete Stash commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common stash commands
    • Each stash expands to list the set of stashed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

• Tags — lists the tags in the repository

  • Provides the name of each tag
    • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Checkout, and _Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree) commands
    • A context menu provides access to more common tag commands
    • Each tags expands to list its revision (commit) history
      • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Compare with HEAD (alt-click for Compare with Working Tree), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open Commit on Remote (if available) commands
      • A context menu provides access to more common revision (commit) commands
      • Each revision (commit) expands to list its set of changed files, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • An inline toolbar provides quick access to the Open File, Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (alt-click for Copy Commit Message to Clipboard), and Open File on Remote (if available) commands
        • A context menu provides access to more common file revision commands

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

Gutter Changes #

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

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

Git Command Palette #

• Adds a customizable Git Command Palette command (gitlens.gitCommands) to provide guided (step-by-step) access to many common Git commands and their flags
  • Quickly navigate and execute Git commands through easy-to-use menus where each command can require an explicit confirmation step before executing

Interactive Rebase Editor #

• Adds a custom, user-friendly interactive rebase editor to more easily configure an interactive rebase session
  • Quickly re-order, edit, squash, and drop commits

TODO@eamodio Needs updating

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)

Navigate and Explore #

TODO@eamodio Needs updating

TODO@eamodio Add section about integration with remote providers (GitHub)

• 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 on the supported remote services, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Azure DevOps 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 on Remote command (gitlens.openBranchesInRemote) — opens the branches on the supported remote service
  • Open Branch on Remote command (gitlens.openBranchInRemote) — opens the current branch commits on the supported remote service
  • Open Commit on Remote command (gitlens.openCommitInRemote) — opens the commit revision of the current line on the supported remote service
  • Open File on Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) — opens the current file/revision on the supported remote service
  • Open Repository on Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) — opens the repository on 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 on <remote-service> (if 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 View, Show Branch History, and Open File on <remote-service> (if 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 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 View, Open Commit on <remote-service> (if 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 on <remote-service> (if available), Open Revision on <remote-service> (if available), Copy Commit ID to Clipboard, Copy Commit Message to Clipboard, Show Commit, 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 Stashes, 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 Stashes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList) to show a stashes quick pick menu for exploring your repository stash history
  • Provides additional entries to Stash All Changes
  • Navigate back to the previous quick pick menu via alt+left arrow, if available
• Adds a Stash All 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

• Stashes 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 Stash (requires confirmation), Delete Stash (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 an Apply Stash command (gitlens.stashApply) to chose a stash entry to apply to the working tree from a quick pick menu

And More #

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 reference
• Adds a Compare HEAD with... command (gitlens.diffHeadWith) to compare the index (HEAD) with the selected reference
• Adds a Compare Working Tree with... command (gitlens.diffWorkingWith) to compare the working tree with the selected reference
• Adds an Open Changes with... command (gitlens.diffWithRef) to compare the current file with the same file on the selected reference
• Adds an Open Changes with Next Revision command (gitlens.diffWithNext) with a shortcut of alt+. to compare the current file/diff with the next commit revision
• Adds an Open Changes with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) with a shortcut of alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous commit revision
• Adds an Open Line Changes with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) with a shortcut of shift+alt+, to compare the current file/diff with the previous line commit revision
• Adds an Open Changes with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) to compare the current file with the selected revision of the same file
• Adds an Open Changes with Working File 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 an Open Line Changes 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

Other Commands (not a complete list)

• Adds a Copy SHA 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 Message 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 Commit Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteCommitUrl) to copy the remote url of the commit of the current line to the clipboard
• Adds a Copy Remote File Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard) to copy the remote url of the current file and line to the clipboard
• Adds an Open Working File" command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) to open the working file for the current file revision
• Adds an Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) to open the selected revision for the current file
• Adds an Open Revision from... command (gitlens.openFileRevisionFrom) to open the revision of the current file from the selected reference
• Adds an 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 an 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 an Directory Compare All Changes command (gitlens.diffDirectoryWithHead) to the source control groups to open the configured Git difftool to compare the working tree with HEAD
• 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

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 GitLens: Open Settings (gitlens.showSettingsPage) command from the Command Palette.

