GitLens

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

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Features

• Provides CodeLens on code blocks:
  • Recent Change - author and date of the most recent check-in for that block
    • Clicking on the CodeLens opens a file history explorer (by default) with the all the file commits in the right pane and the commit (file) contents on the left
  • Authors - number of authors of a block and the most prominent author (if there are more than one)
    • Clicking on the CodeLens toggles Git blame annotations on/off (by default)
• Provides on-demand inline blame annotations with multiple styles
• Provides Git blame information about the selected line in the status bar
  • Clicking on the status bar toggles Git blame annotations on/off (by default)
• Provides a Git file history explorer to visualize the history of a file
• Provides a Git blame history explorer to visualize the blame history of a file or block
• Provides ability to compare diffs with the working tree as well as with previous versions
• Provides many configuration settings to allow the customization of almost all features

Screenshots

Extension Settings

Name	Description
gitlens.blame.annotation.style	Specifies the style of the blame annotations. compact - groups annotations to limit the repetition and also adds author and date when possible. expanded - shows an annotation on every line
gitlens.blame.annotation.sha	Specifies whether the commit sha will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded annotation style
gitlens.blame.annotation.author	Specifies whether the committer will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded annotation style
gitlens.blame.annotation.date	Specifies whether the commit date will be shown in the blame annotations. Applies only to the expanded annotation style
gitlens.codeLens.visibility	Specifies when CodeLens will be triggered in the active document. auto - automatically. ondemand - only when requested. off - disables all active document CodeLens
gitlens.codeLens.location	Specifies where CodeLens will be rendered in the active document. all - render at the top of the document, on container-like (classes, modules, etc), and on member-like (methods, functions, properties, etc) lines. document+containers - render at the top of the document and on container-like lines. document - only render at the top of the document. custom - rendering controlled by gitlens.codeLens.locationCustomSymbols
gitlens.codeLens.locationCustomSymbols	Specifies the set of document symbols to render active document CodeLens on. Must be a member of SymbolKind
gitlens.codeLens.languageLocations	Specifies where CodeLens will be rendered in the active document for the specified languages
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled	Specifies whether the recent change CodeLens is shown
gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command	Specifies the command executed when the recent change CodeLens is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history picker
gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled	Specifies whether the authors CodeLens is shown
gitlens.codeLens.authors.command	Specifies the command executed when the authors CodeLens is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history picker
gitlens.menus.fileDiff.enabled	Specifies whether file-based diff commands will be added to the context menus
gitlens.menus.lineDiff.enabled	Specifies whether line-based diff commands will be added to the context menus
gitlens.statusBar.enabled	Specifies whether blame information is shown in the status bar
gitlens.statusBar.command	"Specifies the command executed when the blame status bar item is clicked. gitlens.toggleBlame - toggles blame annotations. gitlens.showBlameHistory - opens the blame history explorer. gitlens.showFileHistory - opens the file history explorer. gitlens.diffWithPrevious - compares the current checked-in file with the previous commit. gitlens.showQuickFileHistory - shows a file history picker

Known Issues

• Content in the history explorers disappears after a bit: vscode issue
• CodeLens aren't updated properly after a file is saved: vscode issue
• Visible whitespace causes issue with blame overlay (currently fixed with a hack, but infrequently and randomly fails): vscode issue