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Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Added

  • Adds rich integration with GitHub Enterprise — closes #1210
    • Adds associated pull request to line annotations and hovers Pull requests on line annotation and hovers
    • Adds associated pull request to status bar blame Pull requests on status bar
    • Adds associated pull requests to branches and commits in GitLens views
    • Adds rich autolinks for GitHub issues and merge requests, including titles, status, and authors
    • Adds rich support to Autolinked Issues and Pull Requests within comparisons to list autolinked GitHub issues and merge requests in commit messages
  • Adds new stash behaviors to use the Source Control (commit message) input box — closes #2081
    • When a stash is applied or popped and the Source Control input is empty, we will now update the Source Control input to the stash message
    • When stashing changes and the Source Control input is not empty, we will now default the stash message input to the Source Control input value

Changed

  • Uses VS Code as core.editor in rebase — closes #2084

Fixed

  • Fixes #2082 - GitLens Home view unreadable in certain themes
  • Fixes #2070 - Quoted HTML / JSX syntax is not escaped correctly
  • Fixes #2069 - Heatmap - incorrect behavior of gitlens.heatmap.fadeLines with gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold
  • Fixes an issue where the Stashes view empty state isn't displayed properly when there are no stashes

[12.1.2] - 2022-07-12

Fixed

  • Fixes #2048 - Gitlens not loading in vscode.dev

12.1.1 - 2022-06-16

Added

  • Adds getting started tutorial video to the Welcome, Get Started walkthrough, GitLens Home view, and README

Fixed

  • Fixes #2037 - Autolinks can end up getting saved with invalid (cached) properties

12.1.0 - 2022-06-14

Added

  • Adds rich integration with GitLab and GitLab self-managed instances — closes #1236
    • Adds associated pull request to line annotations and hovers Pull requests on line annotation and hovers
    • Adds associated pull request to status bar blame Pull requests on status bar
    • Adds GitLab avatars
    • Adds associated pull requests to branches and commits in GitLens views
    • Adds rich autolinks for GitLab issues and merge requests, including titles, status, and authors
    • Adds rich support to Autolinked Issues and Pull Requests within comparisons to list autolinked GitLab issues and merge requests in commit messages
    • Additional thanks to Kevin Paxton (kpaxton) for help and contributions on this feature
  • Adds editor line highlighting and code fading (dimming) to the File Heatmap annotations to make it easier to tell recent vs old lines of code
    • Adds a line option to gitlens.heatmap.locations setting to specify whether to add a line highlight to the File Heatmap annotations
    • Adds a gitlens.heatmap.fadeLines setting to specify whether to fade out older lines when showing the File Heatmap annotations
  • Adds editor line highlighting to the File Changes annotations for easier discovery of the added or changed lines
    • Adds a line option to gitlens.changes.locations setting to specify whether to add a line highlight to the File Changes annotations
  • Adds "vanilla" Gerrit remote provider support — closes #1953 thanks to PR #1954 by Felipe Santos (@felipecrs)
  • Adds "Oldest first" toggle to Interactive Rebase — closes #1190
    • Adds a gitlens.rebaseEditor.ordering setting to specify how Git commits are displayed in the Interactive Rebase Editor
  • Adds new and improved Autolink support
    • Adds an Autolinks section in the GitLens Settings Editor to visually add and update autolink entries — closes #1315
    • Adds improved support to Autolinked Issues and Pull Requests within comparisons to list autolinked issues in commit messages
      • You can now see all autolinks found in the commits in the comparison regardless of whether it's a provider-based autolink or a custom (user-provided) autolink
  • Adds Open Current Branch on Remote to the Command Palette — closes #1718

Changed

  • Improves how stashes are shown in the Stashes view by separating the associated branch from the stash message — closes #1523
  • Changes previous Gerrit remote support to Google Source remote support — thanks to PR #1954 by Felipe Santos (@felipecrs)
  • Renames "Gutter Blame" annotations to "File Blame"
  • Renames "Gutter Changes" annotations to "File Changes"
  • Renames "Gutter Heatmap" annotations to "File Heatmap"

Fixed

  • Fixes #2033 - Diffing, applying, and restoring untracked files in a stash doesn't work
  • Fixes #2028 - Branch names with special characters '<' also causes errors on the command line — thanks to PR #2030 by mcy-kylin (@mcy-kylin)
  • Fixes #2028 - Branch names with special characters like ';$|>' causes errors on the command line (terminal executed git commands)
  • Fixes #2021 - GitLab remote provider uses legacy routes — thanks to PR #2022 by Brian Williams (@Brcrwilliams)
  • Fixes #1998 - Settings: time format reads 'Example date' instead of 'Example time' — thanks to PR #1999 by Barney Carroll (@barneycarroll)
  • Fixes #2012 - 'Gitlens: Open Changes with Revision...' results in error
  • Fixes #2014 - '#' encoded incorrectly
  • Fixes #1787 - Remove '-review' from Gerrit Remote reviewDomain() — thanks to PR #1954 by Felipe Santos (@felipecrs)
  • Fixes #1902 - Support replacing mirror/replica domain with main domain for remote provider — thanks to PR #1954 by Felipe Santos (@felipecrs)

[12.0.7] - 2022-05-25

Fixed

  • Fixes #1979 - GitLens stopped working in v12.0.0 and later
  • Fixes #1882 - Blame annotations not showing anymore after update
  • Fixes #1776 - Can't follow symlinks
  • Fixes #2000 - File Changes annotations fail to display in certain cases
  • Fixes #1936 - Broken repositories view
  • Fixes an issue where commit messages in views incorrectly had ellipsis at the end
  • Fixes an issue where clicking on tokens on the Settings editor popup wouldn't add the token into the input

12.0.6 - 2022-04-12

Fixed

  • Fixes #1928 - Unable to get absolute uri between ex.txt and z:; Base path 'z:' must be an absolute path — thanks to PR #1929 by Ross Smith II (@rasa)
  • Fixes #1932 - Pull request autolink doesn't work for Bitbucket Server 7 — thanks to PR #1933 by Sam Martin (@smartinio)
  • Fixes #1938 - Git CodeLens causes line jumping on new virtual files
  • Fixes #1925 - Branches from remotes outside the repo aren't showing associated pull requests (for connected remotes)
  • Fixes #1920 - Can't view tags on torvalds/linux
  • Fixes #1923 - View titles fail to update properly when number of "opened" repos changes
  • Fixes smooth scrolling and TOC jumping issues on the GitLens Interactive Settings

12.0.5 - 2022-03-17

Changed

  • Changes the current line blame hover to show at the cursor, rather than the start of the line, when showing the hover over the whole line (e.g. line & annotation)
  • Changes Gutter Changes file annotations to be theme-aware
  • Changes to honor the new(ish) git.repositoryScanMaxDepth setting if the gitlens.advanced.repositorySearchDepth setting isn't specified

Fixed

  • Fixes #1909 - Should still "detect" repos directly in the workspace folder(s) even if git.autoRepositoryDetection is false
  • Fixes #1829 - Reduce re-rendering by disabling animation in blame info in the status bar
  • Fixes #1864 - Worktrees fail to load in working path with spaces
  • Fixes #1881 - Worktrees icon is very small
  • Fixes #1898 - Hovers display old Gravatar — thanks to PR #1899 by Leo Dan Peña (@amouxaden)
  • Fixes an issue where the Gutter Changes file annotations could be rendered on the wrong lines in certain cases

12.0.4 - 2022-03-10

Added

  • Adds ability to paste in an authorization URL to complete a GitLens+ sign in

Fixed

  • Fixes #1888 - Gitlens breaks vscode auto repository detection settings
  • Fixes an issue where the Visual File History wasn't correctly opening the commit file details quick pick menu
  • Fixes an issue where the Open Visual File History of Active File command wasn't showing in the Command Palette

12.0.3 - 2022-03-10

Fixed

  • Fixes #1897 - Repeated GitHub errors when offline

12.0.2 - 2022-03-09

Added

  • Adds proxy support to network requests
    • By default, uses a proxy configuration based on VS Code settings or OS configuration
    • Adds a gitlens.proxy setting to specify a GitLens specific proxy configuration

Changed

  • Changes local repositories to be considered public rather than private for GitLens+ features (so only a free account would be required)
  • Changes relative dates >= 1 year but < 2 years to be shown in months for better granularity - related to #1546

Fixed

  • Fixes #1895 - Honor defaultDateShortFormat setting on Visual File History
  • Fixes #1890 - can no longer see untracked files in stashes

12.0.1 - 2022-03-03

Added

  • Adds gitlens.defaultDateFormat setting to specify the locale, a BCP 47 language tag, to use for date formatting

Changed

  • Removes dependency on GitKraken Authentication extension
  • Changes date formatting to follow the VS Code language locale by default
  • Changes framing of premium features into GitLens+
  • Changes repository naming to better reflect its folder name, related to #1854

Fixed

  • Fixes #1859 - GitLens dates use system locale instead of vscode language setting
  • Fixes #1854 - All repos have the same name
  • Fixes #1866 - Copy SHA and Copy Message don't work from the views (commits, branches, etc)
  • Fixes #1865 - Value shortOffset out of range for Intl.DateTimeFormat options property timeZoneName
  • Fixes #1742 - New file lines keep jumping down
  • Fixes #1846 - Restoring (checkout) a deleted file from a commit doesn't work
  • Fixes #1844 - Autolinked issues aren't properly paged when there are too many commits
  • Fixes #1843 - Compare references doesn't work if you have multiple repos open

12.0.0 - 2022-02-28

Added

  • Adds (preview) VS Code for Web support!

    • Get the power and insights of GitLens for any GitHub repository directly in your browser on vscode.dev or github.dev
  • Introducing GitLens+ features — learn about GitLens+ features

    • GitLens+ adds all-new, completely optional, features that enhance your current GitLens experience when you sign in with a free account. A free GitLens+ account gives you access to these new GitLens+ features on local and public repos, while a paid account allows you to use them on private repos. All other GitLens features will continue to be free without an account, so you won't lose access to any of the GitLens features you know and love, EVER.

    • Visual File History — a visual way to analyze and explore changes to a file

      • The Visual File History allows you to quickly see the evolution of a file, including when changes were made, how large they were, and who made them

        Visual File History view

    • Worktrees — allow multiple branches to be checked-out at once

      • Worktrees allow you to easily work on different branches of a repository simultaneously. You can create multiple working trees, each of which can be opened in individual windows or all together in a single workspace

        Worktrees view

  • Adds a new GitLens Home view — see welcome content, help resources, and subscription information

  • Adds a Get Started with GitLens walkthrough to introduce new (and existing) users to many of the powerful features of GitLens — try it via GitLens: Get Started from the Command Palette

  • Adds a new Autolinked Issues and Pull Requests node to comparisons to list autolinked issues and pull requests in commit messages to quickly see all the issues fixed in a release and more

    • Currently only supported for connected GitHub remote providers
  • Adds the ability to choose a stash when opening or comparing file revisions, via the Open Changes with Revision... & Open File at Revision... commands

  • Adds improved hover information, including status and color-coding, shown on pull requests in the GitLens views

  • Adds a gitlens.codeLens.dateFormat setting to specify how to format absolute dates in the Git CodeLens

  • Adds an easier method to choose a specific commit to the Git Command Palette's merge & rebase commands

  • Adds a new commit format token: ${link}

Changed

  • Completely refactors the internals of GitLens into a new flexible Git provider model to allow GitLens to work on the web and in virtual environments like vscode.dev and github.dev
  • Improves the user experience of the commit details and file details quick pick menus
    • Commands are now grouped and easier to understand and access — thanks to Tyler Leonhardt (@tylerLeonhardt) on the VS Code team for the quick pick API additions
  • Improves performance and reduces latency across many workflows
  • Improves startup performance on previously opened workspaces by remembering details from the last time the workspace was opened
  • Improves performance of the all GitLens webviews, most noticeable on the GitLens settings editor
  • Improves GitLens view refreshing when folders are added or removed from a workspace
  • Changes the icon of the Open Changes action on the hovers to be clearer
  • Changes footnotes in hovers to be above the command bar rather than below
  • Reworks many internal Git parsers to reduce memory usage and improve performance

Fixed

  • Fixes #1818 - Ambiguous error message on GitHub authentication errors
  • Fixes #1645 - Possible catastrophic backtracking with large inputs
  • Fixes #1506 - Annoying Github login request
  • Fixes #1735 - "gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat" edit error
  • Fixes #1745 - autolinks.url encodes hash char
  • Fixes #1572 - Forced regular expression search in changes
  • Fixes #1473 - Support VSCodium in interactive rebase editor
  • Fixes #1699 - Exception has occurred: RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]
  • Fixes #1601 - Add a better time sample in "Dates & Times" setting
  • Fixes performance issue with the rich hover on the status bar blame
  • Fixes cross repository branch switching via the Git Command Palette
  • Fixes an issue with TOC entries in the VS Code settings editor
  • Fixes issues using quotes when searching for commits in certain scenarios
  • Fixes issues when revealing items in GitLens views the item wouldn't get selected properly
  • Fixes issues with retries on Git Command Palette command steps
  • Fixes code splitting issue where GitHub support wasn't split out of the main bundle for better loading performance
  • Fixes issue with quotes and commit search
  • Fixes a leaked disposable on cancellable promises

11.7.0 - 2021-11-18

Added

  • Adds a new rich commit details hover to the blame information in the status bar
    • Adds a gitlens.statusBar.tooltipFormat setting to specify the format (in markdown) of hover shown over the blame information in the status bar
  • Adds a new rich hover to the GitLens mode in the status bar
  • Adds functional groupings to all GitLens settings when using the VS Code settings UI. Groups will be displayed in the table of contents in the settings UI — thanks to Raymond Zhao (@rzhao271) on the VS Code team for allowing extensions to add groups to VS Code settings UI
  • Adds new action buttons on many quick pick menu options, including in the Git Command Palette — thanks to Tyler Leonhardt (@tylerLeonhardt) on the VS Code team for the API support
  • Adds Gerrit remote provider support — closes #720 thanks to PR #1535 by Andrew Savage (@andrewsavage1)
  • Adds new Open File command (with Open Revision as an alt-click) to files in comparisons — closes #1710
  • Adds a new Cherry Pick without Committing confirmation option to the Git Command Palette's cherry-pick command — closes #1693
  • Adds a new Merge without Fast-Forwarding or Committing confirmation option to the Git Command Palette's merge command — closes #1178 thanks to PR #1621 by Dmitry Ulupov (@dimaulupov)
  • Adds commit message autolinking of merged pull requests for Azure Repos — closes #1486 thanks to PR #1487 by Mark Molinaro (@markjm)
  • Adds a new AzureDevOps type to gitlens.remotes to better support Azure DevOps remote matching — thanks to PR #1487 by Dmitry Gurovich (@yrtimiD)

Changed

  • Changes the No Fast-forward Merge confirmation option in the Git Command Palette's merge command to Merge without Fast-Forwarding

Fixed

  • Fixes #1669 - Workitem Link (Hover ) for Repository (DevOps) with Blank is broken
  • Fixes #1695 - gitlens.remotes: ${repo} has '%2520' instead of '%20' for a space
  • Fixes #1531 - Typo in gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle options — thanks to PR #1532 by Alwin Wang (@alwinw)
  • Fixes #1511 - Avatars are blurry on retina displays — thanks to PR #1595 by Adaex Yang (@adaex)
  • Fixes #1609 - X.globalState.setKeysForSync is not a function — thanks to PR #1610 by Stanislav Lvovsky (@slavik-lvovsky)
  • Fixes #1131 - Order matters for search filters in 'search commits' — with help from PR #1575 by Lior Kletter (@Git-Lior)
  • Fixes #1583 - Should hide the context menu on unrelated tabs — thanks to PR #1589 by Takashi Tamura (@tamuratak)
  • Fixes #1587 - Hover on blame can duplicate — thanks to PR #1588 by Takashi Tamura (@tamuratak)

11.6.1 - 2021-10-08

Changed

  • GitLens joins forces with GitKraken! — Learn more

11.6.0 - 2021-07-13

Added

  • Adds new Open Previous Changes with Working File command to commit files in views — closes #1529
  • Adopts new vscode createStatusBarItem API to allow for independent toggling — closes #1543

Changed

  • Dynamically generates hashes and nonces for webview <script> and <style> tags for better security

Fixed

  • Fixes #1432 - Unhandled Timeout Promise
  • Fixes #1562 - Yarn audit fails with 2 high sev vulnerabilities (dev dependencies only) — thanks to PR #1563 by Ivan Volzhev (@ivolzhevbt)
  • Fixes #1566 - Bug: unable to open 'pr.url' when clicking PR link
  • Fixes #1545 - Missing branch comparison controls in versions 11.5.0 and 11.5.1
  • Fixes #1548 - "Don't show again" on debug log warning doesn't work
  • Fixes #1449 - Configured remotes not showing up in quickpick menu when opening commit on remote
  • Fixes issues where auto-linking of GitHub 3rd party issue links didn't always work
  • Fixes issue with long commit messages on rebase editor
  • Fixes compatibility issue with Live Share

11.5.1 - 2021-06-14

Fixed

  • Fixes up/down order of the alternate shortcuts on the Interactive Rebase Editor

11.5.0 - 2021-06-14

Added

  • Adds support for Workspace Trust
  • Adds rich hovers to commits in the views — including associated pull requests (when connected to GitHub) and auto-linked issues
  • Adds a new section for associated pull requests (when connected to GitHub) and auto-linked issues to the Details hover
  • Adds the ability to filter comparisons to show only either the left-side or right-side file differences
  • Adds the Open Folder History command to root folders — closes #1505
  • Adds alternate j/k and shift+j/shift+k keyboard shortcuts to the Interactive Rebase Editor — closes #1538
  • Adds the ability to show contributor statistics, files changed as well as lines added and deleted (can take a while to compute depending on the repository) — closes #1489
    • Adds a Show Statistics / Hide Statistics toggle to the ... menu of the Contributors view
    • Adds a gitlens.views.contributors.showStatistics setting to specify whether to show contributor statistics in the Contributors view
  • Adds Create Pull Request... inline command to branches in the views

Changed

  • Adopts more VS Code codicons
  • Changes the Restore command title to Restore (Checkout) — closes #1493
  • Changes Compare with Working icon to better align with VS Code compare changes codicon
  • Renames the Discuss / Collab... button on the Details hover to Team...
  • Reverses the resulting comparison of the Compare with HEAD, Compare with Working, and Compare with Upstream commands in the views

Fixed

  • Fixes #1538 - Wrong initial keyboard focus in interactive rebase
  • Fixes #1498 - "Search & Compare" broken entries
  • Fixes #1507 - Communicate git error instead of "unable to find git"
  • Fixes #1512 - Git tag command can add an extra -m
  • Fixes #1402 - File history missing commits from other branches
  • Fixes an issue where the current line blame intermittently fails to appear
  • Fixes an issue where auto-linking of GitHub 3rd party issue links was broken
  • Fixes an issue where view decorations on macOS wouldn't show the correct icon

[11.4.1] - 2021-04-14

Added

  • Adds an alternate Copy Remote File Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlWithoutRange) to copy the remote url of the file without including any line range

Fixed

  • Fixes #1458 - "Copy Remote File Url" not showing line ranges

11.4.0 - 2021-04-08

Added

  • Adds a new status indicator (decoration), on the right, and a themeable colorization to branches in the views
    • ! — indicates that the branch is missing its upstream (likely deleted from the remote)
  • Adds a new indicator to branches in quick pick menus when a branch is missing its upstream
  • Adds Open Folder History command to folders in the Explorer view to show the folder's history in the File History view
  • Adds Gitea remote provider support — closes #1379 thanks to PR #1396 by Nils K (septatrix)
  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.commitOrdering setting to specify the order by which commits will be shown. If unspecified, commits will be shown in reverse chronological order — closes #1257 thanks to PR #1344 by Andy Tang (thewindsofwinter) and Shashank Shastri (Shashank-Shastri)
  • Adds documentation for the GitLens: Set Views Layout command — thanks to PR #1404 by Asif Kamran Malick (@akmalick)
  • Adds an Enable Debug Logging command (gitlens.enableDebugLogging) to enable debug logging to the GitLens output channel
  • Adds a Disable Debug Logging command (gitlens.disableDebugLogging) to disable debug logging to the GitLens output channel