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

GitLens Settings #

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

Current Line Blame Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat	Specifies how to format absolute dates (e.g. using the ${date} token) for the current line blame annotations. See the Moment.js docs 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. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs. Date formatting is controlled by the gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat setting
gitlens.currentLine.scrollable	Specifies whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport

Git Code Lens Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.codeLens.authors.command	Specifies the command to be executed when an authors code lens is clicked, set to (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) by default. Can be set to false to disable click actions on the code lens. gitlens.toggleFileBlame - toggles file blame annotations gitlens.diffWithPrevious - opens changes with the previous revision gitlens.revealCommitInView - reveals the commit in the Side Bar gitlens.showCommitsInView - searches for commits within the range gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows details of the commit gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - show file details of the commit gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows the current file history gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows the current branch history
gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled	Specifies whether to provide 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.includeSingleLineSymbols	Specifies whether to provide any Git code lens on symbols that span only a single line
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command	Specifies the command to be executed when a recent change code lens is clicked, set to (gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails) by default. Can be set to false to disable click actions on the code lens. gitlens.toggleFileBlame - toggles file blame annotations gitlens.diffWithPrevious - opens changes with the previous revision gitlens.revealCommitInView - reveals the commit in the Side Bar gitlens.showCommitsInView - searches for the commit gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows details of the commit gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - show file details of the commit gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows the current file history gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows the current branch history
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled	Specifies whether to provide 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	Deprecated. Use per-language gitlens.codeLens.scopes and gitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes settings instead
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 avoid providing a Git code lens for the symbol. Must be a member of SymbolKind

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 - opens line changes with the previous revision gitlens.diffWithWorking - opens line changes with the working file gitlens.revealCommitInView - reveals the commit in the Side Bar gitlens.showCommitsInView - searches for the commit gitlens.toggleCodeLens - toggles the Git code lens gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails - shows details of the commit gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails - show file details of the commit gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows the current file history gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory - shows the current branch history
gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat	Specifies how to format absolute dates (e.g. using the ${date} token) in the blame information in the status bar. See the Moment.js docs for valid formats
gitlens.statusBar.enabled	Specifies whether to provide blame information in the status bar
gitlens.statusBar.format	Specifies the format of the blame information in the status bar. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs. Date formatting is controlled by the gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat setting
gitlens.statusBar.reduceFlicker	Specifies whether to avoid clearing the previous blame information when changing lines to reduce status bar "flashing"

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.avatarSize	Specifies the size of the avatar images in hovers
gitlens.hovers.changesDiff	Specifies whether to show just the changes to the line or the set of related changes in the changes (diff) hover line - Shows only the changes to the line hunk - Shows the set of related changes
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
gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat	Specifies the format (in markdown) of the commit details hover. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs

View Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.views.commitFileFormat	Specifies the format of a committed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.commitFileDescriptionFormat	Specifies the description format of a committed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.commitFormat	Specifies the format of committed changes in the views. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.commitDescriptionFormat	Specifies the description format of committed changes in the views. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.defaultItemLimit	Specifies the default number of items to show in a view list. Use 0 to specify no limit
gitlens.views.pageItemLimit	Specifies the number of items to show in a each page when paginating a view list. Use 0 to specify no limit
gitlens.views.showRelativeDateMarkers	Specifies whether to show relative date markers (Less than a week ago, Over a week ago, Over a month ago, etc) on revision (commit) histories in the views
gitlens.views.stashFileFormat	Specifies the format of a stashed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.stashFileDescriptionFormat	Specifies the description format of a stashed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.stashFormat	Specifies the format of stashes in the views. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.stashDescriptionFormat	Specifies the description format of stashes in the views. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.statusFileFormat	Specifies the format of the status of a working or committed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs
gitlens.views.statusFileDescriptionFormat	Specifies the description format of the status of a working or committed file in the views. See File Tokens in the GitLens docs

Commits View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.commits.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Commits view
gitlens.views.commits.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Commits view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.commits.files.layout	Specifies how the Commits view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.commits.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 Commits view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.views.commits.pullRequests.enabled	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Commits view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.commits.pullRequests.showForBranches	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Commits view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.commits.pullRequests.showForCommits	Specifies whether to show pull requests (if any) associated with the current branch in the Commits view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.commits.showBranchComparison	Specifies whether to show a comparison of the current branch or the working tree with a user-selected reference (branch, tag. etc) in the Commits view false - hides the branch comparison branch - compares the current branch with a user-selected reference working - compares the working tree with a user-selected reference

File History View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.fileHistory.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of status icons in the File History view

Branches View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.branches.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Branches view
gitlens.views.branches.branches.layout	Specifies how the Branches view will display branches list - displays branches as a list tree - displays branches as a tree
gitlens.views.branches.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Branches view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.branches.files.layout	Specifies how the Branches view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.branches.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 Branches view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.views.branches.pullRequests.enabled	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Branches view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.branches.pullRequests.showForBranches	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Branches view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.branches.pullRequests.showForCommits	Specifies whether to show pull requests (if any) associated with the current branch in the Branches view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.branches.showBranchComparison	Specifies whether to show a comparison of the branch with a user-selected reference (branch, tag. etc) in the Branches view false - hides the branch comparison branch - compares the current branch with a user-selected reference

