GitLens

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

Features

Provides two CodeLens on code blocks:

• Recent Change - author and date of the most recent check-in

  Clicking on the CodeLens opens a Blame explorer with the commits and changed lines 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

Screenshot

Requirements

Must be using Git and it must be in your path.

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.blame.annotation.useCodeActions	Specifies whether code actions (Diff with Working, Diff with Previous) will be provided for the selected line, when annotating. Not required as context menu options are always provided
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. Annotate - toggles blame annotations. Explorer - opens the blame explorer. History - opens a file history picker, which requires the Git History (git log) extension
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. Annotate - toggles blame annotations. Explorer - opens the blame explorer. History - opens a file history picker, which requires the Git History (git log) extension

Known Issues

• Content in the Blame explorer disappears after a bit: vscode issue
• Highlighted lines disappear in Blame explorer after changing selection and returning to a previous selection: 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 fails randomly): vscode issue

Release Notes

0.2.0

• Fixes #1 - Support blame on files outside the workspace repository
• Replaces blame regex parsing with a more robust parser
• Fixes failures with Diff with Previous command
• Fixes issues with blame explorer CodeLens when dealing with previous commits
• Fixes display issues with compact blame annotations (now skips blank lines)

0.1.3

• Improved blame annotations, now with sha and author by default
• Add new blame annotation styles -- compact and expanded (default)
• Adds many new configuration settings; see Contributions tab above

0.0.7

• Fixes #4 - Absolute paths fail on Windows due to backslash (Really!)
• Fixes #5 - Finding first non-white-space fails sometimes
• Adds .gitignore checks to reduce the number of blame calls

0.0.6

• Fixes #2 - [request] Provide some debug info when things fail
• Fixes #4 - Absolute paths fail on Windows due to backslash
• Attempts to scroll to the correct position when opening a diff

0.0.5

• Fixes issues where filename changes in history would cause diffs to fails
• Fixes some issues with uncommited blames
• Removes CodeLens from fields and single-line properties to reduce visual noise
• Automatically turns off blame only when required now

0.0.4

Candidate for preview release on the vscode marketplace.

0.0.1

Initial release but still heavily a work in progress.