Fixed

  • Fixes #1423 - Create tag with message fails
  • Fixes #1428 - Incorrect branch name when no commits exist on new repo
  • Fixes #1444 - File history view "Open Changes with Working File" does not work for the very first commit
  • Fixes #1448 - Hashes (#) are percent encoded in custom remote urls
  • Fixes #1447 - Open File on Remote From... is missing remote branches
  • Fixes #1442 - Interactive Rebase Editor not opened but plain text file when called from terminal
  • Fixes #1439 - Copying a remote file URL for a file on Azure DevOps does not work — thanks to PR #1440 by Lee Chang (MeltingMosaic)
  • Fixes #1445 - Improve documentation for hiding default added editor actions
  • Fixes #1411 - Click on branch compare node does not expand the tree
  • Fixes an issue where the Changes to pull from *'s * files changed was always 0

11.3.0 - 2021-03-05

Added

  • Adds new status indicators (decorations), on the right, and themeable colorizations to branches in the views
    • — indicates that the branch is the current branch
    • + green colorization — indicates that the branch has unpushed changes (ahead)
    • + red colorization — indicates that the branch has unpulled changes (behind)
    • ▼▲ + yellow colorization — indicates that the branch has diverged from its upstream; meaning it has both unpulled and unpushed changes
    • ▲+ + green colorization — indicates that the branch hasn't yet been published to an upstream remote
  • Adds new status indicators (decorations), on the right, and themeable colorizations to files in the views
    • M — indicates that the file is/was modified
    • A + green colorization — indicates that the file is/was added
    • D + red colorization — indicates that the file is/was deleted
    • R + green colorization — indicates that the file is/was renamed
    • C + green colorization — indicates that the file is/was copied
    • I + grey colorization — indicates that the file is ignored
    • U + green colorization — indicates that the file is untracked
  • Adds a new built-in Create Pull Request flow that starts opening a pull request on github.com
  • Adds a new Open Blame Prior to Change command (gitlens.openBlamePriorToChange) to open the blame of prior revision of the selected line in the current file — closes #1014
  • Adds new Git CodeLens action options
    • Opens the commit on the remote service (when available) and Copies the remote commit url to the clipboard (when available)
    • Opens the file revision on the remote service (when available) and Copies the remote file revision url to the clipboard (when available)
    • Toggles the file heatmap
    • Toggles the file changes since before the commit
    • Toggles the file changes from the commit
  • Adds new status bar blame action options
    • Opens the commit on the remote service (when available) and Copies the remote commit url to the clipboard (when available) — closes #1378
    • Opens the file revision on the remote service (when available) and Copies the remote file revision url to the clipboard (when available)
    • Toggles the file heatmap
    • Toggles the file changes since before the commit
    • Toggles the file changes from the commit
  • Adds Publish Repository command (gitlens.publishRepository) to publish the repository to a remote provider
  • Adds supported remote types in README — thanks to PR #1371 by Vladislav Guleaev (@vguleaev)
  • Adds a new Reset Avatar Cache command (gitlens.resetAvatarCache) to clear the avatar cache

Changed

  • Changes the Blame Previous Revision command on the hover to Open Blame Prior to this Change
  • Changes the Blame Previous Revision command icon on the hover to the versions codicon

Fixed

  • Fixes #1438 - Messages in hovers wrong encoding using non UTF-8
  • Fixes #1372 - Unexpected repository detection on editor startup after recent updates
  • Fixes #1394 - Repository view settings appear disabled
  • Fixes #1391 - Branch names are not properly escaped in git commands
  • Fixes #1336 - Need to allow GitLens to connect to GitHub in every Codespace (requires VS Code v1.54-insiders or later)
  • Fixes #1363 - Error 'Unable to open compare', when git setting log.showsignature is active
  • Fixes #1368 - Suppress message "GitLens was unable to find Git"
  • Fixes an issue where the rebase status in the views could get "stuck" after a rebase completed
  • Fixes typo in README — thanks to PR #1374 by David Rees (@studgeek)

11.2.1 - 2021-02-02

Changed

  • Changes to additionally show merged pull requests at the root of the Commits and Repositories views

Fixed

  • Fixes #1361 - Interactive rebase editor fails when opened in a VS Code window that doesn't have the repository opened
  • Fixes #1357 - Branch sorting may be reversed — thanks to PR #1358 by sueka (@sueka)

11.2.0 - 2021-02-02

Added

  • Adds rebase and/or merge status when applicable to the Commits and Repositories views

    • Merging into <branch> or Resolve conflicts before merging into <branch> — lists any conflicted files. Conflicted files show comparisons with the common base of the current and incoming changes to aid in resolving the conflict by making it easier to see where changes originated

      Merging

    • Rebasing <branch> or Resolve conflicts to continue rebasing <branch> — shows the number of rebase steps left, the commit the rebase is paused at, and lists any conflicted files. Conflicted files show comparisons with the common base of the current and incoming changes to aid in resolving the conflict by making it easier to see where changes originated

      Rebasing

  • Adds rebase and/or merge conflict status when applicable to the File History and Line History views

    • Merge Changes — show comparisons with the common base of the current and incoming changes to aid in resolving the conflict by making it easier to see where changes originated

      Merge Conflicts

  • Adds status indicator colors to pull request icons in GitLens views

  • Adds a new Quick Open File History command to all places where Open File History already exists — closes #1156

  • Adds the Add Remote command to the branch status in the Branches, Commits, and Repositories views when there are no Git remotes configured

  • Adds a new Browse Repository from Before Here (gitlens.browseRepoBeforeRevision) and Browse Repository from Before Here in New Window (gitlens.browseRepoBeforeRevisionInNewWindow) commands

  • Adds Repository from Before Here and Repository from Before Here in New Window to the Browse submenu of commits in the views

  • Adds a new Copy Current Branch Name (gitlens.copyCurrentBranch) command to copy the current branch name to the clipboard — closes #1306 — thanks to PR #1307 by Ken Hom (@kh0m)

  • Adds a Switch to Text button on the Interactive Rebase Editor to open the text rebase todo file — note that closing either document will start the rebase

  • Adds a notification which asks if you want to create a pull request after publishing a new branch

  • Adds CodeStream partnership

  • Adds a gitlens.views.branches.reveal setting to specify whether to reveal branches in the Branches view, otherwise they will be revealed in the Repositories view

  • Adds a gitlens.views.commits.reveal setting to specify whether to reveal commits in the Commits view, otherwise they will be revealed in the Repositories view

  • Adds a gitlens.views.remotes.reveal setting to specify whether to reveal remotes in the Remotes view, otherwise they will be revealed in the Repositories view

  • Adds a gitlens.views.stashes.reveal setting to specify whether to reveal stashes in the Stashes view, otherwise they will be revealed in the Repositories view

  • Adds a gitlens.views.tags.reveal setting to specify whether to reveal tags in the Tags view, otherwise they will be revealed in the Repositories view

  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.abbreviateShaOnCopy setting to specify to whether to copy full or abbreviated commit SHAs to the clipboard. Abbreviates to the length of gitlens.advanced.abbreviatedShaLength — closes #1062 — thanks to PR #1316 by Brendon Smith (@br3ndonland)

  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.externalDiffTool setting to specify an optional external diff tool to use when comparing files. Must be a configured Git difftool.

  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.externalDirectoryDiffTool setting to specify an optional external diff tool to use when comparing directories. Must be a configured Git difftool.

  • Adds a new regex option to gitlens.remotes to better support custom remote matching — closes #1196

Changed

  • Changes gitlens.statusBar.reduceFlicker to be on by default and improves its display — closes #1353
  • Changes the Interactive Rebase Editor to abort the rebase if you just close it without choosing an action
  • Changes Push to Commit... on the HEAD commit to be Push instead as there is no need for a commit specific push in that case
  • Renames Browse from Here command to Browse Repository from Here in the command palette and quick pick menus
  • Renames Browse from Here in New Window command to Browse Repository from Here in New Window in the command palette and quick pick menus
  • Renames Browse from Here to Repository from Here on the Browse submenu of commits in the views
  • Renames Browse from Here in New Window to Repository from Here in New Window on the Browse submenu of commits in the views

Fixed

  • Fixes #1267 - File history fails on Git for Windows 2.27 ("There are no editors open that can provide file history information.")
  • Fixes #1006 - "GitLens: Open File on Remote" opens wrong Bitbucket URL
  • Fixes #901 - Bitbucket Server fails when url = https://DOMAIN/stash/scm/PROJECT/REPO.git
  • Fixes #1354 - Stuck after merge a branch with a single quote in the name
  • Fixes #863 - Pulling all repositories doesn't work unless built-in Git knows about the repo (requires VS Code v1.53 or later)
  • Fixes #1332 - Stashes created with command line don't show up in the "Stashes" section
  • Fixes #1045 - View File History not working - absolute path used — thanks to PR #1334 by egfx-notifications (@egfx-notifications)
  • Fixes #1323 - Interactive rebase hangs
  • Fixes #1183 - stash all changes has no effect when the number of files is large
  • Fixes #1308 - Escape quotes for PRs titles
  • Fixes #1309 - "Fetch" not working on remote branches
  • Fixes an issue where many views wouldn't refresh properly when going from no items to some items
  • Fixes an issue where Publish Branch was incorrectly showing up on remote branches
  • Fixes an issue where the Open Directory Compare * commands failed to work
  • Fixes an issue where pinning a file/line to the File History view or Line History view would get lost if the view was collapsed and expanded

Removed

  • Removes the gitlens.repositories.enabled setting, since the view is toggleable as any other view now
  • Removes the gitlens.lineHistory.enabled setting, since the view is toggleable as any other view now
  • Removes the Hide Repositories view command, since the view is toggleable as any other view now
  • Removes the Hide Line History view command, since the view is toggleable as any other view now

11.1.3 - 2021-01-05

Fixed

  • Fixes #1303 - Open on Remote is creating invalid URLs for Azure Devops — thanks to PR #1304 by Travis Collins (@TravisTX)

11.1.2 - 2021-01-03

Fixed

  • Fixes the outdated documentation url on the Connect Remote Provider quick pick menu — thanks to PR #1300 by Ahmadou Waly Ndiaye (@sir-kain)

11.1.1 - 2021-01-02

Changes

  • Improves the performance of the Stashes and Contributors views

Fixed

  • Fixes #1302 - Welcome screen on every editor window is very tedious
  • Fixes #1285 - Uncommitted staged changes after pull
  • Fixes #1294 - Error when open commits list

[11.1.0] - 2020-12-23

Added

  • Refines the Repositories view to better align its features with all the new views
    • Adds menu toggles, and the settings below to allow for far greater customization of the sections in the Repositories view
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.branches.showBranchComparison setting to specify whether to show a comparison of the branch with a user-selected reference (branch, tag. etc) under each branch in the Repositories view
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showBranches setting to specify whether to show the branches for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showCommits setting to specify whether to show the commits on the current branch for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showContributors setting to specify whether to show the contributors for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showIncomingActivity setting to specify whether to show the experimental incoming activity for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showRemotes setting to specify whether to show the remotes for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showStashes setting to specify whether to show the stashes for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showTags setting to specify whether to show the tags for each repository
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.showUpstreamStatus setting to specify whether to show the upstream status of the current branch for each repository
    • Adds all the settings above to the Repositories view section in the GitLens Interactive Settings
  • Adds better visibility to the, hidden by default, Repositories and Line History views
    • Adds a Repositories view toggle command to the Commits view's context menu
    • Adds a Line History view toggle command to the File History view's context menu
    • Re-adds the Line History view settings to the GitLens Interactive Settings
  • Adds usage-based sorting (on by default) to the Git Command Palette
    • Adds a gitlens.gitCommands.sortBy setting to specify how Git commands are sorted in the Git Command Palette
  • Adds ability to show gutter heatmap in the gutter and/or on the scroll bar — closes #297
    • Adds a gitlens.heatmap.locations setting to specify where the indicators of the gutter heatmap annotations will be shown
  • Adds a gitlens.fileAnnotations.command setting to specify whether the file annotations button in the editor title shows a menu or immediately toggles the specified file annotations — closes #1165 thanks to PR #1171 by Raaj Patil (@arrpee)
    • Adds this new option to the Menus & Toolbars section of the GitLens Interactive Settings
  • Adds a Push to Commit... command to unpublished commits in the Commits, Branches, and Repositories views, and to unpublished files in the File History and Line History views
  • Adds a Commit submenu to files in the File History and Line History views — closes #1044
  • Adds an Open File on Remote From... command (gitlens.openFileOnRemoteFrom) to open a file or revision on a specific branch or tag on the remote provider — closes #1071
  • Adds a Copy Remote File Url From... command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlFrom) to copy the url of a file or revision on a specific branch or tag the remote provider — closes #1071
  • Adds a welcome, i.e. richer empty state, to the Search & Compare view
  • Adds dynamic updating of the last fetched date/time in the Commits and Repositories views
  • Adds a Connect to Remote command (gitlens.connectRemoteProvider) to connect to a supported remote service to enable a rich integration
  • Adds a Disconnect from Remote command (gitlens.disconnectRemoteProvider) to disconnect from a connected remote service
  • Adds a gitlens.integrations.enabled setting to specify whether to enable rich integrations with any supported remote services — see #1208
  • Adds a gitlens.terminalLinks.enabled setting to specify whether to enable terminal links — autolinks in the integrated terminal to quickly jump to more details for commits, branches, tags, and more — closes #1284
  • Adds a gitlens.defaultTimeFormat setting to specify how times will be formatted by default
  • Adds a gitlens.showWelcomeOnInstall setting to specify whether to show the Welcome (Quick Setup) experience on first install — closes #1049 thanks to PR #1258 by Rickard (@rickardp)
  • Adds a star as a favorite indicator on branches in the quick pick menus
  • Adds ability to toggle the Toggle Compare with: Working Tree / Branch command before a comparison is chosen
  • Adds GitLens extensibility APIs
    • Adds an action runner extensibility point to provide a runner (handler) for the new createPullRequest and openPullRequest actions — see gitlens.d.ts for API definitions

Changed

  • Changes the Incoming Activity section of the Repositories view to be hidden by default, as it is still experimental
  • Changes the options on the Git Command Palette's revert command to now be Revert (--no-edit) and Revert & Edit (--edit) — closes #1269
  • Changes the thickness (boldness) of a handful of icons to better match VS Code codicons

Fixed

  • Fixes #1016 - "Last fetched" message is also updated when fetch failed
  • Fixes #1218 - Opening Ahead/Behind files isn't showing the desire diff (e.g. diff with the merge base)
  • Fixes #1255 - Repository folders are missing repository actions (e.g. favorites, close repo, etc)
  • Fixes #1246 - Gutter Blame avatar does not use Gravatar fallback style
  • Fixes #1208 - Connect to Github notification is noisy
  • Fixes #526 - FAILED in gitlens.outputLevel=verbose; likely due to regex not in quotes
  • Fixes #1222 - GitLens: Open Associated Pull Request doesn't work
  • Fixes #1223 - commit pane, ${tips} does not show tags
  • Fixes #1225 - Changes hover is wrong if the original/new line number doesn't match
  • Fixes #1045 - View File History not working - absolute path used — thanks to PR #1209 by Mike Surcouf (@mikes-gh)
  • Fixes #1087 - Error retrieving line history from UNC path — thanks to PR #1209 by Mike Surcouf (@mikes-gh)
  • Fixes #1176 - Can't selectively apply stash
  • Fixes #1212 - Stashes list doesn't refresh on deletion
  • Fixes #1191 - "Gitlens › Views › Repositories: Auto Refresh" not working
  • Fixes #1202 - "Copy Remote File Url" url-encodes the URL
  • Fixes an issue where Gutter * file annotations wouldn't dynamically update when changing certain default configuration settings
  • Fixes an issue where git shortlog could hang (when there is no HEAD)
  • Fixes an issue where GitLens: Show Repositories View command wouldn't work unless the view was enabled first
  • Fixes an issue where GitLens: Show Line History View command wasn't showing up unless the view was enabled first
  • Fixes an issue where trying to force push the current branch would fail
  • Fixes an issue where Push to Commit... would incorrectly show a repository picker
  • Fixes an issue where the Add Remote command wasn't working
  • Fixes an issue where the gitlens.sortBranchesBy and gitlens.sortTagsBy settings where not honored in many quick pick menus
  • Fixes an issue where the Toggle Compare with: Working Tree / Branch command was showing incorrectly on the branch comparisons

11.0.6 - 2020-11.28

Changed

  • Changes the Where did my views go? view to show on this next upgrade, since somehow (still not sure how) it was never shown to many (most?) users
  • Changes GitHub connection rejection to be per-workspace (rather than global)

Fixed

  • Fixes #1205 - Setting heatmap's coldColor and hotColor breaks file blame & related functionality
  • Fixes invalid branch status showing up for remote branches

11.0.5 - 2020-11-23

Fixed

  • Fixes #1204 - Compare file changes: "new" and "old" sides of the compare are backwards

11.0.4 - 2020-11-22

Fixed

  • Fixes #1161 - Compare file differences between branches
  • Fixes #1157 - GitLens report X files changed when comparing working tree with a branch having identical files

11.0.3 - 2020-11-22

Fixed

  • Fixes #1163 - Use Interactive Rebase Editor when run from GitLens command (regardless of Git config)
  • Fixes #1197 - Can't squash commit in interactive rebase editor
  • Fixes the gitlens.codeLens.scopes setting json schema

11.0.2 - 2020-11-20

Added

  • Adds a quick-access button to the Interactive Rebase Editor to disable it — closes #1153
  • Adds shortcut keys to start and abort a rebase in the Interactive Rebase Editor
  • Adds a Disable Interactive Rebase Editor command (gitlens.disableRebaseEditor) to disable the interactive rebase editor
  • Adds an Enable Interactive Rebase Editor command (gitlens.enableRebaseEditor) to enable the interactive rebase editor
  • Adds an Interactive Rebase Editor section to the GitLens Interactive Settings

Changes

  • Changes the layout spacing of the Interactive Rebase Editor to allow for more commits to be shown at once

Fixed

  • Fixes #1187 - Warning about incorrect regexp in DevTools console — thanks to PR #1188 by Andrii Dieiev (@IllusionMH)
  • Fixes #1151 - Icons not showing in interactive rebase
  • Fixes #1166 - Enormous avatars in interactive rebase view

11.0.1 - 2020-11-16

Added

  • Adds a Compare References... command (gitlens.compareWith) to compare two selected references
  • Adds ability to enter reference ranges (e.g. main...release/1.0) to the Git Command Palette's history command

Fixed

  • Fixes #1148 - Follow renames on File History cannot load more history
  • Fixes #1157 - GitLens report X files changed when comparing working tree with a branch having identical files
  • Fixes #1150 - Cannot read property 'provider' of undefined

11.0.0 - 2020-11-14

Added

  • Adds all-new views side bar views

    • Moves all GitLens views to the Source Control side bar by default. You can move them back to the GitLens side bar via the Set Views Layout (gitlens.setViewsLayout) command or individually via drag and drop

    • Commits view — visualize, explore, and manage Git commits

      Commits view

      • Adds an indicator icon (up arrow) to unpublished (unpushed) commits
    • Branches view — visualize, explore, and manage Git branches

      Branches view

    • Remotes view — visualize, explore, and manage Git remotes and remote branches

      Remotes view

    • Stashes view — visualize, explore, and manage Git stashes

      Stashes view

    • Tags view — visualize, explore, and manage Git tags

      Tags view

    • Contributors view — visualize, navigate, and explore contributors

      Contributors view

      • Moves the current user to be first and adds a (you) suffix
    • Search & Compare view — search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc, or visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more

      Search & Compare view

      • Replaces the Search Commits and Compare Commits views
      • Adds persistence (pinning) for both searches and comparisons
      • Adds ability to edit existing searches
    • Disables the Repositories view by default, as it has been superseded by many new views. You can re-enable it by setting "gitlens.views.repositories.enabled": true or via the GitLens Interactive Settings

    • Integrates line history into the File History view

      File History view view

      • Adds a new Toggle History Mode command to toggle between showing file or line history
      • Adds an indicator icon (up arrow) to unpublished (unpushed) commits
      • Adds support for showing history across all branches via the Toggle Filter menu command — closes #974
      • Adds staged changes
    • Welcome view — quickly setup GitLens to meet your needs (for first time users only)

  • Adds a user-friendly interactive rebase editor to easily configure an interactive rebase session

    Rebase Editor

  • Adds terminal linksctrl+click on autolinks in the integrated terminal to quickly jump to more details for commits, branches, tags, and more

    Terminal Links

  • Adds rich integration with GitHub

    • Adds GitHub avatar support!