Remotes View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.remotes.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Remotes view
gitlens.views.remotes.branches.layout	Specifies how the Remotes view will display branches list - displays branches as a list tree - displays branches as a tree
gitlens.views.remotes.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Remotes view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.remotes.files.layout	Specifies how the Remotes view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.remotes.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 Remotes view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.views.remotes.pullRequests.enabled	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Remotes view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.remotes.pullRequests.showForBranches	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Remotes view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.remotes.pullRequests.showForCommits	Specifies whether to show pull requests (if any) associated with the current branch in the Remotes view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.remotes.showBranchComparison	Specifies whether to show a comparison of the branch with a user-selected reference (branch, tag. etc) in the Remotes view false - hides the branch comparison branch - compares the current branch with a user-selected reference

Stashes View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.stashes.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Stashes view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.stashes.files.layout	Specifies how the Stashes view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.stashes.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 Stashes view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto

Tags View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.tags.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Tags view
gitlens.views.tags.branches.layout	Specifies how the Tags view will display tags list - displays tags as a list tree - displays tags as a tree
gitlens.views.tags.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Tags view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.tags.files.layout	Specifies how the Tags view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.tags.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 Tags view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto

Contributors View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.contributors.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Contributors view
gitlens.views.contributors.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Contributors view. Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.contributors.files.layout	Specifies how the Contributors view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.commits.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.views.contributors.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 Contributors view Only applies when gitlens.views.commits.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.views.contributors.pullRequests.enabled	Specifies whether to query for pull requests associated with the current branch and commits in the Contributors view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)
gitlens.views.contributors.pullRequests.showForCommits	Specifies whether to show pull requests (if any) associated with the current branch in the Contributors view. Requires a connection to a supported remote service (e.g. GitHub)

Search & Compare View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.search.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Search Commits view
gitlens.views.search.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Search Commits view Only applies when gitlens.views.compare.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.search.files.layout	Specifies how the Search Commits view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.compare.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.views.compare.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 Search Commits view Only applies when gitlens.views.compare.files.layout is set to auto

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.compare.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Compare view
gitlens.views.compare.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Compare view. Only applies when gitlens.views.compare.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.compare.files.layout	Specifies how the Compare view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.compare.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.views.compare.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 Compare view. Only applies when gitlens.views.compare.files.layout is set to auto

Repositories View Settings #

See also View Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.views.repositories.avatars	Specifies whether to show avatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the Repositories view
gitlens.views.repositories.autoRefresh	Specifies whether to automatically refresh the Repositories view when the repository or the file system changes
gitlens.views.repositories.autoReveal	Specifies whether to automatically reveal repositories in the Repositories view when opening files
gitlens.views.repositories.branches.layout	Specifies how the Repositories view will display branches list - displays branches as a list tree - displays branches as a tree when branch names contain slashes /
gitlens.views.repositories.compact	Specifies whether to show the Repositories view in a compact display density
gitlens.views.repositories.enabled	Specifies whether to show the Repositories view
gitlens.views.repositories.files.compact	Specifies whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the Repositories view. Only applies when gitlens.views.repositories.files.layout is set to tree or auto
gitlens.views.repositories.files.layout	Specifies how the Repositories view will display files auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.views.repositories.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.views.repositories.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 Repositories view. Only applies when gitlens.views.repositories.files.layout is set to auto
gitlens.views.repositories.includeWorkingTree	Specifies whether to include working tree file status for each repository in the Repositories view
gitlens.views.repositories.showBranchComparison	Specifies whether to show a comparison of a user-selected reference (branch, tag. etc) to the current branch or the working tree in the Repositories view

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 (e.g. using the ${date} token) in gutter blame annotations. See the Moment.js docs for valid formats
gitlens.blame.format	Specifies the format of the gutter blame annotations. See Commit Tokens in the GitLens docs. Date formatting is controlled by the gitlens.blame.dateFormat setting
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 indicator 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 Changes Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.changes.locations	Specifies where the indicators of the gutter changes annotations will be shown gutter - adds a gutter indicator overview - adds a decoration to the overview ruler (scroll bar)
gitlens.changes.toggleMode	Specifies how the gutter changes 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

Git Command Palette Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.gitCommands.closeOnFocusOut	Specifies whether to dismiss the Git Commands Palette when focus is lost (if not, press ESC to dismiss)
gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchAll	Specifies whether to match all or any commit message search patterns
gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchCase	Specifies whether to match commit search patterns with or without regard to casing
gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchRegex	Specifies whether to match commit search patterns using regular expressions
gitlens.gitCommands.search.showResultsInSideBar	Specifies whether to show the commit search results directly in the quick pick menu, in the Side Bar, or will be based on the context
gitlens.gitCommands.skipConfirmations	Specifies which (and when) Git commands will skip the confirmation step, using the format: git-command-name:(menu | command)