    • Adds associated pull request to line annotations and hovers

      Pull requests on line annotation and hovers

    • Adds associated pull request to status bar blame

      Pull requests on status bar

    • Adds associated pull requests to branches and commits in GitLens views

    • Adds rich autolinks for GitHub issues and pull requests, including titles, status, and authors

  • Adds a new and improved Gutter Heatmap file annotations, via the Toggle File Heatmap Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileHeatmap)

    Gutter Heatmap

    • Displays the heatmap in the gutter for a cleaner look and avoids any code jumping
    • Adds improved heatmap colorization for better clarity of old and new code
    • Adds the hot/cold age threshold to the GitLens Interactive Settings
  • Adds a new and improved Gutter Changes file annotations, via the Toggle File Changes Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileChanges) — closes #396

    Gutter Changes

    • Provides indicators of local changes, if any, or recent commit changes, and distinguishes between added, changed, and removed lines
    • Similar to the built-in Git gutter changes for un-staged changes, but shows all local (un-pushed) changes
    • Shows a changes hover with the full set of changes (diff hunk) and even with unsaved changes
  • Adds many refinements to the Git Command Palette (previously Git Commands), and adds new commands

    Git Command Palette

    • Adds many more options to existing commands
    • Adds improved titles for better clarity, context, and flow
    • Adds a new history (log) command to show the commit history of a branch or tag
      • Adds a Reveal in Side Bar button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds keyboard navigation
        • right arrow — reveals the selected branch in the Branches or Remotes view (or Repositories view, if enabled), if there is no text in the quick pick menu
        • alt+right arrow, ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected branch in the Branches or Remotes view
    • Adds a new show command to show the details of a commit
      • Adds a Reveal in Side Bar button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds keyboard navigation
        • right arrow — searches for the selected commit and shows the results in the Search Commits view, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
        • alt+right arrow — searches for the selected commit and shows the results in the Search Commits view
        • ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected commit in the Commits view (or Repositories view, if enabled)
    • Adds a new status command to show the current respository status
    • Adds a new Delete Branch & Remote and Force Delete Branch & Remote options to the branch delete command — to more easily delete branches with tracking branches
    • Adds ability pull (fetch) a specific branch(es) to the pull command — closes #873
    • Adds a new Publish Branch option to the push command
    • Adds ability to push a single branch to the push command
    • Adds support for honoring the git.useForcePushWithLease setting on the push command
    • Adds a new Soft Reset (--soft) option to the reset command
  • Adds improved autolinks support

    • Adds a new alphanumeric flag to autolinks — closes #946
    • Adds autolink support in plain text (as footnotes)
    • Allows autolinks inside parentheses and square brackets
  • Adds improved co-author support

    • Provides an updatable quick pick of co-authors
    • Adds the Add Co-authors (gitlens.addAuthors) command to the Source Control context menu
    • Adds an option to show or hide the Add Co-authors command on the Source Control context menu to the Menus & Toolbars section of the GitLens Interactive Settings
  • Adds many new commands

    • Open File from Remote (gitlens.openFileFromRemote) command — opens the local file from a remote file url
    • Set Views Layout (gitlens.setViewsLayout) command — quickly switch between showing GitLens views in GitLens sidebar (default) and the Source Control sidebar
    • Adds a Switch to Another Branch (gitlens.views.switchToAnotherBranch) command — to quickly switch the current branch
    • Copy Remote Commit Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteCommitUrl) — copies the url of the current line commit on the remote provider
    • Copy Remote Branch Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteBranchUrl) — copies the url of a branch on the remote provider
    • Copy Remote Branches Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteBranchesUrl) — copies the url of the branches on the remote provider
    • Open Comparison on Remote command (gitlens.openComparisonOnRemote) — opens the comparison on the remote provider
    • Copy Remote Comparison Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteComparisonUrl) — copies the url of the comparison on the remote provider
    • Open Pull Request command (gitlens.openPullRequestOnRemote) — opens the pull request on the remote provider
    • Copy Pull Request Url command (gitlens.copyRemotePullRequestUrl) — copies the url of the pull request on the remote provider
    • Copy Remote Repository Url command (gitlens.copyRemoteRepositoryUrl) — copies the url of the repository on the remote provider
  • Adds alternative alt+click commands for many of the Open * on Remote commands to alternatively copy the url to the clipboard

  • Adds an Open Commit on Remote command (with an Copy Remote Commit Url alt+click command) to commits in the VS Code Timeline view

  • Adds ability to set the default remote from any of the Open * on Remote command quick pick menus

  • Adds Git CodeLens to markdown headers

  • Adds new Git CodeLens options to disable the click actions on both the recent change and authors CodeLens — closes #989 thanks to PR #1009 by Abdulrahman (Abdu) Assabri (@abdusabri)

  • Adds per-language customizations to the gitlens.codeLens.scopes and gitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes settings — closes #977

  • Adds new click behavior for changed files in GitLens views to open a diff of all contained changes

  • Adds a new gitlens.hovers.avatarSize setting to customize the size of avatars shown in hovers

    • Increases the default avatar size in hovers from 16px to 32px
  • Adds Hide Avatars or Show Avatars menu command to many GitLens views to hide or show avatars

  • Adds Hide Date Markers or Show Date Markers menu command to many GitLens views to hide or show relative date markers

  • Adds real-time preview when editing format strings in the GitLens Interactive Settings

  • Adds a new commit format tokens: ${authorNotYou}, ${agoOrDateShort}, ${authorAgoOrDateShort}, ${committerAgoOrDateShort}

  • Adds synchronized storage to avoid opening the Welcome page or showing a What's New notification on new machines when Settings Sync is enabled

  • Adds new Welcome and Open Settings menu commands to the GitLens gear menu in the Extensions sidebar — closes #952 & #953 thanks to PR #992 by Zeeshan Adnan (@zeeshanadnan)

  • Adds a new HEAD choice to the compare quick pick menu — closes #927

  • Adds support for .gitattributes text conversion filters — closes #866 thanks to PR #1052 by Martin Campbell (@martin-css)

  • Adds week(s) ago to relative time formatting

  • Adds a limit of 5000 commits to the Load All command in GitLens views

  • Adds a Clear command to the branch comparison tool in GitLens views

  • Adds compact mode for showing branch and tag tips on commits in GitLens views

  • Adds Copy SHA command to branches and tags in GitLens views

Changed

  • Changes all comparisons results to be split into ahead and behind groups
  • Changes Git CodeLens to be less intrusive when they are unavailable because of unsaved changes, via new defaults for the gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.* settings
  • Refines all the GitLens contributed menus to reduce noise and improve usability
  • Changes to use VS Code's built-in icons (codicons) where possible — closes #985
  • Changes to use codicons in hovers — closes #954
  • Changes revision navigation icons to better match VS Code
  • Changes all the Open * on Remote command icons to use the globe codicon
  • Changes the comparison icons in GitLens views
  • Changes the default blame annotation format to show 50 characters (instead of 40)
  • Changes the relative date markers in GitLens views to be less prominent, and avoids showing the marker if it is first item
  • Changes commit quick pick menu commands to align with commit context menu commands
  • Changes the Open Settings and Welcome pages to open beside the active editor
  • Changes the default sorting of branches so that main, master, and develop are first
  • Changes the sorting of branches in the Git Commands Palette and other quick pick menus to be by date descending
  • Changes the default sorting of remotes, so that origin is first — closes #924 — thanks to PR #925 by Connor Peet (@connor4312)
  • Changes the default sorting of tags to be by date descending
  • Changes to limit scm/resourceGroup/context and scm/resourceState/context menu contributions
  • Changes to support latest emojis in commit messages
  • Improves VS Code startup performance by using the new onStartupFinished activation event
  • Improves the performance of the Details hover
  • Improves the performance of loading Contributors in the Contributors and Repositories views
  • Improves the performance and experience when opening multiple files or revisions
  • Improves the performance of the file system watching for repository changes (ignores .gitignored files)
  • Moves the avatars in the Gutter Blame file annotations to be part of the annotations rather than in the gutter itself
  • Renames Show More to Load more in GitLens views
  • Renames Show Commit Details command to Show Commit
  • Replaces Push to Commit (via Terminal) command with a new Push to Commit command
  • Deprecates the Line History view, as it has been integrated into the File History view. While it will likely be removed in a future version, you can be re-enable it by setting "gitlens.views.lineHistory.enabled": true
  • Deprecates the gitlens.codeLens.scopesByLanguage setting, use per-language gitlens.codeLens.scopesandgitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes settings instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.gitCommands.search.showResultsInView setting as it has been renamed to gitlens.gitCommands.search.showResultsInSideBar
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.commitFileFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.label instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.commitFileDescriptionFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.description instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.commitFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.commits.label instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.commitDescriptionFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.commits.description instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.stashFileFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.label instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.stashFileDescriptionFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.description instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.stashFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.stashes.label instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.stashDescriptionFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.stashes.description instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.statusFileFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.label instead
  • Deprecates the gitlens.views.statusFileDescriptionFormat setting, use gitlens.views.formats.files.description instead
  • Removes the sponsor heart icon from all GitLens views and simplifies the sponsor command
  • Removes the useless Collapse All command from the File History view
  • Removes the Keep Open toggle button from the Git Command Palette toolbar — the behavior is now automatically determined (unless overridden by the gitlens.gitCommands.closeOnFocusOut setting)
  • Removes ${changes} token from commit description format by default
  • Removes the associated commit sha from tag descriptions
  • Removes many view visibility (enablement) settings as the control over a views visibility is more easily controlled directly by unchecking the view itself
  • Removes the gitlens.views.repositories.showTrackingBranch setting as it is now always enabled

Fixed

  • Fixes diffs of renamed files in certain cases
  • Fixes #1139 - Git crash with v2.29.x
  • Fixes typo forcably -> forcibly — thanks to PR #1138 by Andrea Cigana (@ciganandrea)
  • Fixes missing empty (non-merge) commits
  • Fixes issue with a blank branch name before any commits exist
  • Fixes issues with missing repository or file system change events while vs code is unfocused
  • Fixes remote url issues with spaces in the filename
  • Fixes issue where /HEAD was showing up as a branch
  • Fixes issues with revision navigation commands and diff editors
  • Fixes show command with single file commits
  • Fixes delete of remote branches on the Git Command Palette's branch command
  • Fixes Git Command Palette's back tracking in certain cases
  • Fixes issue to ensure that dropping a stash drops the correct item even if the view is out of date
  • Fixes the Push Stash & Keep Staged option on the Git Command Palette's stash command
  • Fixes issues with stashes and untracked files
  • Fixes the wrong icon on the Unstage All Changes command
  • Fixes issue where a selection change wouldn't always trigger a Line History refresh
  • Fixes issues where GitLens' files would not re-open properly on reload
  • Fixes Incomplete string escaping or encoding code scan warning — https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/security/code-scanning/1
  • Fixes Inefficient regular expression code scan warning — https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/security/code-scanning/2
  • Fixes #1072 - Add whitespace to tree item tooltip — thanks to PR #1073 by Alex (@deadmeu)
  • Fixes Git Command Palette's stash drop command not working
  • Fixes #1033 - Adopt VS Code's 'asWebviewUri' API
  • Fixes issues with Open Changes with Previous Revision and diff editors
  • Fixes issues with Open Changes with Working File and diff editors
  • Fixes issue with the previous line diff line number being off
  • Fixes issues with bogus merge commits that can show up in file histories; now using --first-parent for git log with --follow
  • Fixes issues with paging git log with merge commits
  • Fixes directory compare from waiting for external tool to exit
  • Fixes #996 - Rename branch should show existing name highlighted
  • Fixes issues with folders that end with a space
  • Fixes typo in contributing search tag link — thanks to PR #981 by Guillem González Vela (@guillemglez)
  • Fixes #970 - Stashes doesn't honor files layout
  • Fixes Load more in GitLens views with range notation comparisons
  • Fixes ignoreCase flag on autolinks
  • Fixes #951 - Starring branch updates repository view properly — thanks to PR #963 by Zeeshan Adnan (@zeeshanadnan)
  • Fixes issues with switch branch command error handling
  • Fixes issues with stash command error handling
  • Fixes file history issues with copied and deleted files
  • Fixes intermittent issues with Reveal Commit in Repositories View
  • Fixes #910 - "Show Commit in Search Commits View" doesn't work
  • Fixes issues with hovers not showing on first editor
  • Fixes autolinking with remote providers
  • Fixes issues with some settings metadata

10.2.2 - 2020-06-10

Added

  • Adds unique icons for each GitLens view to better support view moving in VS Code 1.46

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue with some settings showing up with errors on the VS Code settings UI

10.2.1 - 2020-02-10

Fixed

  • Fixes #932 - Absolute path used in compare on git version 2.25.0.windows.1
  • Fixes an issue with showing changes of staged files in File History view, Open Changes with Previous Revision command, etc.
  • Fixes certain error handling because of change in a VS Code error message
  • Fixes file history issues w/ copied/deleted files

10.2.0 - 2019-11-18

Added

  • Adds user-defined autolinks to external resources in commit messages — closes #897
    • Adds a gitlens.autolinks setting to configure the autolinks
    • For example to autolink Jira issues (e.g. JIRA-123 ⟶ https://jira.company.com/issue?query=123):
      • Use "gitlens.autolinks": [{ "prefix": "JIRA-", "url": "https://jira.company.com/issue?query=<num>" }]
  • Adds a Highlight Changes command (gitlens.views.highlightChanges) to commits in GitLens views to highlight the changes lines in the current file
  • Adds a Highlight Revision Changes command (gitlens.views.highlightRevisionChanges) to commits in GitLens views to highlight the changes lines in the revision
  • Adds branch and tag sorting options to the interactive settings editor

Changed

  • Changes commit search to auto-detect full commit shas without the need to prefix it with commit: or #:
  • Changes paging in GitLens views to no longer be naive and now only loads the additional required data for much better performance
  • Changes the Toggle File Layout command icon when in tree layout to match VS Code
  • Restores the original commit icon in the editor toolbar

Fixed

  • Fixes #893 - Problems with # symbol in branch names — thanks to PR #894 by Allan Karlson (@bees4ever)
  • Fixes #677 - Line and file history not working in symlinked repository
  • Fixes #667 - Decoration rendered before code
  • Fixes issues where line blame annotations would sometimes stop working
  • Fixes compact view when branches are shown as a tree

10.1.2 - 2019-11-06

Changed

  • Changes commit icon to be closer to VS Code's
  • Changes webviews (welcome, settings) to have inline CSS to avoid FOUC (flash of unstyled content)
  • Only applies --ignore-revs-file custom blame flag if it is supported by the current Git version and the file exists

Fixed

  • Fixes #882 - Search for changes command is malformed
  • Fixes #875 - Editing causes all contextual blames to disappear
  • Fixes #890 - Version warning "Don't Show Again" button not working
  • Fixes #889 - Make the heart icon (support GitLens) rounder
  • Fixes broken view layout buttons in the interactive settings editor

10.1.1 - 2019-10-10

Added

  • Adds new options to sort tags by date, similar to branches via the gitlens.sortTagsBy setting
  • Adds the tag reference and date to tags in the Repositories view

Changed

  • Bumps the required version of Git to be at least 2.7.2

Fixed

  • Fixes #872 - OpenFileInRemoteCommand Cannot read property 'range' of null
  • Fixes #855 - Missing tags in Repositories view
  • Fixes an issue when creating tags with a message that contains spaces
  • Fixes an issue when creating and switching to a new branch

10.1.0 - 2019-10-06

Added

  • Adds a new Git Commands (gitlens.gitCommands)
    • Adds a new branch command with sub-commands for create, rename, and delete
      • Adds a Reveal Branch in Repositories View button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds keyboard navigation
        • right arrow — reveals the selected branch in the Repositories view, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
        • alt+right arrow, ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected branch in the Repositories view
    • Adds a new tag command with sub-commands for create, and delete
      • Adds a Reveal Branch in Repositories View or Reveal Tag in Repositories View button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds keyboard navigation
        • right arrow — reveals the selected branch or tag in the Repositories view, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
        • alt+right arrow, ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected branch or tag in the Repositories view
  • Adds better co-author support — closes #373
    • Adds a new co-author command to the Git Commands quick pick menu to add a co-author to a commit message
    • Adds a new Add Co-authors command to the inline toolbar and context menu for the Contributors node in the Repositories view
    • Adds the Add as Co-author command to the inline toolbar for the contributors in the Repositories view
  • Adds support for GitHub Pull Request uri schemes (pr://) — closes #678
  • Adds new actions options to the status bar blame
    • Adds a gitlens.showCommitsInView option to show the commit in the Search Commits view
    • Adds a gitlens.revealCommitInView option to reveal the commit in the Repositories view
  • Adds a new Rename Branch... command to branches in the Repositories view

Changed

  • Improves (drastically) the performance of revealing commits in the Repositories view
  • Changes the Create Branch (via Terminal)... command to Create Branch... and uses the branch create Git command
  • Changes the Delete Branch (via Terminal)... command to Delete Branch... and uses the branch delete Git command
  • Changes the Create Tag (via Terminal)... command to Create Tag... and uses the tag create Git command
  • Changes the Delete Tag (via Terminal)... command to Delete Tag... and uses the tag delete Git command

Fixed

  • Fixes #826 - Deleting stash doesn't remove the stash from the list - have to refresh
  • Fixes #769 - compacting causes duplicate names
  • Fixes issues with issue linking in hovers
  • Fixes issues with the Show commits in Search Commits view Git CodeLens action with uncommitted changes
  • Fixes missing prefix while search nodes are loading

10.0.1 - 2019-09-24

Added

  • Adds a button to toggle the file layout (list vs. tree vs. auto) to the Repositories, Compare, and Search Commits views
  • Adds a button to toggle the branch layout (list vs. tree) to the Branches node of the Repositories view

Changed

  • Changes the experimental Incoming Activity node in the Repositories view to be available for everyone (not just if gitlens.insiders is true)

Fixed

  • Fixes #862 - Command failed when expanding a local branch
  • Fixes #860 - Unknown date format error
  • Fixes #858 - GitHub avatars in blame line hovers are huge
  • Fixes issue with locating a working file when the file is staged or modified

10.0.0- 2019-09-20

Added

  • Adds all-new iconography to better match VS Code's new visual style — thanks to John Letey (@johnletey) and Jon Beaumont-Pike (@jonbp) for their help!
  • Adds an all-new Welcome experience with a simple quick setup of common GitLens features — accessible via the GitLens: Welcome (gitlens.showWelcomePage) command
  • Adds a new and improved interactive Settings editor experience — accessible via the GitLens: Open Settings (gitlens.showSettingsPage) command
  • Adds a new and improved Git Commands (gitlens.gitCommands) experience
    • Adds a Keep Open toggle button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Saves to the new gitlens.gitCommands.closeOnFocusOut setting to specify whether to dismiss the Git Commands menu when focus is lost (if not, press ESC to dismiss)
    • Adds a confirmation indicator / toggle button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Indicates whether the specified Git command will have a confirmation step — some commands require confirmation and can't be toggled
      • Saves to the new gitlens.gitCommands.skipConfirmations setting to specify which (and when) Git commands will skip the confirmation step
    • Adds keyboard navigation
      • left arrow — goes back to previous step, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
      • alt+left arrow, ctrl+left arrow, cmd+left arrow (macOS) — goes back to previous step
    • Adds a new search command to search for specific commits — see below for more details on the all-new commit search experience
    • Adds a new stash command with sub-commands for apply, drop, list, pop, and push
      • Adds a Reveal Stash in Repositories View button to the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds keyboard navigation
      • right arrow — reveals the selected stash in the Repositories view, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
      • alt+right arrow, ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected stash in the Repositories view
    • Adds a new reset command to reset current HEAD to a specified commit
    • Adds a new revert command to revert specific commits
    • Improves and enhances the fetch command
      • Adds a new Fetch All & Prune confirmation option
      • Adds the last fetched on date to the confirmation step, when a single repo is selected
    • Improves and enhances the pull command
      • Adds a Fetch button to the quick pick menu toolbar on the confirmation step, when a single repo is selected
      • Adds the last fetched on date to the confirmation step, when a single repo is selected
      • Adds the number of commits to pull on the confirmation step, when a single repo is selected
    • Improves and enhances the push command
      • Adds a new Force Push confirmation option
      • Adds the number of commits to push on the confirmation step, when a single repo is selected
    • Improves and enhances the merge command
      • Adds a new Squash Merge confirmation option
      • Adds the ability to choose an arbitrary reference (commit id) just by typing (pasting)
    • Improves and enhances the rebase command
      • Adds the ability to switch between picking a branch/tag or a specific commit via a toggle button in the quick pick menu toolbar
      • Adds the ability to choose an arbitrary reference (commit id) just by typing (pasting)
    • Improves and enhances the cherry-pick command
      • Adds the ability to choose an arbitrary reference (commit id) just by typing (pasting)
    • Improves and enhances the checkout command — now renamed to switch for better clarity and to align with the new Git 2.23 commands
      • Adds the ability to create a local branch from a remote branch
      • Adds the ability to choose an arbitrary reference (commit id) just by typing (pasting)
  • Adds an all-new commit search experience, via the Git Commands (gitlens.gitCommands) or Search Commits (gitlens.showCommitSearch) commands
    • Adds the ability to match on more than one search pattern — closes #410
    • Adds case-[in]sensitive matching support — defaults to the new gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchCase setting
    • Adds support for regular expression matching — defaults to the new gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchRegex setting
    • Adds the ability to match on all or any patterns when searching commit messages — defaults to the new gitlens.gitCommands.search.matchAll setting
    • Adds the ability to show results in the Search Commits view or within the quick pick menu via a toggle button in the quick pick menu toolbar
    • Adds a Reveal Commit in Repositories View button to the quick pick menu toolbar
    • Adds a Show Commit in Search Commits View button to the quick pick menu toolbar
    • Adds keyboard navigation
      • right arrow — shows the selected commit in the Search Commits view, if there is no text in the quick pick menu
      • alt+right arrow — shows the selected commit in the Search Commits view
      • ctrl+right arrow, cmd+right arrow (macOS) — reveals the selected commit in the Repositories view
  • Adds a Reveal Commit in Repositories View (gitlens.revealCommitInView) command to reveal the current commit in the Repositories view — this can take a while, so it will show a progress notification with the ability to cancel the operation
    • Adds Reveal Commit in Repositories View command to the commit context menu in the views
    • Adds Reveal Commit in Repositories View command in commit quick pick menu
  • Adds a Show Commits within Selection in Search Commits View (gitlens.showCommitsInView) command to show all the commits within the current selection in the Search Commits view
  • Adds new actions options to the Git CodeLens
    • Adds a gitlens.showCommitsInView option to the recent change CodeLens to show the recent commit in the Search Commits view
    • Adds a gitlens.showCommitsInView option to the authors CodeLens to show the commits within the range of the CodeLens block in the Search Commits view
    • Adds a gitlens.revealCommitInView option to the recent change CodeLens to reveal the recent commit in the Repositories view
    • Adds a gitlens.revealCommitInView option to the authors CodeLens to reveal the primary author's commit in the Repositories view
  • Adds the Open Changes with Working File command to the inline toolbar for files in views
  • Adds the Open Revision command to the editor toolbar and tabs context menu when a revision file is active in the diff editor
  • Adds this Explore Repository from Revision command to the editor toolbar and tabs context menu when a revision file is active
  • Adds a Prune command to remotes in the Repositories view to prune remote references — closes #556 thanks to PR #815 by Zach Boyle (@zaboyle)
  • Adds ability to sort branches and tags in quick pick menus and views — closes #745
    • Adds a gitlens.sortBranchesBy setting to specify how branches are sorted in quick pick menus and views
    • Adds a gitlens.sortTagsBy setting to specify how tags are sorted in quick pick menus and views
  • Adds the Pull and/or Push command to current branch in the Repositories view if the current branch is not up to date with its upstream
  • Adds ability to copy the selected item's details to the clipboard using the standard copy shortcut key when focused on a GitLens view
  • Adds last commit date to branches in quick pick menus and views
  • Adds support to use the GitHub avatar (if available) for authors with @users.noreply.github.com email addresses — partially addresses #281 thanks to PR #814 by bolte-17 (@bolte-17)

Changed

  • Changes Stash All Changes commands in the Source Control view to toggle --keep-index appropriately — closes #698
  • Changes Ansible files to use document scope for CodeLens — thanks to PR #813 by Ahmadali Shafiee (@ahmadalli)
  • Changes fetch commands to use the fetch Git command
  • Changes pull commands to use the pull Git command
  • Changes push commands to use the push Git command
  • Changes stash commands to use the new stash Git command
  • Changes the Checkout command on branches, commits, and tags to use the switch Git command
  • Changes the Cherry Pick Commit (via Terminal) command to use the cherry-pick Git command
  • Changes the Merge Branch (via Terminal), and Squash Branch into Commit (via Terminal) commands to use the merge Git command
  • Changes the Rebase (Interactive) Branch (via Terminal), Rebase (Interactive) Branch to Remote (via Terminal), and Rebase to Commit (via Terminal) commands to use the rebase Git command
  • Changes the Reset to Commit (via Terminal) command to use the reset Git command
  • Changes the Revert Commit (via Terminal) command to use the revert Git command
  • Renames Checkout command to Switch for branches and tags for better clarity and to align with the new Git 2.23 commands
  • Renames Checkout command to Restore for commit/stash files for better clarity and to align with the new Git 2.23 commands
  • Renames Stashed Changes to Stashes or Stash depending on the context
  • Renames Copy * to Clipboard commands to Copy *
  • Renames Show Commit in View (gitlens.showCommitInView) command to Show Commit in Search Commits View
  • Renames Show File History in View (gitlens.showFileHistoryInView) command to Show in File History View
  • Rearranges the ordering and groupings of the view item context menus

Removed

  • Removes Show Commit Details from view item context menus
  • Removes Show File History from view item context menus

Fixed

  • Fixes #849 - Extra backslash in the hovers blame detail's link
  • Fixes #847 - Refresh button on Compare With Branch view is not working
  • Fixes #842 - List of changed files in comparison to working tree only shows changed files in comparison to HEAD
  • Fixes #828 - Version comparison to show welcome message is not future proof — thanks to PR #829 by Arunprasad Rajkumar (@arajkumar)
  • Fixes #821 - Wrong comparison order in the Compare view when using Compare [HEAD|Working Tree] With commands
  • Fixes #794 - Can't get back to settings page easily
  • Fixes #738 - Disable showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades notification
  • Fixes #723 (partially) - Top right tool loading/placement enhancement
  • Fixes issues with the Open Changes with Working File command when invoked from a stash
  • Fixes issue where the Open Line Changes with Previous Revision command would open the correct comparison in the diff editor
  • Fixes some issues with the Open Changes with Previous Revision and Open Changes with Next Revision commands when in the right or left side of the diff editor
  • Fixes an issue with branch sorting when the current branch was tree'd
  • Fixes issues with the Explore Repository from Revision, Open Revision, Open Files, Open Revisions, Open All Changes, Open All Changes with Working Tree commands in the latest VS Code
  • Fixes typo of "workbench.colorCustomization" in README — thanks to PR #823 by Kwok (@mankwok)

9.9.3 - 2019-08-06

Added

  • Adds an Add Remote command to the Remotes node of the Repositories view — closes #694 thanks to PR #802 by Zach Boyle (@zaboyle)

Changed

  • Reverses the order of comparisons in the Compare view for consistent comparisons results

Fixed

  • Fixes #812 - Regression in 9.9.2: Clicking changed file in Repository Browser opens diff view between WorkingTree <-> WorkingTree, not index

9.9.2 - 2019-08-01

Added

  • Adds a Checkout command to the current branch in the Repositories view which opens a quick pick menu to choose a new branch to checkout to

Fixed

  • Fixes #806 - file diff in two-dot branch compare should only show the changes in one branch
  • Fixes #756 - Merge commit shows only the changes from the last commit on those files
  • Fixes #809 - Wrong commit diff in file history
  • Fixes #685 - GitLens not loading for a single repository
  • Fixes #789 - Line blame annotations not working when vscode root is home dir and .gnupg dir is inaccessible
  • Fixes #649 - GitLens can't see the remote but git can
  • Fixes #798 - git pull/fetch all repositories
  • Fixes #805 - Version 9.9.1 breaks working tree comparison
  • Fixes an issue where the GitLens Compare view was shown when using the Select for Compare command in the Repositories view

9.9.1 - 2019-07-23

Fixed

  • Fixes #797 - Branch diff against master shows incorrect files in two-dot mode

9.9.0 - 2019-07-21

Added

  • Adds guided (step-by-step) access to common Git commands (and their flags) via the all-new Git Commands command (gitlens.gitCommands)
    • Quickly navigate and execute Git commands through easy-to-use menus where each command requires an explicit confirm step before executing
  • Adds Open All Changes, Open All Changes with Working Tree, Open Files, and Open Revisions commands to files changed nodes in the views — closes #760
  • Adds a new ${tips} format token to show an indicator if the commit is a tip of any branches or tags — closes #792

Changed

  • Improves performance and memory consumption
  • Changes the Checkout command on remote branches to create and checkout a new local branch rather than checkout a detached HEAD — closes #709
  • Changes folders in the views to expand by default when using Tree Layout

Fixed

  • Fixes #791 - Notification of unstashed changes in working directory on failed checkout
  • Fixes #795 - Commit quick access icons replaced with open file actions in File History View
  • Fixes issue with the JSON schema of a configuration setting

9.8.5 - 2019-07-10

Changed

  • Cleans up the layout and formatting of many quick pick menus

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where Search Commits from repositories in the Repositories view would incorrectly show a repository picker

9.8.4 - 2019-07-10

Added

  • Adds Switch to Two-dot Comparison and Switch to Three-dot Comparison commands to specify whether to use the symmetric difference (three-dot) notation or the range (two-dot) notation for the comparison — applies to all comparisons in the views

Changed

  • Changes the Switch to Working Tree Comparison and Switch to Branch Comparison commands to only affect the current comparison, rather than changing the gitlens.views.repositories.showBranchComparison setting

9.8.3 - 2019-07-09

Added

  • Adds working tree comparison support to the Compare Current Branch with <branch, tag, or ref> node within each repository in the Repositories view
    • Changes gitlens.views.repositories.showBranchComparison to also specify the type of comparison — either with the current branch or the working tree
    • Adds a Switch to Working Tree Comparison command or Switch to Branch Comparison command to the Compare Current Branch with <branch, tag, or ref> node
  • Adds the Open Revision command as an alt-click of the Open File command on files in the views
  • Adds the Open File command as an alt-click of the Open Revision command on files in the views

Changed

  • Changes fetch, pull, and push commands to be executed in parallel, rather than sequentially
  • Changes Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) to prompt for a repository, if there is more than one

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.settings.mode setting as the interactive settings editor (via the GitLens: Open Settings command) will always show all settings now

Fixed

  • Fixes #776 - File history sidebar having "Open file" instead of "Open revision"
  • Fixes #692 - Can't open remote on bitbucket — thanks to PR #767 by Guillaume Rozan (@grozan)
  • Fixes a parsing issue with certain renamed files
  • Fixes some issues with emoji rendering

9.8.2 - 2019-06-10

Added

  • Adds a changes indicator (+x -x) to the File History view to quickly show the number of added and/or deleted lines

Changed

  • Preserve Show More expansions during file system or repository changes — avoids losing view expansion and selection
  • Changes to match authors exactly in the Contributors view

Fixed

  • Fixes #734 - Not working with VS Code Remote - SSH extension (fixes the broken hover image)
  • Fixes #751 - Git Command failed
  • Fixes #756 - Merge commit shows only the changes from the last commit on those files
  • Fixes issue with the Open Changes with Previous Revision command when run from the diff editor and the file has unstaged changes
  • Fixes an issue where view expansion and selection was getting lost with search and compare nodes
  • Fixes the Show More command in the File History and Line History views
  • Fixes a caching issue with file histories

9.8.1 - 2019-05-23

Fixed

  • Fixes a regression where the Copy Remote Url to Clipboard command fails to include the selected line range

9.8.0 - 2019-05-22

Added

  • Adds a new Compare Current Branch with <branch, tag, or ref> node to each repository in the Repositories view — closes #293
    • 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)
          • 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
  • Adds a Show a comparison of the current branch to a user-selected reference (gitlens.views.repositories.showBranchComparison) setting to specify whether to show a comparison of the current branch to a user-selected reference in the Repositories view
  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.useSymmetricDifferenceNotation setting to specify whether to use the symmetric difference (three-dot) notation or the range (two-dot) notation for comparisons — closes #330
  • Adds a Copy Remote Url to Clipboard command to commit quick pick menus

Changed

  • Changes Pull and Pull Repositories commands to just fetch the repository if the current branch has no tracking branch

Fixed

  • Fixes #734 - Not working with VS Code Remote - SSH extension
  • Fixes #739 - Breadcrumbs don't work on file revisions
  • Fixes #750 - Open file on GitHub does not include directory path
  • Fixes an issue with the Open Revision command in the quick pick menus not working properly

9.7.4 - 2019-05-15

Added

  • Adds a new experimental Incoming Activity node to each repository in the Repositories view (enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true) — closes #735
    • Incoming Activity — lists the recent incoming activity (merges and pulls) to your local repository
      • 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

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with the Show More Actions button on the Details hover not working with renamed files
  • Fixes issues with the Open File, Open Files, Open All Changes with Working Tree, and Apply Changes commands in the views not working with renamed files
  • Fixes issues with the Open File, Open Files, and Apply Changes commands in the quick pick menus not working with renamed files
  • Fixes issues with the Show Stashed Changes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList) and multiple repositories

9.7.3 - 2019-05-11

Fixed

  • Fixes #740 - Opening untracked files from "files changed" section fails
  • Fixes issue where the Open Changes with Previous Revision command would compare the working file with HEAD even if there were no working file changes (now it will compare HEAD with the previous commit)
  • Fixes issue where the Open Changes, Open Changes with Working File, and Open Revision commands on files in the "files changed" section of the Repositories view would either fail or do nothing

9.7.2 - 2019-05-10

Fixed

  • Fixes #737 - failed to fetch commits and branches
  • Fixes #743 - Update activity bar icon size — thanks to PR #744 by Miguel Solorio (@misolori)

9.7.1 - 2019-05-06

Fixed

  • Fixes #736 - git command error on GitLens 9.7.0 (unknown '-M' option)

9.7.0 - 2019-05-05

Added

  • Adds support for Live Share presence
    • Adds an avatar presence indicator and an invite button to start a Live Share session with the code author
      Live Share presence
    • Adds presence status and an Invite to Live Share command to contributor nodes in the Repositories view
  • Adds a new Views Side Bar Layout section to the interactive settings editor (via the GitLens: Open Settings command) with 3 layout presets
    • Default — shows all the views together on the GitLens side bar
    • Source Control — shows all the views together on the Source Control side bar
    • Contextual — shows Repositories on the Source Control side bar, File and Line History on the Explorer side bar, and others on the GitLens side bar
  • Improves the accuracy and experience of the following:
    • Details hover
    • Changes (diff) hover
    • Open Changes with Previous Revision command
    • Open Line Changes with Previous Revision command — closes #719
    • Open Changes with Working File command
    • Open Line Changes with Working File command
    • Open Changes with Next Revision command
  • Adds support to the Details and Changes (diff) hovers to differentiate between staged and unstaged changed
  • Adds a Show All command to the Show More nodes in the views
  • Adds Show More support (i.e. paging) to the File and Line History views
  • Adds an improved experience when starting a new commit search or comparison
  • Adds the renamed path to the description and tooltip of file nodes in the views
  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.maxSearchItems setting to specify the maximum number of items to show in a search — closes #728
  • Adds a gitlens.defaultDateSource setting to specify whether commit dates should use the authored or committed date — closes #537 thanks to PR #707 by Mathew King (@MathewKing)
  • Adds a gitlens.advanced.similarityThreshold setting to specify the amount (percent) of similarity a deleted and added file pair must have to be considered a rename — closes #670 thanks to PR #714 by x13machine (@x13machine)
  • Adds visual tracking to the table of contents of the interactive settings editor to make it easier to navigate and keep context
  • Adds new documentation on how to use and customize GitLens' formatting settings: View Docs
  • Adds an ${originalPath} token for use with file formatting which provides the full file path of the original file, if renamed
  • Adds better logging to show current mode on startup and when changed — closes #725

Changed

  • Changes path collapsing to also collapse root paths when using the compact file layout in the views
  • Ensures file rename detection when getting the status of a repo or file

Removed

  • Removes searching for commits by changed occurrences (-S flag) as it is too confusing and searching by changes (-G flag) better matches user expectations — closes #730

Fixed

  • Fixes #729 - "Show more results" in search commit show less results
  • Fixes #716 - Browsing history of a renamed file fails in forward direction
  • Fixes #724 - GitService.getBranches very very very long
  • Fixes #625 - Branches in Repositories view shows some commit comment texts as branches
  • Fixes issues with keyboard navigation (alt+, and alt+.) in commit details of the file history quick pick menu
  • Fixes issues with keyboard navigation (alt+, and alt+.) in commit details of the branch history quick pick menu
  • Fixes issues when showing all results in various lists and views
  • Fixes issue with id collisions between branches, remotes, and tags in the Repositories view
  • Fixes the Line History view when there are uncommitted and/or unsaved changes
  • Fixes various issues when trying to find the working file from a commit
  • Fixes issues where the Changes (diff) hover wouldn't work properly with renamed files
  • Fixes an intermittent issue where hovers fail to show

9.6.3 - 2019-04-22

Added

  • Adds a gitlens.hovers.changesDiff setting to specify whether to show just the changes to the line or the set of related changes in the changes (diff) hover

Changed

  • Improves the maintaining of the line context when opening changes from the hovers
  • Improves the accuracy of the changes (diff) hover
  • Improves the rendering of the diff in the changes (diff) hover

Fixed

  • Fixes #697 - fixes git error handling for some linux OS'

9.6.2 - 2019-04-17

Fixed

  • Fixes #718 - Can't see changed files when comparing branches

9.6.1 - 2019-04-17

Added

  • Adds a Checkout command to file nodes in the views to replace the local file with the specified revision — closes #684
  • Adds a prompt to enable the view to the Show * View commands when the specified view is disabled — closes #710 & #711

Removed

  • Removes -m flag from git log when following renames (--follow), because it returns all merge commits, whether the file was changed or not