Date & Time Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.defaultDateFormat	Specifies how absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the Moment.js docs for valid formats
gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat	Specifies how short absolute dates will be formatted by default. See the Moment.js docs for valid formats
gitlens.defaultDateStyle	Specifies how dates will be displayed by default
gitlens.defaultDateSource	Specifies whether commit dates should use the authored or committed date

Menu & Toolbar Settings #

Name	Description
gitlens.menus	Specifies which commands will be added to which menus

Keyboard Shortcut Settings #

Name	Description
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

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 in 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 Example — adds heatmap annotations to the built-in Reviewing mode "gitlens.modes": { "review": { "annotations": "heatmap" } } Example — adds a new Annotating mode with blame annotations "gitlens.modes": {     "annotate": {         "name": "Annotating",         "statusBarItemName": "Annotating",         "description": "for root cause analysis",         "annotations": "blame",         "codeLens": false,         "currentLine": false,         "hovers": true     } }

Autolink Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.autolinks	Specifies autolinks to external resources in commit messages. Use <num> as the variable for the reference number Example to autolink Jira issues: (e.g. JIRA-123 ⟶ https://jira.company.com/issue?query=123) "gitlens.autolinks": [{ "prefix": "JIRA-", "url": "https://jira.company.com/issue?query=<num>" }]

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}"         }     }]

Misc Settings #

Name	Description
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.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.advanced.abbreviatedShaLength	Specifies the length of abbreviated commit ids (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
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.fileHistoryFollowsRenames	Specifies whether file histories will follow renames -- will affect how merge commits are shown in histories
gitlens.advanced.fileHistoryShowAllBranches	Specifies whether file histories will show commits from all branches
gitlens.advanced.maxListItems	Specifies the maximum number of items to show in a list. Use 0 to specify no maximum
gitlens.advanced.maxSearchItems	Specifies the maximum number of items to show in a search. Use 0 to specify no maximum
gitlens.advanced.messages	Specifies which messages should be suppressed
gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut	Specifies whether to dismiss quick pick menus when focus is lost (if not, press ESC to dismiss)
gitlens.advanced.repositorySearchDepth	Specifies how many folders deep to search for repositories
gitlens.advanced.similarityThreshold	Specifies the amount (percent) of similarity a deleted and added file pair must have to be considered a rename
gitlens.advanced.useSymmetricDifferenceNotation	Specifies whether to use the symmetric difference (three-dot) notation or the range (two-dot) notation for comparisons. See the Git docs
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

Themable Colors #

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

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

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.

Contributors 🙏❤

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

• Zeeshan Adnan (@zeeshanadnan) — contributions
• Alex (@deadmeu) — contributions
• Abdulrahman (Abdu) Assabri (@abdusabri) — contributions
• Loris Bettazza (@Pustur) — contributions
• bolte-17 (@bolte-17) — contributions
• Zach Boyle (@zaboyle) — contributions
• Tony Brix (@UziTech) — contributions
• Amanda Cameron (@AmandaCameron) — contributions
• Martin Campbell (@martin-css) — contributions
• Brett Cannon (@brettcannon) — contributions
• Ash Clarke (@ashclarke) — contributions
• Matt Cooper (@vtbassmatt) — contributions
• Segev Finer (@segevfiner) — contributions
• Cory Forsyth (@bantic) — contributions
• John Gee (@shadowspawn) — contributions
• Geoffrey (@g3offrey) — contributions
• grozan (@grozan) — contributions
• Guillem (@guillemglez) — contributions
• Yukai Huang (@Yukaii) — contributions
• Roy Ivy III (@rivy) — contributions
• Helmut Januschka (@hjanuschka) — contributions
• Chris Kaczor (@ckaczor) — contributions
• Allan Karlson (@bees4ever) — contributions
• Mathew King (@MathewKing) — contributions
• Andrei Korigodski (@korigod) — contributions
• Kwok (@mankwok) — contributions
• Marc Lasson (@mlasson) — contributions
• John Letey (@johnletey) — contributions
• Peng Lyu (@rebornix) — contributions
• Cédric Malard (@cmalard) — contributions
• Aurelio Ogliari (@nobitagit) — contributions
• Connor Peet (@connor4312) — contributions
• Maxim Pekurin (@pmaxim25) — contributions
• Arunprasad Rajkumar (@arajkumar) — contributions
• Johannes Rieken (@jrieken) — contributions
• ryenus (@ryenus) — contributions
• Zack Schuster (@zackschuster) — contributions
• sgtwilko (@sgtwilko) — contributions
• Ahmadali Shafiee (@ahmadalli) — contributions
• Miguel Solorio (@misolori) — contributions
• SpaceEEC (@SpaceEEC) — contributions
• Skybbles // L5474 (@Luxray5474) — contributions
• Alexey Vasyukov (@notmedia) — contributions
• x13machine (@x13machine) — contributions
• Yan Zhang (@Eskibear) — 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!