Fixed

  • Fixes #701 - Contributors shows no commits for mailmapped committer name
  • Fixes issues with the Line History view sometimes showing a duplicate and out of order commit
  • Fixes broken Open File command on the root node of the File History and Line History views
  • Fixes broken Open Revision command on status files of the Repositories view

9.6.0 - 2019-04-08

Added

  • Adds a new Contributors node to each repository in the Repositories view
    • 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
  • Adds a Collapse All command to the Repositories view — closes #688
  • Adds version links to the CHANGELOG — closes #617 thanks to PR #660 by John Gee (@shadowspawn)
  • Adds a gitlens.views.pageItemLimit setting to specify the number of items to show in a each page when paginating a view list. Use 0 to specify no limit

Changed

  • Changes related commit highlighting to only appear on cursor movement after file blame annotations are shown — to improve performance and reduce initial visual overload
  • Changes Open Revision from... (gitlens.openFileRevisionFrom) command to allow entering references
  • Improves the behavior of the Show More Commits & Show More Results commands — no longer loses the context of the last selected item before showing more
  • Improves the behavior of the Open Changes with Next Revision (gitlens.diffWithNext) command when in the diff editor
  • Improves the behavior of the Open Changes with Previous Revision (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) command when in the diff editor
  • Improves the behavior of the Open Changes with Working File (gitlens.diffWithWorking) command when in the diff editor
  • Renames Compare HEAD with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.diffHeadWithBranch) command to Compare HEAD with... (gitlens.diffHeadWith)
  • Renames Compare Working Tree with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.diffWorkingWithBranch) command to Compare Working Tree with... (gitlens.diffWorkingWith)
  • Renames Open Changes with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.diffWithBranch) command to Open Changes with... (gitlens.diffWithRef)
  • Renames Open Revision from Branch or Tag... (gitlens.openFileRevisionFromBranch) command to Open Revision from... (gitlens.openFileRevisionFrom)
  • Renames Compare Branch or Tag with... (gitlens.views.compare.selectForCompare) command to Compare References...
  • Renames Choose from Branch or Tag History... quick pick item to Show File History from... for better clarity and to reflect that references are now allowed
  • Changes to use Day.js instead of date-fns for a reduced bundle size

Removed

  • Removes the automatic suspension of the current line blame annotations while debugging — closes #382
  • Removes the requirement of prefixing reference comparisons with # — closes #690

Fixed

  • Fixes #683 - log.showSignature leads to stray files being displayed
  • Fixes #691 - Auto-expand tree view on Swap Comparison
  • Fixes #695 - Invalid URL in Open File in Remote when selecting origin/.. as comparison branch
  • Fixes the behavior of the Open Line Changes with Previous Revision (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) command to follow the line history much better
  • Fixes missing Compare References... (gitlens.views.compare.selectForCompare) from the command palette
  • Fixes font issues in the Welcome to GitLens and GitLens Settings pages due to changes to the webview CSS font variables provided by VS Code
  • Fixes the invite link to the VS Code Development Community Slack

9.5.1 - 2019-02-13

Added

  • Adds better tooltips for file revisions (gitlen:// uris) — includes the commit id
  • Adds an Open Revision from Branch or Tag... (gitlens.openFileRevisionFromBranch) command to open the revision of the current file from the selected branch — closes #646

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with the welcome page and the interactive settings in the latest vscode insiders build

9.5.0 - 2019-02-06

Added

  • Adds a mailto: link to the author on the commit details hover — closes #642
  • Adds support for customizing the layout of the commit details hover
    • Adds a gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat setting to specify the format (in markdown) of the commit details hover
  • Adds the author's e-mail to the tooltip of commits in the views — closes #642
  • Adds a new author e-mail format token (${email}) — closes #642
    • Supported in the following settings: gitlens.blame.format, gitlens.currentLine.format, gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat, gitlens.views.commitFormat, gitlens.views.commitDescriptionFormat, gitlens.views.stashFormat, gitlens.views.stashDescriptionFormat, and gitlens.statusBar.format

Changed

  • Changes the sorting of remotes in the Repositories view to sort the default remote first
  • Changes relative date formatting of the last fetched date of repositories in the Repositories view to instead use an absolute format and will additionally add the time of day if less than a day has passed
    • This avoids having to periodically refresh the repository (which causes all of its children to re-render) in order to update the relative time

Fixed

  • Fixes #591 - GitLens Error: Unable to open
  • Fixes #620 - Wrong URL to open commit on Azure DevOps if cloned via SSH — thanks to PR #621 by Yan Zhang (@Eskibear)
  • Fixes #626 - Branch names with only digits always appear first — thanks to PR #627 by Marc Lasson (@mlasson)
  • Fixes #631 - Remotes fail to show in gui
  • Fixes #633 - Compare File with Previous Revision doesn't work if path contains '#'
  • Fixes #635 - Show more commit not working properly
  • Fixes an issue where the Open File, Open File on Remote, and Copy Remote Url to Clipboard commands didn't always work on changed files in the Repositories view
  • Fixes an issue where the default remote wasn't used first to provide automatic issue linking

9.4.1 - 2019-01-08

Fixed

  • Reverts #606 as it causes views to lose their expansion state

9.4.0 - 2019-01-08

Added

  • Adds pinning of comparisons in the Compare view — pinned comparisons will persist across reloads
  • Adds an Open in Terminal command to repositories in the Repositories view

Changed

  • Renames the Copy Remote File URL to Clipboard command (gitlens.copyRemoteFileUrlToClipboard) to Copy Remote URL to Clipboard for brevity

Fixed

  • Fixes #606 - ID for xxx is already registered?!
  • Fixes #607 - Open file in Remote Doesn't URL encode
  • Fixes #608 - Add an option to change the abbreviated commit SHA length — thanks to PR #611 by Skybbles // L5474 (@Luxray5474)
  • Fixes #613 - Change Copy Remote URL to Clipboard to always copy a permalink (e.g. revision link)

9.3.0 - 2019-01-02

Added

  • Adds favoriting of repositories and branches in the Repositories view to allow for better (user-customized) sorting
  • Adds the ability to specify a default remote selection when using the Open * in Remote commands — closes #504
    • Adds Set as Default and Unset as Default commands to remotes in the Repositories view
  • Adds the ability to turn on file annotations (blame, heatmap, and recent changes) via user-defined modes — closes #542
  • Adds the ability to stage and unstage files by folders in the Repositories view — closes #599 thanks to PR #600 by Tony Brix (@UziTech)
    • Adds Stage All Changes and Unstage All Changes commands to folders in the Repositories view

9.2.4 - 2018-12-26

Added

  • Adds a repository indicator in the Repositories view when we are unable to detect repository changes — related to #583
  • Adds gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat setting to specify how short absolute dates will be formatted by default

Changed

  • Changes the fetch date in the Repositories view to respect the date style setting (gitlens.defaultDateStyle) and uses the new gitlens.defaultDateShortFormat setting for formatting
  • Avoids caching when we are unable to detect repository changes — related to #583

Fixed

  • Fixes #605 — Show More Commits not working

9.2.3 - 2018-12-21

Added

  • Adds a gitlens.views.showRelativeDateMarkers setting to specify 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 — closes #571

Changed

  • Changes the icon of the Open Changes with Working File command (gitlens.diffWithWorking) to align with VS Codes new Open Changes icon
  • Splits the gitlens.views.avatars setting into gitlens.views.compare.avatars, gitlens.views.repositories.avatars, and gitlens.views.search.avatars settings for more granular control

9.2.2 - 2018-12-19

Changed

  • Renames the Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to Stash All Changes and adds a new Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSaveFiles)
  • Changes the icon of the Stash All Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) — closes Microsoft/vscode#64423

Fixed

  • Fixes #598 — Apply changes when comparing a file from two branches is not working

9.2.1 - 2018-12-16

Changed

  • Switches to use the new built-in clipboard apis — closes #593
  • Improves the error messaging when applying a stash, that won't apply cleanly, by including the git output in the message

Fixed

  • Fixes missing icon when using the alt-command of the Toggle File Blame Annotations command

9.2.0 - 2018-12-13

Added

  • Improves the commit search experience
    • Remembers and restores the last commit search string
    • Adds a Search Commits command to the search results inline toolbar
    • Reopens the commit search when clicking on a search results without results
  • Adds a Collapse command to the toolbars of the Compare and Search Commits views — closes #383
  • Adds support for the new ability to have descriptions on view nodes — provides a much cleaner layout
    • Adds a gitlens.views.commitFileDescriptionFormat setting to specify the description format of a committed file in the views
    • Adds a gitlens.views.commitDescriptionFormat setting to specify the description format of committed changes in the views
    • Adds a gitlens.views.stashFileDescriptionFormat setting to specify the description format of a stashed file in the views
    • Adds a gitlens.views.stashDescriptionFormat setting to specify the description format of stashed changes in the views
    • Adds a gitlens.views.statusFileDescriptionFormat setting to specify the description format of the status of a working or committed file in the views
  • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.compact setting to specify whether to show the Repositories view in a compact display density — closes #571

Fixed

  • Fixes #559 — Html encoding issues with the empty state of the Compare and Search Commits views
  • Fixes #574 — Apply Changes not working because of whitespace conflicts
  • Fixes #589 — Bad revision for stash

9.1.0 - 2018-12-12

Added

  • Adds more detailed branch tracking status (if available) to the Branches list in the Repositories view
    • * 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
  • Adds the date and a changes indicator (+x ~x -x) to stashed changes in GitLens views (uses the new ${changes} token in the gitlens.views.stashFormat setting)
  • Adds the changed file status (added, modified, renamed, deleted, etc) to the tooltip of each revision in the File History and Line History views
  • Adds Git extended regex support to commit searches
  • Adds control over the menu commands contributed to the Source Control side bar to the GitLens Interactive Settings (via the gitlens.menus setting)

Changed

  • Changes the Show Revision Details command (gitlens.showQuickRevisionDetails) to show file commit details
  • Changes the alt-command of the Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) to be the Toggle File Heatmap Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileHeatmap)
  • Changes searching for commits by message to be case-insensitive
  • Renames the Explore the Repository from Here command (gitlens.views.exploreRepoRevision) to Explore Repository from Here
  • Reworks the layout of some contributed menu commands

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue where gravatar icons would sometimes not show up — thanks to PR #579 by Ian Wilkinson (@sgtwilko)
  • Fixes #33 — Commit messages can causes markdown formatting in hovers
  • Fixes #501 — Azure DevOps ssh remotes aren't handled properly
  • Fixes #523 — File History doesn't show all commits on file
  • Fixes #552 — "Open Line Changes with..." doesn't work for renamed files
  • Fixes #566 — History error with UNC
  • Fixes #572 — Explorer can't expand some branch folders
  • Fixes #584 — Unexpected results when opening diff from file history
  • Fixes #588 — Output channel doesn't exist with gitlens.outputLevel default
  • Fixes an issue where comparing a file with its staged revision doesn't show any content
  • Fixes an issue where the workspace folder added by the Explore Repository from Here command (gitlens.views.exploreRepoRevision) would fail to load in certain cases
  • Fixes an issue where applying changes of an added file or an untracked file (in a stash) would fail

9.0.3 - 2018-12-06

Fixed

  • Fixes #576 — Fails to load with older versions of git
  • Fixes an issue where the Copy Commit Message to Clipboard command fails (and probably others too) — a regression caused by the attempted fix for #568

9.0.2 - 2018-12-05

Added

  • Adds a Directory Compare All Changes (gitlens.diffDirectoryWithHead) command to open the configured git difftool to compare the working directory with HEAD — closes #569

Changed

  • Renames Open Changes (with difftool) command to Open All Changes (with difftool) when shown on the SCM group context menu

Fixed

  • Fixes #565 — Regression: Submodules don't work properly (missing repo in view, file and inline blame, etc)
  • Fixes #528 — Remotes not showing, being filtered on domain and file, but not complete path
  • Fixes an issue where Close Repository command didn't work
  • Fixes issues with external files (files not in one of the workspace folders) showing up as a new repository when over a Live Share session

9.0.1 - 2018-12-02

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with errors when listing history in repos without any tags

9.0.0 - 2018-12-02

Added

  • Adds GitLens over Visual Studio Live Share
    • Live Share guests will now have read-only access to GitLens' features, provided both the host and guest have GitLens installed
    • Adds a gitlens.liveshare.allowGuestAccess setting to specify whether to allow guest access to GitLens features when using Visual Studio Live Share
  • Adds a new Git virtual file system provider for the gitlens: scheme — closes #430
    • Replaces GitLens' internal handling of file revisions, which allows for better performance, as well as avoiding the use of temp files. It also provides a much better experience when dealing with file encodings, images, etc.
  • Adds an Explore the Repository from Here (gitlens.views.exploreRepoRevision) command which opens a virtual workspace folder (uses the new Git virtual file system provider) for the repository at the specified point in time (commit, branch, tag, etc) — closes #398
  • Adds a new Repositories view, formerly the GitLens view, to visualize, navigate, and explore Git repositories — closes #456, #470, #494
    Repositories view
    • Provides a cleaner information-rich view of your opened repositories, more git commands (fetch, push, pull, checkout, stage, unstage, etc), better visibility and accessibility of existing features, and more
    • Adds a gitlens.views.repositories.autoReveal setting to specify whether to automatically reveal repositories in the Repositories view when opening files
  • Adds a new File History view, formerly the History view, to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the current file
    File History view
    • Provides similar features to the former History view as well as quickly toggling file tracking on and off, changing the base (branch, tag, commit, etc) of the file's history, and more
  • Adds an all-new Line History view to visualize, navigate, and explore the revision history of the selected lines of current file — closes #354
    Line History view
    • Provides similar features to the File History view including quickly toggling line tracking on and off, changing the base (branch, tag, commit, etc) of the selected lines' history, and more
  • Adds an all-new Search Commits view to search and explore commit histories by message, author, files, id, etc — closes #455
    Search Commits view
    • Provides somewhat similar features to the former Results view as well as it is now a persistent view, makes it easier to start a commit search, and more
  • Adds an all-new Compare view to visualize comparisons between branches, tags, commits, and more
    Compare view
    • Provides somewhat similar and powerful features to the former Results view as well as it is now a persistent view, makes it easier to start a comparison, and more
  • Reduces the overhead of all GitLens views — GitLens now only tracks changes and updates the views if they are visible, collapsed or hidden views should have almost zero overhead
  • Adds relative date markers (Less than a week ago, Over a week ago, Over a month ago, etc) to revision (commit) histories in GitLens views
  • Adds branch and tag tip markers to revision (commit) histories in GitLens views — closes #560
  • Adds a changes indicator (+x ~x -x) to commits in GitLens views (uses the new ${changes} token in the gitlens.views.commitFormat setting) — closes #493
  • Adds the Show Commit in View command to commits in GitLens views to quickly open the commit in the Search Commits view — closes #502
  • Adds the Open Changes (with difftool) command to files in GitLens views — closes #389
  • Adds an Expand command to some GitLens view nodes to expand them — closes #275
  • Adds a Fetch Repositories (gitlens.fetchRepositories) command to fetch all of the open repositories
  • Adds a Pull Repositories (gitlens.pullRepositories) command to pull all of the open repositories
  • Adds a Push Repositories (gitlens.pushRepositories) command to push all of the open repositories (be careful with this one)
  • Adds a Show Line History View (gitlens.showLineHistoryView) command to open the Line History view
  • Adds a Show Commit in View (gitlens.showCommitInView) command to open a commit in the Search Commits view
  • Adds a Show File History in View (gitlens.showFileHistoryInView) command to open a file's revision (commit) history in the File History view
  • Adds a Show Commit in View (gitlens.showCommitInView) command to quickly open the current line's commit in the Search Commits view
  • Adds a Show Revision Details (gitlens.showQuickRevisionDetails) command to quickly show the revision (commit) details of the current file revision
  • Adds the Open Changes with Working File (gitlens.diffWithWorking) command to the editor toolbar when comparing revisions
  • Adds comparisons to commit ids, by prefixing with a #, in addition to branches and tags — closes #535
  • Adds support for git mailmap — closes #388
  • Adds support for Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) remotes — closes #501
  • Adds better detection of on-prem BitBucket and GitLab remotes — closes #214
  • Adds some missing gitmojis — thanks to PR #510 by Loris Bettazza (@Pustur)
  • Adds a gitlens.codeLens.includeSingleLineSymbols setting to specify whether to provide any Git CodeLens on symbols that span only a single line
  • Adds smooth scrolling to the interactive settings editor when using the Jump To links

Changed

  • Changes the sorting of branch, tags, and files in GitLens views to be a natural sort — closes #547
  • Changes the Apply Changes command to truly apply only the patch of the specified change — closes #539
  • Changes Azure Pipelines documents to use document scope only by default — thanks to PR #548 by Matt Cooper (@vtbassmatt)
  • Renames Compare File with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.diffWithBranch) command to Open Changes with Branch or Tag...
  • Renames Compare File with Next Revision (gitlens.diffWithNext) command to Open Changes with Next Revision
  • Renames Compare File with Previous Revision (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) command to Open Changes with Previous Revision
  • Renames Compare Commit with Previous (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) command to Open Line Changes with Previous Revision
  • Renames Compare File with Revision... (gitlens.diffWithRevision) command to Open Changes with Revision...
  • Renames Compare File with Working Revision (gitlens.diffWithWorking) command to Open Changes with Working File
  • Renames Compare Commit with Working File (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) command to Open Line Changes with Working File
  • Renames * in Remote commands to * on Remote
  • Renames and migrates gitlens.explorers.* settings to gitlens.views.*
  • Renames and migrates gitlens.gitExplorer.* settings to gitlens.views.repositories.*
  • Renames and migrates gitlens.historyExplorer.* settings to gitlens.views.fileHistory.* and gitlens.views.lineHistory.*
  • Renames and migrates gitlens.resultsExplorer.* settings to gitlens.views.search.* and gitlens.views.compare.*
  • Replaces Show GitLens Explorer (gitlens.showGitExplorer) command with Show Repositories View (gitlens.showRepositoriesView)
  • Replaces Show File History Explorer (gitlens.showHistoryExplorer) command with Show File History View (gitlens.showFileHistoryView)
  • Replaces Show Results Explorer (gitlens.showResultsExplorer) command with Show Search Commits View (gitlens.showSearchView) and Show Compare View (gitlens.showCompareView)
  • Switches to use the new git extension's api to get the git path

Fixed

  • Fixes #405 - Secondary, blank repository appears repeatedly in Repositories view
  • Fixes #430 - File revisions can end up being parsed by language servers (causing errors and warnings, etc)
  • Fixes #496 - Short hash length doesn't match git's default length
  • Fixes #503 - Open Changes (with difftool) opens one difftool window per changed file
  • Fixes #507 - Restrict commit message size
  • Fixes #527 - GitLens icon flashes on startup
  • Fixes #533 - Some descriptions not using markdown properly in Settings GUI
  • Fixes #544 - Some commit messages have one letter missing
  • Fixes CHANGELOG issue — thanks to PR #558 by Ash Clarke (@ashclarke)

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.advanced.git setting as it is no longer needed

8.5.6 - 2018-08-21

Fixed

  • Fixes #477 - Can't load any GitLens features or UI
  • Fixes #482 - UI displays "undefined" in results panel when comparing

8.5.5 - 2018-08-18

Added

  • 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

Fixed

  • 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

8.5.4 - 2018-07-31

Added

  • Adds Checkout Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalCheckoutCommit) to commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer — closes #463

Changed

  • 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
  • Updates settings descriptions to better support the new settings editor in vscode
  • 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

Fixed

  • 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 issues with GitLens Welcome and the interactive settings editor with light themes

8.5.3 - 2018-07-25

Fixed

  • Fixes #454 - Search for string returns merge commits (unlike raw git log -S)
  • Fixes issue showing changes with untracked stashed files
  • Fixes issue showing changes with working file when the file has been renamed

8.5.2 - 2018-07-20

Fixed

  • Fixes #451 - "apply Changes" has discarded all my changes
  • Fixes #449 - Stop hiding explorers by default when in Zen mode

8.5.1 - 2018-07-18

Added

  • Adds emoji support, e.g. :smile: 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 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

Fixed

  • 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 issue where GitLens saves a couple settings with default values into user settings (rather than just removing the setting)

8.5.0 - 2018-07-16

Added

  • 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 tag annotations to the tag tooltips in the GitLens explorer — closes #431
  • 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 Choose from Branch or Tag History... command 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

Changed

  • 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...

Removed

  • Removes gitlens:activeIsTracked, gitlens:activeIsBlameable, gitlens:activeIsRevision, and gitlens:activeHasRemotes contexts and consolidates them into gitlens:activeFileStatus for better performance and UX

Fixed

  • 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 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

8.4.1 - 2018-06-19

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with insiders builds because of the new SymbolInformation API changes (see Microsoft/vscode#34968)

8.4.0 - 2018-06-19

Added

  • Adds completely revamped heatmap annotations cold heatmap
    • The indicator's color, now customizable, will either be hot or cold based on the age of the most recent change (cold after 90 days by default) — closes #419
    • 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 gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold setting to specify 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)
    • Adds gitlens.heatmap.coldColor setting to specify the base color of the gutter heatmap annotations when the most recent change is older (cold) than the gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold setting
    • Adds gitlens.heatmap.hotColor setting to specify the base color of the gutter heatmap annotations when the most recent change is newer (hot) than the gitlens.heatmap.ageThreshold setting
  • Adds new branch history node under the Repository Status node in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds GitLab and Visual Studio Team Services icons to the remote nodes in the GitLens explorer — thanks to PR #421 by Maxim Pekurin (@pmaxim25)

Fixed

  • Fixes #400 - GitLens logging to debug console when debugging different extension
  • Fixes #409 - Literal $(ellipsis) inserted into commit quick pick menu entry placeholder text
  • Fixes #415 - Branch names get mangled by color escapes — thanks to PR #416 by Roy Ivy III (@rivy)

8.3.5 - 2018-06-08

Fixed

  • Fixes more instances of #295and #318 - Any error encountered during the search for repositories could cause GitLens to die

8.3.4 - 2018-06-06

Added

  • Adds clipboard support for Linux without requiring any external dependencies — thanks to PR #394 by Cédric Malard (@cmalard)
  • Adds a select branch quick pick menu to the Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) when the current branch has no upstream tracking branch — closes #209

Changed

  • Moves the Open Working File command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) to the right of the Compare File with * Revision commands in the editor toolbar

Fixed

  • Fixes #400 - Reset TO commit also resets chosen one
  • Fixes #399 - "Open x in Remote" commands aren't always available
  • Fixes #397 - Error while opening the gitlens view using Open View command
  • Fixes #391 - GitLens adds some settings in settings.json
  • Fixes another case of #343 - Can't show blame when VSCode starts on branch without upstream — thanks to PR #390 by ryenus (@ryenus)
  • Fixes #392 - unable to contribute if default script shell is sh — thanks to PR #393 by Cédric Malard (@cmalard)
  • Fixes issue with the chorded keyboard shortcut for the Compare File with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffWithPreviousInDiff) — from #395
  • Fixes the Open Working File command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) not always showing in the editor toolbar when appropriate

8.3.3 - 2018-05-31

Added

  • Adds (re-adds) support for handling single files — closes #321
  • Adds Close Repository (gitlens.explorers.closeRepository) command to repository and repository status nodes in the GitLens explorer — closes (hides) the repository in the GitLens explorer

Fixed

  • Fixes #362 - Too many CodeLenses in postcss files
  • Fixes #381 - Can't stash single files with older versions of Git
  • Fixes #384 - Absolute dates not always honored in GitLens Results explorer
  • Fixes #385 - Wrong git command to delete remote branch

8.3.2 - 2018-05-21

Fixed

  • Fixes #366 - Running a GitLens command from a keybinding fails (more cases)
  • Fixes many issues where commands wouldn't work if the active file wasn't part of an open repository — now GitLens will try to find the best repository otherwise it will open a repository quick pick menu if there is more than one

8.3.1 - 2018-05-18

Added

  • Adds the ability to control where the GitLens, GitLens File History, and GitLens Results explorers are shown 🎉 — closes #213, #377
    • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.location setting to the interactive settings editor to specify where the GitLens explorer is shown — either in the Explorer or Source Control view
    • Adds gitlens.historyExplorer.location setting to the interactive settings editor to specify where the GitLens File History explorer is shown — either in the Explorer or Source Control view
    • Adds gitlens.resultsView.location setting to the interactive settings editor to specify where the GitLens Results explorer is shown — either in the Explorer or Source Control view

Changed

  • Renames GitLens Results view to GitLens Results explorer for consistency

Fixed

  • Fixes #372 - Wrong URL to VSTS work item when using hash work item id in commit

8.3.0 - 2018-05-17

Added

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

    mode switch

    • Adds Switch Mode command (gitlens.switchMode) to quickly switch the active GitLens 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)

      • Adds gitlens.mode.statusBar.enabled setting to specify whether to provide the active GitLens mode in the status bar
      • Adds gitlens.mode.statusBar.alignment setting to specify the active GitLens mode alignment in the status bar
    • Adds modes settings (gitlens.mode.*) to the interactive settings editor

      modes settings

    • Adds gitlens.mode.active setting to specify the active GitLens mode, if any

    • Adds gitlens.modes setting to specify the user-defined GitLens modes

  • Adds an icon for the Compare File with Previous Revision command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) and moves it into the editor toolbar

  • Adds an icon for the Compare File with Next Revision command (gitlens.diffWithNext) and moves it into the editor toolbar

  • Adds menu settings (gitlens.menus.*) to the interactive settings editor

    menu settings

  • Adds a display mode dropdown at the top of the interactive settings editor to reduce complexity

    settings mode

    • Adds gitlens.settings.mode setting to specify the display mode of the interactive settings editor
  • Adds a tree layout option to tags in the GitLens explorer — closes #358

  • Adds Show GitLens Explorer (gitlens.showGitExplorer) command — shows/expands the GitLens explorer

  • Adds Show File History Explorer (gitlens.showHistoryExplorer) command — shows/expands the GitLens File History explorer

  • Adds Show Results Explorer (gitlens.showResultsView) command — shows/expands the GitLens Results explorer

Changed

  • Moves the GitLens, GitLens File History, and GitLens Results explorers under the Source Control activity (in the sidebar) 🎉 — closes #213
  • Showing results in the GitLens Results explorer now properly shows the explorer first
  • Renames Compare Line Revision with Previous command (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) to Compare Commit with Previous for consistency with other commands
  • Renames Compare Line Revision with Working File command (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) to Compare Commit with Working File for consistency with other commands
  • Renames Show Commit File Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails) to Show Commit Details for consistency with other commands
  • Reworks GitLens menu contributions and configuration — see menu settings above
    • Renames the gitlens.advanced.menus setting to gitlens.menus
  • Uses the new Webview API for better interactions and behavior with the interactive settings editor and welcome page

Fixed

  • Fixes #366 - Running a GitLens command from a keybinding fails
  • Fixes #155 - Navigating file diffs with alt+, gets stuck
  • Fixes #359 - Show changes of an added file in the first commit
  • Fixes bronze typo thanks to PR #361 by Cory Forsyth (@bantic)
  • Fixes individually typo thanks to PR #364 by Brett Cannon (@brettcannon)
  • Fixes issue where comparing previous revision during a merge/rebase conflict failed to show the correct contents
  • Fixes issue with the current line blame toggle not working when current line blame starts disabled
  • Fixes various issues when not on a branch

8.2.4 - 2018-04-22

Added

  • Adds a visible error message for when Git is disabled ("git.enabled": false) — for #318

8.2.3 - 2018-04-21

Fixed

  • Fixes #313 - Unable to show branch history for branch that matches file or folder name
  • Fixes #348 - "Open in remote" commands disappeared from command palette
  • Fixes JSON schema of the gitlens.advanced.blame.customArguments setting

8.2.2 - 2018-04-19

Added

  • Adds an indicator to the GitLens explorer's branch history to mark the tips of all branches
  • Adds gitlens.advanced.blame.customArguments setting to specify additional arguments to pass to the git blame command — closes #337

Changed

  • Changes the author name to "You" when appropriate — closes #341

Fixed

  • Fixes #345 - Custom date formats don't work in the GitLens view
  • Fixes #336 - Default Settings Get Added Automatically
  • Fixes #342 - GitLens crashes while debugging with Chrome Debugger a larger project
  • Fixes #343 - Can't show blame when VSCode starts on branch without upstream
  • Fixes issue where username and/or password in a remote urls could be shown

8.2.1 - 2018-04-11

Added

  • Adds better logging for failed git commands

Changed

  • Marks temporary files (used when showing comparisons with previous revisions) as read-only to help avoid accidental edits/saving

Fixed

  • Fixes #320 - Stashes with a single untracked file created with "stash push" aren't shown in the GitLens explorer
  • Fixes #331 - CodeLens shows on every import in Python
  • Fixes issues where quick pick menu progress indicators will get stuck in some cases because of a vscode api change in Microsoft/vscode#46102

8.2.0 - 2018-03-31

Added

  • Adds new stand-alone GitLens File History explorer to visualize the history of the current file — undocked version of the GitLens explorer history view

    GitLens File History explorer

  • Adds richer tooltips to the GitLens and GitLens Results explorers, and richer working tree and upstream status to the GitLens explorer

    Rich tooltips

  • Adds an indicator to the GitLens explorer's branch history to mark the synchronization point between the local and remote branch (if available)

    Branch upstream indicator

  • Adds ability to easily switch between relative and absolute dates via the gitlens.defaultDateStyle settings — closes #312

    • Adds ${agoOrDate} and ${authorAgoOrDate} tokens to gitlens.blame.format, gitlens.currentLine.format, gitlens.explorers.commitFormat, gitlens.explorers.stashFormat, and gitlens.statusBar.format settings which will honor the gitlens.defaultDateStyle setting

    General settings

  • Adds annotation format settings (gitlens.*.format) to the interactive settings editor

    Annotation format settings

  • Adds new gitlens.currentLine.scrollable setting to specify whether the current line blame annotation can be scrolled into view when it is outside the viewport — closes #149, #290, #265

    Allow scrolling to annotation setting

  • Adds gitlens.statusBar.reduceFlicker setting to the interactive settings editor

    Reduce status bar flashing setting

  • Adds a one-time notification on startup if the alt-based keyboard shortcuts are in use, with options to easily switch to another set

  • Adds Copy Commit ID to Clipboard (gitlens.copyShaToClipboard) command to changed file nodes in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer

  • Adds Copy Commit Message to Clipboard (gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard) command to changed file nodes in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer

Changed

  • Moves Keyboard Settings to the General section of the interactive settings editor
  • Renames Compare with Index (HEAD) (gitlens.explorers.compareWithHead) command to Compare with HEAD — closes #309
  • Renames Compare Index (HEAD) with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.diffHeadWithBranch) command to Compare HEAD with Branch or Tag... — closes #309

Removed

  • Removes the unnecessary Show File Blame Annotations (gitlens.showFileBlame) command — Toggle File Blame Annotations (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) provides similar functionality
  • Removes the unnecessary Show Line Blame Annotations (gitlens.showLineBlame) command — Toggle Line Blame Annotations (gitlens.toggleLineBlame) provides similar functionality
  • Removes Open Working File (gitlens.openWorkingFile) command from the editor toolbar when the built-in Open File command is visible
  • Removes Compare with HEAD (gitlens.explorers.compareWithHead), Compare with Working Tree (gitlens.explorers.compareWithWorking), and Compare Compare Ancestry with Working Tree (gitlens.explorers.compareAncestryWithWorking) commands from the current branch since comparing a branch with itself doesn't make sense — closes #309

Fixed

  • Fixes #314 - Toggle line annotation doesn't work properly
  • Fixes #310 - "via Terminal" commands need quoting around work directory
  • Fixes issues with the active repository in the GitLens explorer failed to update properly
  • Fixes issues with Open File, Open Revision, and Show File History commands and images and other binary files
  • Fixes issues preventing nodes in the GitLens explorer from expanding properly in certain cases
  • Fixes issues when refreshing nodes in the GitLens Results explorer

8.1.1 - 2018-03-12

Fixed

  • Fixes #276 - Lookup for branches without upstreams fails
  • Fixes the schema of the gitlens.codeLens.scopesByLanguage setting

8.1.0 - 2018-03-07

Added

  • Adds automatic issue linking to Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Visual Studio Team Services for commit messages in hovers

    Issue linking in commit messages

  • Adds support to toggle annotations for each file individually or for all files at once — closes #289

    Annotations toggle setting

    • Adds new controls the interactive settings editor (Open Settings from the Command Palette) to configure this new behavior
    • Adds gitlens.blame.toggleMode setting to specify how the gutter blame annotations will be toggled, per file or window
    • Adds gitlens.heatmap.toggleMode setting to specify how the gutter heatmap annotations will be toggled, per file or window
    • Adds gitlens.recentChanges.toggleMode setting to specify how the recently changed lines annotations will be toggled, per file or window
  • Adds icons to remotes in the GitLens explorer based on the remote service provider

  • Adds multi-cursor support to current line annotations — closes #291

Changed

  • Renames Compare Selected Ancestor with Working Tree command to Compare Ancestry with Working Tree and removes the need to select a branch first, since all compares are performed with the working tree — closes #279

Removed

  • Removes tag icons from the GitLens explorer

Fixed

  • Fixes #294 - Keyboard shortcuts will now default to chorded to avoid conflicts. Only affects new installs or if you remove the gitlens.keymap setting
  • Fixes issue where Recent Changes annotations weren't restored properly on tab switch
  • Fixes quick pick menu issue with commits with newlines in the message

8.0.2 - 2018-02-19

Fixed

  • Fixes button colors on the Welcome and Settings pages to follow the color theme properly

8.0.1 - 2018-02-18

Added

  • Adds Compare Index (HEAD) with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.explorers.diffHeadWithBranch) command - compares the index (HEAD) to the selected branch or tag — thanks to PR #278 by Geoffrey (@g3offrey)!
  • Adds Compare Working Tree with Branch or Tag... (gitlens.explorers.diffWorkingWithBranch) command - compares the working tree to the selected branch or tag
  • Adds gitlens.statusBar.reduceFlicker setting to specify whether to reduce the status bar "flickering" when changing lines by not first clearing the previous blame information — closes #272
  • Adds the Open File (gitlens.explorers.openFile) command to the GitLens explorer's inline toolbar for file nodes
  • Adds the Clear Results (gitlen.resultsExplorer.clearResultsNode) command to the GitLens Results explorer's inline toolbar for results nodes
  • Adds the Swap Comparison (gitlen.resultsExplorer.swapComparison) command to the GitLens Results explorer's inline toolbar and context menu for comparison results nodes
  • Adds Push to Commit (via Terminal) (gitlens.explorers.terminalPushCommit) command to commit nodes on the current branch in the GitLens explorer

Changed

  • Uses vscode's git.path setting when searching for the git executable

Fixed

  • Fixes #276 - Lookup for branches without upstreams fails
  • Fixes #274 - TextEditor is closed/disposed occurs when this extension is enabled
  • Fixes #288 - CSS errors on welcome page (mask-* properties)
  • Fixes issues with settings migration — should now migrate any existing settings that haven't already been set

8.0.0 - 2018-02-07

Added

  • Adds an all-new GitLens welcome page via the Welcome (gitlens.showWelcomePage) command — provides a welcome / onboarding experience — closes #51

    GitLens Welcome

  • Adds an all-new GitLens Settings editor via the Open Settings (gitlens.showSettingsPage) command — provides an easy-to-use interactive settings editor for many of GitLens' features — closes #167

    GitLens Settings

  • Adds a tree layout option to branches in the GitLens explorer — closes #258 thanks to PR #260 by Yukai Huang (@Yukaii)!

  • Adds Follow Renames command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setRenameFollowingOn) to the GitLens explorer History view to follow file renames in the history

  • Adds Don't Follow Renames command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setRenameFollowingOff) to the GitLens explorer History view to not follow file renames in the history

  • Adds gitlens.advanced.fileHistoryFollowsRenames setting to specify whether file histories will follow renames -- will affect how merge commits are shown in histories — closes #259

  • Adds gitlens.hovers.enabled setting to specify whether to provide any hovers

  • Adds gitlens.hovers.annotations.enabled setting to specify whether to provide any hovers when showing blame annotations

  • Adds gitlens.hovers.currentLine.enabled setting to specify whether to provide any hovers for the current line

  • Adds gitlens.showWhatsNewAfterUpgrades setting to specify whether to show What's New after upgrading to new feature releases

  • Adds debug option to the gitlens.outputLevel setting — outputs git commands to a new output channel called GitLens (Git)

Changed

  • Renames GitLens view to GitLens explorer
  • Renames Show Files in Automatic View (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToAuto) command to Automatic Layout
  • Renames Show Files in List View (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToList) command to List Layout
  • Renames Show Files in Tree View (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToTree) command to Tree Layout
  • Renames Show Files in Automatic View (gitlens.resultsView.setFilesLayoutToAuto) command to Automatic Layout
  • Renames Show Files in List View (gitlens.resultsView.setFilesLayoutToAuto) command to List Layout
  • Renames Show Files in Tree View (gitlens.resultsView.setFilesLayoutToAuto) command to Tree Layout
  • Overhauls GitLens' settings for better clarity and ease-of-use
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.gravatars setting to gitlens.blame.avatars
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.compact setting to gitlens.blame.compact
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.dateFormat setting to gitlens.blame.dateFormat
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.format setting to gitlens.blame.format
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.heatmap.enabled setting to gitlens.blame.heatmap.enabled
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.heatmap.location setting to gitlens.blame.heatmap.location
  • Renames gitlens.blame.file.lineHighlight.enabled setting to gitlens.blame.highlight.enabled
  • Renames gitlens.blame.file.lineHighlight.locations setting to gitlens.blame.highlight.locations
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.separateLines setting to gitlens.blame.separateLines
  • Renames gitlens.codeLens.locations setting to gitlens.codeLens.scopes
  • Renames gitlens.codeLens.perLanguageLocations setting to gitlens.codeLens.scopesByLanguage
  • Renames gitlens.codeLens.customLocationSymbols setting to gitlens.codeLens.symbolScopes
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.dateFormat setting to gitlens.currentLine.dateFormat
  • Renames gitlens.blame.line.enabled setting to gitlens.currentLine.enabled
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.format setting to gitlens.currentLine.format
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.gravatars setting to gitlens.explorers.avatars
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFileFormat setting to gitlens.explorers.commitFileFormat
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFormat setting to gitlens.explorers.commitFormat
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFileFormat setting to gitlens.explorers.stashFileFormat
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFormat setting to gitlens.explorers.stashFormat
  • Renames gitlens.gitExplorer.statusFileFormat setting to gitlens.explorers.statusFileFormat
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.changes setting to gitlens.hovers.annotations.changes
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.details setting to gitlens.hovers.annotations.details
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.wholeLine setting to gitlens.hovers.annotations.over
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.changes setting to gitlens.hovers.currentLine.changes
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.details setting to gitlens.hovers.currentLine.details
  • Renames gitlens.annotations.line.trailing.hover.wholeLine setting to gitlens.hovers.currentLine.over
  • Renames gitlens.recentChanges.file.lineHighlight.locations setting to gitlens.recentChanges.highlight.locations

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.codeLens.debug setting, use gitlens.debug instead
  • Removes gitlens.blame.file.annotationType setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.enabled
  • Removes gitlens.blame.line.annotationType setting, use gitlens.currentLine.enabled or gitlens.hovers.currentLine.enabled instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.gravatars setting, use gitlens.explorers.avatars instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.commitFileFormat setting, use gitlens.explorers.commitFileFormat instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.commitFormat setting, use gitlens.explorers.commitFormat instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.showTrackingBranch setting
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.stashFileFormat setting, use gitlens.explorers.stashFileFormat instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.stashFormat setting, use gitlens.explorers.stashFormat instead
  • Removes gitlens.resultsView.statusFileFormat setting, use gitlens.explorers.statusFileFormat instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.hover.changes setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.changes instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.hover.details setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.details instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.hover.heatmap.enabled setting
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.recentChanges.hover.changes setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.changes instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.recentChanges.hover.details setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.details instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.line.hover.changes setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.changes instead
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.line.hover.details setting, use gitlens.hovers.annotations.details instead

Fixed

  • Fixes #35 - Copy Commit Sha to Clipboard not working (linux)
  • Fixes issue where the last commit of a file history would be broken (failed to parse correctly)
  • Fixes issue with Open Working File command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) failing when a file was renamed

7.5.10 - 2018-02-01

Added

  • Adds support for custom remotes with split project/repo url structure — closes #267

Fixed

  • Fixes #266 - Wrong time in Popup
  • Fixes #259 (again) - File history lists unrelated merge commits

7.5.9 - 2018-01-30

Fixed

  • Fixes #265 - Delete line pushes screen to the right (even if word wrap is on)

7.5.8 - 2018-01-29

Fixed

  • Fixes regression working with submodules
  • Fixes #262 - GitLens only available in SCM diff windows
  • Fixes #261 - Unable to open compare. The file is probably not under source control
  • Fixes missing avatars in file blame annotations in non-compact mode
  • Fixes file blame annotation highlight not being restored properly on tab switch

7.5.7 - 2018-01-25

Added

  • Adds a repository quick pick menu to the Show Commit Search command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) when there is no active repository

Fixed

  • Fixes #257 - Some branches fail to show history
  • Fixes #259 - File history lists unrelated merge commits

7.5.6 - 2018-01-22

Changed

  • Changes chorded keymap on Windows to use Ctrl+Shift+G rather than Ctrl+Alt+G to avoid issues
    • Also remaps Show SCM to Ctrl+Shift+G G since by default it is Ctrl+Shift+G if the chorded keymap is used
  • Refactors git log and stash output parsing — should be faster and far more robust

Fixed

  • Fixes #256 - Fails to copy commit message
  • Fixes #255 - Lines after an empty line in the commit message are not copied to clipboard
  • Fixes #252 - Cannot read property 'push' of undefined
  • Fixes issue where GitLens wouldn't detect the creation of a Git repository if there were no other repositories open
  • Fixes issue where some GitLens commands would show in the palette even though there was no repository
  • Fixes issue where navigating the history of a renamed file could cause errors
  • Fixes issue with using the gitlens.diffWithPrevious command option for Git CodeLens

7.5.5 - 2018-01-18

Fixed

  • Fixes #247 - File annotations button or ESC key does not turn off file annotations
  • Fixes issue where sometimes blame context wasn't available for the open editor when starting vscode

7.5.4 - 2018-01-17

Fixed

  • Fixes #249 - Gitlens disappears from the status bar
  • Fixes issue where Gravatars in the gutter blame annotations weren't restored on tab switch
  • Fixes issue where the id (sha) was missing in the hover blame annotations for uncommitted changes

7.5.3 - 2018-01-15

Fixed

  • Fixes #245 - CodeLens disappears/and reappears when auto-saving

7.5.2 - 2018-01-15

Fixed

  • Fixes #242 - Broken "gitlens.blame.line.enabled" setting

7.5.1 - 2018-01-15

Added

  • Adds Gravatar support to gutter and hover blame annotations
  • Adds gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.gravatars setting to specify whether to show gravatar images in the gutter blame annotations
  • Adds support for providing blame annotations, CodeLens, etc on files with unsaved changes — closes #112
  • Adds gitlens.defaultDateStyle setting to specify how dates will be displayed by default — closes #89
  • Adds Compare with Working Tree command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithWorking) to branch, tag, and revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer to compare the current selection with the current working tree in the GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Compare Selected Ancestor with Working Tree command (gitlens.explorers.compareSelectedAncestorWithWorking) to branch nodes in the GitLens explorer once another branch within the same repository has been selected to compare the merge base of current and previously selected branches with the working tree in the GitLens Results explorer — closes #240
  • Adds Merge Branch (via Terminal) command (gitlens.explorers.terminalMergeBranch) to branch nodes in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Rebase (Interactive) Branch (via Terminal) command (gitlens.explorers.terminalRebaseBranch) to branch nodes in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Cherry Pick Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.explorers.terminalRebaseBranch) to revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Revert Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.explorers.terminalRevertCommit) to revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Create Tag (via Terminal)... command (gitlens.explorers.terminalCreateTag) to branch and revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Delete Tag (via Terminal) command (gitlens.explorers.terminalDeleteTag) to tag nodes in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds a helpful notification the first time the GitLens Results explorer is shown

Changed

  • Switches to the explorer view before showing the GitLens Results explorer
  • Renames Rebase Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalRebaseCommit) to Rebase to Commit (via Terminal)
  • Renames Reset Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalResetCommit) to Reset to Commit (via Terminal)
  • Renames Compare Line Revision with Working command (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) to Compare Line Revision with Working File
  • Renames Open Changes with Working Tree command (gitlens.openChangesWithWorking) to Open Changes with Working File
  • Deprecates gitlens.gitExplorer.gravatarsDefault setting, replaced by gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle
  • Deprecates gitlens.resultsView.gravatarsDefault setting, replaced by gitlens.defaultGravatarsStyle

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where the GitLens Results explorer wouldn't properly update when replacing existing results
  • Fixes issue where showing commit search (file-based) results in the GitLens Results explorer wouldn't only show the matching files — closes #197
  • Fixes #238 - Show merge commits in file history
  • Fixes issue where the Tags node of the GitLens explorer wasn't updated on changes
  • Fixes issue where changes to .gitignore weren't detected properly
  • Fixes #241 - Adds default setting for .jsonc files to match Git CodeLens of .json files
  • Fixes issue where blame annotations and commands were missing from vscode Git staged revision documents
  • Fixes issue where opening changes for renamed files in the GitLens explorer and GitLens Results explorer wouldn't work properly
  • Fixes issue where file-specific menu commands show up on folders in the explorer

7.2.0 - 2018-01-01

Added

  • Adds on-demand heatmap annotations of the whole file — closes #182
    • Displays a heatmap (age) indicator near the gutter, which provides an easy, at-a-glance way to tell the age of a line
      • Indicator ranges from bright yellow (newer) to dark brown (older)
  • Adds Toggle File Heatmap Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileHeatmap) to toggle the heatmap annotations on and off
  • Adds semi-persistent results for commit operations, via the Show Commit Details command (gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails) in the GitLens Results explorer — closes #237
  • Adds Show in Results option to the commit details quick pick menu to show the commit in the GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Compare with Index (HEAD) command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithHead) to branch, tag, and revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer to compare the current selection with the current index (HEAD) in the GitLens Results explorer
  • Adds Compare with Remote command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithRemote) to branch nodes in the GitLens explorer to compare the current selection with its remote tracking branch in the GitLens Results explorer

Changed

  • Improves startup performance and reduces package size

Fixed

  • Fixes #239 - gitlens.advanced.quickPick.closeOnFocusOut setting should be reversed
  • Fixes #208 - Gitlens doesn't work over UNC

7.1.0 - 2017-12-22

Added

  • Adds Open Working File command (gitlens.openWorkingFile) - opens the working file for the active file revision — closes #236
  • Adds Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) - opens the selected revision for the active file
  • Adds tags to the Compare File with Branch... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) — closes #204
  • Adds tags to the Directory Compare Working Tree with... command (gitlens.diffDirectory) — closes #204
  • Adds Show Branches and Tags to quick pick menu shown by the Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) — closes #204
  • Adds Show Branches and Tags to quick pick menu shown by the Open Revision... command (gitlens.openFileRevision) — closes #204

Changed

  • Improves startup performance by ~65% (on my very fast PC) and reduces package size by over 75%
  • Renames Compare File with Branch... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) to Compare File with Branch or Tag...

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with commit paging in certain quick pick menus
  • Fixes issues with certain quick pick menu progress indicators getting stuck in some cases
  • Fixes issues with menu choice placements on the editor title menu

7.0.0 - 2017-12-18

Added

  • Adds a new Active Repository node to the Repository View of the GitLens explorer — closes #224

    • Automatically updates to track the repository of the active editor
    • Only visible if there is more than 1 repository within the workspace
  • Adds a new Tags node to the Repository View of the GitLens explorer — closes #234

    • Provides a list of tags
    • Expand each tag to easily see its revision (commit) history
      • Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Commit in Remote, 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 Selected, Select for Compare, Rebase Commit (via Terminal), Reset Commit (via Terminal), and Refresh commands
          • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
      • Provides a context menu on each tag with Compare with Selected, Select for Compare, Open Directory Compare with Working Tree, and Refresh commands
    • Provides a context menu with a Refresh command
  • Adds Gravatar support to the GitLens explorer

    • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.gravatars setting to specify whether to show gravatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the GitLens explorer
    • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.gravatarsDefault setting to specify the style of the gravatar default (fallback) images in the GitLens explorer
      identicon - a geometric pattern
      mm - (mystery-man) 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 - faces with differing features and backgrounds
    • Adds gitlens.resultsView.gravatars setting to specify whether to show gravatar images instead of commit (or status) icons in the GitLens Results explorer
    • Adds gitlens.resultsView.gravatarsDefault setting to specify the style of the gravatar default (fallback) images in the GitLens Results explorer
      identicon - a geometric pattern
      mm - (mystery-man) 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 - faces with differing features and backgrounds
  • Adds Select for Compare command (gitlens.explorers.selectForCompare) to branch, remote branch, tag, and revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer to mark the base reference of a comparison

  • Adds Compare with Selected command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithSelected) to branch, remote branch, tag, and revision (commit) nodes in the GitLens explorer once another reference within the same repository has been selected to compare the current selection with the previously selected reference in the GitLens Results explorer

  • Adds an all-new, on-demand GitLens Results explorer to the Explorer activity

    • Provides semi-persistent results for commit search operations, via the Show Commit Search command (gitlens.showCommitSearch), and file history operations, via the Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory)

      • Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Commit in Remote, 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 Selected, Select for Compare, Rebase Commit (via Terminal), Reset Commit (via Terminal), and Refresh commands
          • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
    • Provides semi-persistent results for revision comparison operations, via the Select for Compare command (gitlens.explorers.selectForCompare) and the Compare with Selected command (gitlens.explorers.compareWithSelected)

      • Commits node — provides a list of the commits between the compared revisions (branches or commits)
        • Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
          • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Commit in Remote, 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 Selected, Select for Compare, Rebase Commit (via Terminal), Reset Commit (via Terminal), and Refresh commands
            • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
      • Changed Files node — provides a list of all the files changed between the compared revisions (branches or commits)
        • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files
          • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
      • Provides a context menu with Open Directory Compare and Refresh commands
    • Provides toolbar commands to Search Commits, Keep Results, Refresh, Show Files in Automatic View or Show Files in List View or Show Files in Tree View, and Close

  • Adds Apply Changes option to the commit/stash file quick pick menu — closes #232

  • Adds Show All Commits option to the commit search quick pick menu to show all the results, if there are more than the threshold

  • Adds Show in Results option to the commit search quick pick menu to show the results in the GitLens Results explorer

  • Adds Show in Results option to the file history quick pick menu to show the history in the GitLens Results explorer

Changed

  • Improves startup performance a bit
  • Renames Compare Directory with Branch... command (gitlens.diffDirectory) to Directory Compare Working Tree with...
  • Renames Compare Directory with Previous Revision in quick pick menus to Open Directory Compare with Previous Revision
  • Renames Compare Directory with Working Tree in quick pick menus to Open Directory Compare with Working Tree

Fixed

  • Fixes #228 - Gutter blame spills over heatmap
  • Fixes incorrect blame highlighting — thanks to PR #231 by Alexey Vasyukov (@notmedia)!
  • Fixes issue with the Open in File/Revision option in the file history quick pick menu
  • Fixes issues with Git warnings when parsing log status output (can cause the GitLens explorer to not show data in some cases)
  • Fixes 🤞 #226 - Annotations show in Debug Console

6.4.0 - 2017-12-12

Added

  • Adds gitlens.keymap setting to specify the keymap to use for GitLens shortcut keys — closes #104
    • standard - adds a standard set of shortcut keys
    • chorded - adds a chorded set of shortcut keys that all start with Ctrl+Alt+G (⌥⌘G on macOS)
    • none - no shortcut keys will be added
  • Adds progress indicator to the Show Stashed Changes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList)
  • Adds progress indicator to the Apply Stashed Changes command (gitlens.stashApply)

Changed

  • Overhauls the internal way GitLens deals with Uris and revisions should be far more robust and lead to many fewer edge-case issues
  • Aligns quick pick menu commands more with the GitLens explorer context menus

Fixed

  • Fixes #220 - Open Revision quick pick results in empty file
  • Fixes so, SO, many bugs through the refactor/overhaul of GitLens' Uri handling

6.3.0 - 2017-11-30

Added

  • Adds support for files with staged changes
    • Adds new entry in the History View of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds new entry in the Repository View of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds blame annotations, navigation & comparison commands, etc
  • Adds support for vscode's Git file revisions (e.g. Open File (HEAD)) and diffs (e.g. Open Changes)
    • Adds new entry in the History View of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds blame annotations, navigation & comparison commands, etc
  • Adds Git CodeLens to Git file revisions (GitLens or vscode's)

Fixed

  • Fixes 🤞 #202 - Staged change's vscode diff side-by-side view shows the wrong history
  • Fixes 🤞 #216 - PowerShell session not started if GitLen is enabled
  • Fixes #217 - empty editor has git lens in status bar with old information
  • Fixes #218 - Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined
  • Fixes issue with feedback when searching for commits without any matches
  • Fixes issue where quick pick menu progress indicators could get stuck

6.2.0 - 2017-11-27

Added

  • Adds theming support - vscode themes can now specify GitLens colors as well as directly by using workbench.colorCustomization)
    • Adds gitlens.gutterBackgroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.gutterForegroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.gutterUncommittedForegroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.trailingLineBackgroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.trailingLineForegroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.lineHighlightBackgroundColor themable color
    • Adds gitlens.lineHighlightOverviewRulerColor themable color
  • Adds gitlens.advanced.messages setting to specify which messages should be suppressed

Changed

  • Renames gitlens.theme.annotations.file.gutter.separateLines setting to gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.separateLines
  • Changes from using globalState to use gitlens.advanced.messages setting for message suppression - provides more control and avoids strange intermittent with globalState
  • Changes gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.recentChangeAndAuthors setting default to Unsaved changes (cannot determine recent change or authors)
  • Changes gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.recentChangeOnly setting default to Unsaved changes (cannot determine recent change)
  • Changes gitlens.strings.codeLens.unsavedChanges.authorsOnly setting default to Unsaved changes (cannot determine authors)

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.theme.* settings - now using built-in theme support

Fixed

  • Fixes #211 - Unsaved CodeLens appears on untracked files
  • Fixes issue where Open * in Remote commands are sometimes missing

6.1.2 - 2017-11-21

Fixed

  • Fixes #207 - Applying and deleting stashes suddenly stopped working
  • Fixes #205 - Toggle Line Blame Annotations disappeared after last update
  • Fixes #203 - Open Changed Files is broken
  • Fixes #176 - Line annotations sometimes mess with white space

6.1.1 - 2017-11-17

Fixed

  • Fixes #201 - "Open in Remote" commands should check for branch upstream tracking
  • Fixes #200 - Submodule using terminal command, root directory is incorrect

6.1.0 - 2017-11-13

Added

  • Adds support for nested repositories and submodules — closes #198
  • Adds gitlens.advanced.repositorySearchDepth setting to specify how many folders deep to search for repositories

Changed

  • Changes to use diff.guitool first if available, before falling back to diff.tool — closes #195

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where failed git commands would get stuck in the pending queue causing future similar commands to also fail
  • Fixes issue where changes to git remotes would refresh the entire GitLens explorer

6.0.0 - 2017-11-08

Added

  • Adds multi-root workspace support — Learn more
  • Adds new logo/icon
  • Adds indicator dots on the branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer 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
  • Adds progress indicator to the Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch)
  • Adds code search support to the Search Commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) — closes #127
    • Use ~<regex> to search for commits with differences whose patch text contains added/removed lines that match <regex>
    • Use =<regex> to search for commits with differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string (i.e. addition/deletion) in a file
  • Adds support to the Compare File with Branch... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) work with renamed files — closes #165
  • Adds Compare File with Branch... command (gitlens.diffWithBranch) to source control resource context menu
  • Adds Open Repository in Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) to repository node(s) of the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Enable Automatic Refresh command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setAutoRefreshToOn) to the GitLens explorer regardless of the current view
  • Adds Disable Automatic Refresh command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setAutoRefreshToOff) to the GitLens explorer regardless of the current view
  • Adds new Git terminal commands to the GitLens explorer - opens a GitLens terminal and sends the specified Git command to it
    • Adds Checkout Branch (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalCheckoutBranch) to branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Create Branch (via Terminal)... command (gitlens.terminalCreateBranch) to branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Delete Branch (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalDeleteBranch) to branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Rebase Branch to Remote (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalRebaseBranchToRemote) to branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Squash Branch into Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalSquashBranchIntoCommit) to branch node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Rebase Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalRebaseCommit) to commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Reset Commit (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalResetCommit) to commit node(s) of the GitLens explorer
    • Adds Remove Remote (via Terminal) command (gitlens.terminalRemoveRemote) to remote node(s) of the GitLens explorer
  • Adds ability to specify the url protocol used with user-defined remote services via gitlens.remotes setting — thanks to PR #192 by Helmut Januschka (@hjanuschka)!

Changed

  • GitLens explorer will no longer show if there is no Git repository — closes #159
  • Optimizes event handling, executing git commands, and general processing to improve performance and reduce any lag
  • Optimizes current line hover annotations to only be computed on hover (i.e. lazily evaluated) to reduce the compute required when changing lines
  • Protects credentials from possibly being affected by poor network conditions via Git Credential Manager (GCM) for Windows environment variables
  • Delays (slightly) the initial loading of the GitLens explorer to improve startup performance

Fixed

  • Fixes jumpy CodeLens when deleting characters from a line with a Git CodeLens
  • Fixes #178 - Slight but noticeable keyboard lag with Gitlens
  • Fixes #183 - Remote with same url should only show once
  • Fixes #185 - Wrong relative date shows on mouse hover
  • Fixes issue where using the Refresh command on a GitLens explorer node refreshed the whole view, rather than just the node
  • Fixes issue where certain commands fail when there is no current branch (rebase, detached HEAD, etc)

5.7.1 - 2017-10-19

Fixed

  • Fixes #174 - File Blame Annotations No Longer Working (and some other editor-based commands)

5.7.0 - 2017-10-19

Added

  • Adds Open All Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiffAll) - opens all working changes with the configured git difftool — closes #164
    • Also adds the command to the Source Control group context menu
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.autoRefresh setting to specify whether to automatically refresh the GitLens explorer when the repository or the file system changes
  • Adds Enable Automatic Refresh command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setAutoRefreshToOn) to enable the automatic refresh of the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Disable Automatic Refresh command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setAutoRefreshToOff) to disable the automatic refresh of the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Show Files in Automatic View command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToAuto) to change to an automatic layout for the files in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Show Files in List View command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToList) to change to a list layout for the files in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds Show Files in Tree View command (gitlens.gitExplorer.setFilesLayoutToTree) to change to a tree layout for the files in the GitLens explorer

Changed

  • Renames Directory Compare command (gitlens.diffDirectory) to Compare Directory with Branch...
  • Renames Directory Compare with Previous Commit in quick pick menus to Compare Directory with Previous Commit
  • Renames Directory Compare with Working Tree in quick pick menus to Compare Directory with Working Tree
  • Changes the marketplace keywords for better discoverability

Fixed

  • Fixes #163 - GitLens can cause git locking in the background
  • Fixes issues tracking the active editor in the History View of the GitLens explorer
  • Fixes issue where the GitLens explorer would refresh more than once when a file system change was detected
  • Fixes issue where opening commit search could be filled out with #00000000

5.6.5 - 2017-10-16

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.advanced.gitignore.enabled setting since its usage has been replaced by a tracked file cache

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with tracked files which are ignored via .gitignore not working properly

5.6.4 - 2017-10-12

Fixed

  • Fixes #168 - Git environment context was missing

5.6.3 - 2017-10-12

Changed

  • Swaps out Moment.js for date-fns to improve blame annotation performance and to reduce the GitLen bundle size (saves ~400kb)

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where the Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) wasn't available after a file was saved

5.6.2 - 2017-10-11

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where Open File command failed for in many instances (for GitUri resources)

5.6.1 - 2017-10-11

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where diffs for stashed files were often wrong (missing)

5.6.0 - 2017-10-11

Added

  • Adds changes (diff) hover annotation support to both the gutter and hover file blame annotations
  • Adds gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.changes setting to specify whether to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation over the gutter blame annotations
  • Adds gitlens.annotations.file.hover.details setting to specify whether to provide a commit details hover annotation over each line
  • Adds gitlens.annotations.file.hover.changes setting to specify whether to provide a changes (diff) hover annotation over each line

Changed

  • Changes gitlens.codeLens.customLocationSymbols setting to both include and exclude (using a ! prefix) symbols and therefore is always applied

Removed

  • Removes Custom from the gitlens.codeLens.locations setting as it wasn't really required
  • Removes properties (symbol Property) from being included in the Blocks option of the gitlens.codeLens.locations setting — can be easily re-added by setting "gitlens.codeLens.customLocationSymbols": [ "Property" ] if desired
  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.hover.wholeLine setting as it didn't really make sense

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where changing gitlens.blame.file.annotationType wouldn't correctly update the blame annotations if they were currently active
  • Fixes issue where isBlameable context could be set incorrectly leading to blame icon showing up on invalid documents

5.5.0 - 2017-10-09

Added

  • Adds a quick-access command bar to the bottom of the details hover annotations

    Details Blame Annotation (hover)

    • Provides Open Changes, Blame Previous Revision, Open in Remote, and Show More Actions command buttons
  • Adds support for remembering file annotations when switching tabs

  • Adds full GitLens support for file revisions — file & line annotations, commands, etc

Changed

  • Changes gitlens.annotations.file.gutter.hover.wholeLine setting to default to true

Removed

  • Removes peek-style file & blame history explorers - see #66 for more details
    • Removes Open Blame History Explorer command (gitlens.showBlameHistory)
    • Removes Open File History Explorer command (gitlens.showFileHistory)
    • Removes "gitlens.showBlameHistory" & "gitlens.showFileHistory" option from gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command setting
    • Removes "gitlens.showBlameHistory" & "gitlens.showFileHistory" option from gitlens.codeLens.authors.command setting
    • Removes "gitlens.showBlameHistory" & "gitlens.showFileHistory" option from gitlens.statusBar.command setting
  • Removes gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled setting — as it is no longer required

Fixed

  • Fixes #161 - Remove colors from output of git command calls

5.4.1 - 2017-10-03

Changed

  • Changes annotation hovers to only add Open in Remote and Show Commit Details commands when applicable — thanks to PR #158 by SpaceEEC (@SpaceEEC)!

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where Changes hover annotation displayed incorrect info when there was no previous commit — thanks to PR #158 by SpaceEEC (@SpaceEEC)!
  • Fixes issue when checking for remotes could return no remotes even if remotes are configured

5.4.0 - 2017-09-30

Added

  • Adds support for user-defined remote services via gitlens.remotes setting — closes #148
  • Adds Open Changes (with difftool) command (gitlens.externalDiff) - opens the changes of a file or set of files with the configured git difftool — thanks to PR #154 by Chris Kaczor (@ckaczor)!
    • Adds to the source control group and source control resource context menus

5.3.0 - 2017-09-26

Added

  • Adds new file layouts to the GitLens explorer
    • auto - automatically switches between displaying files as a tree or list based on the gitlens.gitExplorer.files.threshold setting and the number of files at each nesting level
    • list - displays files as a list
    • tree - displays files as a tree
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.files.layout setting to specify how the GitLens explorer will display files
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.files.compact setting to specify whether to compact (flatten) unnecessary file nesting in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.files.threshold setting to specify 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
  • Adds ${directory} token to the file formatting settings

Changed

  • Changes ${path} token to be the full file path in the file formatting settings

Fixed

  • Fixes #153 - New folders treated as files in "Changed Files" section of the sidebar component

5.2.0 - 2017-09-23

Added

  • Adds new Changed Files node to the Repository Status node of the GitLens explorer's Repository View — closes #139
    • Provides an at-a-glance view of all "working" changes
    • Expands to a file-based view of all changed files in the working tree (enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true) and/or all files in all commits ahead of the upstream
  • Adds optional (on by default) working tree status information to the Repository Status node in the GitLens explorer
  • Adds auto value to gitlens.gitExplorer.view setting - closes #150
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.enabled setting to specify whether to show the GitLens explorer - closes #144
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.includeWorkingTree setting to specify whether to include working tree files inside the Repository Status node of the GitLens explorer
  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.statusFileFormat setting to the format of the status of a working or committed file in the GitLens explorer

Changed

  • Changes the sorting (now alphabetical) of files shown in the GitLens explorer
  • Changes the default of the gitlens.gitExplorer.view setting to auto
  • Changes the default of the gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFormat setting to add parentheses around the commit id
  • Removes many menu items from editor/title & editor/title/context by default — can be re-enabled via the gitlens.advanced.menus setting

Fixed

  • Fixes #146 - Blame gutter annotation issue when commit contains emoji
  • Fixes an issue when running Open File in Remote with a multi-line selection wasn't properly opening the selection in GitLab — thanks to PR #145 by Amanda Cameron (@AmandaCameron)!
  • Fixes an issue where the gitlens.advanced.menus setting wasn't controlling all the menu items properly

5.1.0 - 2017-09-15

Added

  • Adds full (multi-line) commit message to the details hover annotations — closes #116
  • Adds an external link icon to the details hover annotations to run the Open Commit in Remote command (gitlens.openCommitInRemote)

Changed

  • Optimizes performance of the providing blame annotations, especially for large files (saw a ~78% improvement on some files)
  • Optimizes date handling (parsing and formatting) for better performance and reduced memory consumption

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.annotations.file.recentChanges.hover.wholeLine setting as it didn't really make sense

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue where stashes with only untracked files would not show in the Stashes node of the GitLens explorer
  • Fixes an issue where stashes with untracked files would not show its untracked files in the GitLens explorer

5.0.0 - 2017-09-12

Added

  • Adds an all-new GitLens explorer to the Explorer activity

    • Repository View - provides a full repository explorer

      GitLens Repository view

      • Repository Status node — provides the status of the repository

        • Provides the name of the current branch, its upstream tracking branch (if available), and its upstream 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 nodes, if the current branch is not synchronized with the upstream, to quickly see and explore the specific commits ahead and/or behind the upstream
        • Provides a context menu with Open Repository in Remote, and Refresh commands
      • Branches node — provides a list of the local branches

        • Indicates which branch is the current branch and optionally shows the remote tracking branch
        • Expand each branch to easily see its revision (commit) history
          • Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
            • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, Show File History, and Show Commit File Details commands
          • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Commit in Remote, 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, and Refresh commands
          • Provides a context menu on each branch with Open Branch in Remote, and Refresh commands
        • Provides a context menu with Open Branches in Remote, and Refresh commands
      • Remotes node — provides a list of remotes

        • Indicates the direction of the remote (fetch, push, both), remote service (if applicable), and repository path
        • Expand each remote to see its list of branches
          • Expand each branch to easily see its revision (commit) history
            • Expand each revision (commit) to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
              • Provides a context menu on each changed file with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
            • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Commit in Remote, 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, and Refresh commands
          • Provides a context menu on each remote with Open Branches in Remote, Open Repository in Remote, and Refresh commands
        • Provides a context menu with a Refresh command
      • Stashes node — provides a list of stashed changes

        • Expand each stash to quickly see the set of files stashed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
        • Provides a context menu with Stash Changes, and Refresh commands
        • Provides a context menu on each stash with 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, and Refresh commands
        • Provides a context menu on each stashed file with Apply Changes, Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, and Show File History commands
    • File History View - provides the revision history of the active file

      GitLens File History view

      • Automatically updates to track the active editor
      • Provides a context menu with Open File, Open File in Remote, and Refresh commands
      • Provides a context menu on each revision (commit) with Open Changes, Open Changes with Working Tree, Open File, Open Revision, Open File in Remote, Open Revision in Remote, Apply Changes, and Show Commit File Details commands
    • Quickly switch between views using the Switch to Repository View or Switch to File History View commands

    • Provides toolbar commands to Search Commits, Switch to Repository View or Switch to File History View, and Refresh

  • Adds all-new interactivity to the hover annotations

    Hover Annotations

    • Adds the following command-links to the details hover annotation
      • Clicking the commit id will run the Show Commit Details command
    • Adds the following command-links to the changes hover annotation
      • Clicking on Changes will run the Open Changes command
      • Clicking the current and previous commit ids will run the Show Commit Details command
  • Adds support for remote services with custom domains — closes #120

  • Adds support for the Bitbucket Server (previously called Stash) remote service — closes #120

  • Adds gitlens.blame.ignoreWhitespace setting to specify whether to ignore whitespace when comparing revisions during blame operations — closes #138

  • Adds Compare File Revisions command (gitlens.diffWith) - compares the specified file revisions

  • Adds Open Branches in Remote command (gitlens.openBranchesInRemote) - opens the branches in the supported remote service

  • Adds Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to the source control group context menu — can now stash a group of files

  • Adds Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to the source control resource context menu — can now stash individual files (works with multi-select too!)

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.view setting to specify the starting view (mode) of the GitLens explorer

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.showTrackingBranch setting to specify whether to show the tracking branch when displaying local branches in the GitLens explorer

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFormat setting to specify the format of committed changes in the GitLens explorer

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFileFormat setting to specify the format of a committed file in the GitLens explorer

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFormat setting to specify the format of stashed changes in the GitLens explorer

  • Adds gitlens.gitExplorer.stashFileFormat setting to specify the format of a stashed file in the GitLens explorer

  • Adds ${filePath} token to file formatting settings

Changed

  • Changes Show Stashed Changes option icon in repository status quick pick menu to match the GitLens explorer
  • Changes Stash Changes option icon in stashed changes quick pick menu to a plus (+)
  • Renames Compare File with Previous command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) to Compare File with Previous Revision
  • Renames Compare File with Next Commit command (gitlens.diffWithNext) to Compare File with Next Revision
  • Renames Compare File with Working Tree command (gitlens.diffWithWorking) to Compare File with Working Revision
  • Renames Compare Line Commit with Previous command (gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious) to Compare Line Revision with Previous
  • Renames Compare Line Commit with Working Tree command (gitlens.diffLineWithWorking) to Compare Line Revision with Working

Removed

  • Removes Git Stashes view - as it's functionality has been folded into the new GitLens explorer
  • Removes gitlens.stashExplorer.stashFormat setting
  • Removes gitlens.stashExplorer.stashFileFormat setting
  • Removes Stash Unstaged Changes option from stashed changes quick pick menu — didn't work as intended
  • Removes the seeding of the commit search command from the clipboard

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue where double hover annotations could be shown on blank lines
  • Fixes an issue where remote branches couldn't be opened properly in their remote service
  • Fixes #130 - First-run "Thank you for choosing GitLens! [...]" info message shown on every start up
  • Fixes an issue where sometimes diffs (via branch name) wouldn't open properly
  • Fixes an issue where remotes are queried more than once on startup

4.4.3 - 2017-08-30

Fixed

  • Fixes #135 - Full-width characters break gutter annotations (really this time)

4.4.2 - 2017-08-29

Fixed

  • Fixes #135 - Full-width characters break gutter annotations

4.4.1 - 2017-08-23

Fixed

  • Fixes #114 - Stylus files makes CodeLens freak out

4.4.0 - 2017-08-18

Added

  • Adds a progress indicator to the Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) icon — pulses while annotations are computed
  • Adds an active state to the Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) icon — turns orange while the annotations are visible
  • Adds automatic disabling of the current line blame annotations when starting a debug session and will restore them when the debug session ends — can still be manually toggled via the Toggle Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleLineBlame)

Changed

  • Changes chat links from Gitter to Slack
  • Changes the look of the line separators on the gutter blame annotations
  • Changes the gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled configuration setting to default to false — thanks to the awesome work in vscode by Alexandru Dima (@alexandrudima) this is no longer required!

Removed

  • Removes unneeded gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled configuration setting since users can add or remove views natively now
  • Removes unneeded Toggle Git Stashes Explorer command (gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle) since users can add or remove views natively now
  • Removes the gitlens.theme.annotations.file.hover.separateLines configuration setting

Fixed

  • Fixes jumpiness when opening a diff to a certain line

4.3.3 - 2017-07-28

Added

  • Adds progress indicator for when computing annotations takes a while

Changed

  • Optimizes performance of the providing blame annotations, especially for large files (saw a 3.5x improvement on some files)

Fixed

  • Fixes #107 - Double-byte characters break blame layout (still requires proper font support)

4.3.2 - 2017-07-20

Fixed

  • Fixes #118 - GitLens stopped working on latest insiders build — thanks to PR #121 by Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)

4.3.1 - 2017-07-03

Added

  • Adds gitlens.stashExplorer.enabled setting to specify whether to show the Git Stashes view
  • Adds Toggle Git Stashes Explorer command (gitlens.stashExplorer.toggle) - toggles the Git Stashes view on and off

Changed

  • Hides the Git Stashes view by default

Fixed

  • Fixes #108 - Option to remove stash explorer from the main explorer?

4.3.0 - 2017-07-03

Added

  • Adds Git Stashes view to the Explorer activity
    • Shows all of the stashed changes in the repository
    • Provides toolbar buttons to Stash Changes and Refresh
    • Provides a context menu with Apply Stashed Changes and Delete Stashed Changes commands - both require a confirmation
    • Expand each stash to quickly see the set of files changed, complete with status indicators for adds, changes, renames, and deletes
      • Provides a context menu with Open Changes, Open File, Open Stashed File, Open File in Remote, and Compare File with Working Tree commands

4.2.0 - 2017-06-27

Added

  • Adds Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) - compares the active file with the selected revision of the same file
  • Adds Open Changed Files command (gitlens.openChangedFiles) to the source control group context menu
  • Adds Close Unchanged Files command (gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles) to the source control group context menu
  • Adds Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) to the source control resource context menu
  • Adds Compare File with Revision... command (gitlens.diffWithRevision) to the source control resource context menu
  • Adds Show File History command (gitlens.showQuickFileHistory) to the source control resource context menu

Changed

  • Renames Compare File with... command to Compare File with Branch...
  • Renames Open Line Commit in Remote command to Open Commit in Remote
  • Renames Show Line Commit Details command to Show Commit File Details
  • Updates the description of gitlens.blame.line.enabled to be clearer about its behavior
  • Updates the description of gitlens.codeLens.enabled to be clearer about its behavior

Fixed

  • Fixes #103 - Toggle file blame annotations disables line blame annotations if line blame annotations are off by default
  • Fixes another infinite loop in the Close Unchanged Files command

4.1.4 - 2017-06-25

Changed

  • Optimizes performance of the Compare with Previous commands - also avoids trying to focus a line if we don't have one

Fixed

  • Fixes changes (diff) hover not showing the correct previous line (for real this time)
  • Attempts to fix #99 - undo/redo spawns too many git processes

4.1.3 - 2017-06-20

Fixed

  • Fixes changes (diff) hover not showing the correct previous line when showing recent changes annotations of the whole-file

4.1.2 - 2017-06-15

Fixed

  • Fixes #96 - External diff command can be unintentionally triggered

4.1.1 - 2017-06-13

Added

  • Adds an alt command to the Toggle File Blame Annotations command button, which when you hold down alt and click it will execute the Toggle Recent File Changes Annotations command instead

Fixed

  • Fixes missing Toggle File Blame Annotations command icon

4.1.0 - 2017-06-13

Added

  • Adds all-new recent changes annotations of the whole-file - annotates and highlights all the lines changed in the most recent commit
  • Adds Toggle Recent File Changes Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileRecentChanges) - toggles the recent changes annotations on and off
  • Adds ability to press Escape to quickly toggle any whole-file annotations off
  • Improves performance
    • Optimized git output parsing to increase speed and dramatically reduce memory usage
    • Defers diff chunk parsing until it is actually required
  • Adds gitlens.defaultDateFormat setting to specify how all absolute dates will be formatted by default

Fixed

  • Fixes excessive memory usage when parsing diffs
  • Fixes extra newline in multi-line commit messages
  • Fixes (again) #33 - Commit messages can causes markdown formatting in hovers

4.0.1 - 2017-06-09

Fixed

  • Fixes #87 - Can't open files in remote when using git@ urls (ssh)

4.0.0 - 2017-06-09

Added

  • Adds all-new, beautiful, highly customizable and themable, file blame annotations
  • Adds all-new configurability and themeability to the current line blame annotations
  • Adds all-new configurability to the status bar blame information
  • Adds all-new configurability over which commands are added to which menus via the gitlens.advanced.menus setting
  • Adds better configurability over where Git CodeLens will be shown — both by default and per language
  • Adds an all-new changes (diff) hover annotation to the current line - provides instant access to the line's previous version
  • Adds Toggle Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleLineBlame) - toggles the current line blame annotations on and off
  • Adds Show Line Blame Annotations command (gitlens.showLineBlame) - shows the current line blame annotations
  • Adds Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame) - toggles the file blame annotations on and off
  • Adds Show File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.showFileBlame) - shows the file blame annotations
  • Adds Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) to the editor/title context menu
  • Adds Open Repo in Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) to the editor/title context menu
  • Adds gitlens.strings.* settings to allow for the customization of certain strings displayed
  • Adds gitlens.theme.* settings to allow for the theming of certain elements
  • Adds gitlens.advanced.telemetry.enabled settings to explicitly opt-in or out of telemetry, but still ultimately honors the telemetry.enableTelemetry setting
  • Adds ability to suppress most warning messages - which can be re-enabled using the Reset Suppressed Warnings command (gitlens.resetSuppressedWarnings)

Changed

  • (BREAKING) Almost all of the GitLens settings have either been renamed, removed, or otherwise changed - see the README`
  • Changes the positioning of the Git CodeLens to try to be at the end of any other CodeLens on the same line
  • Changes the position of the Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) in the context menus - now in the navigation group
  • Changes the Toggle Git CodeLens command (gitlens.toggleCodeLens) to always toggle the Git CodeLens on and off
  • Changes the default of gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled back to true, but automatically disables whitespace toggling if whitespace rendering is not on

Removed

  • Removes the on-demand trailing file blame annotations — didn't work out and just ended up with a ton of visual noise
  • Removes Toggle Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleBlame) - replaced by the Toggle File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.toggleFileBlame)
  • Removes Show Blame Annotations command (gitlens.showBlame) - replaced by the Show File Blame Annotations command (gitlens.showFileBlame)

Fixed

  • Fixes #81 - Current line annotation feels too sticky
  • Fixes #83 - Calling "close unchanged files" results in no new files being openable
  • Fixes issues with the zone.js monkey patching done by application insights (telemetry) - disables all the monkey patching
  • Fixes issue with Open Branch in Remote & Open Repository in Remote not showing when there are no open editors

3.6.1 - 2017-06-07

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with the zone.js monkey patching done by application insights (telemetry) - disables all the monkey patching

3.6.0 - 2017-06-02

Added

  • Adds diff information (the line's previous version) into the active line hover
  • Adds a gitlens.diffWithWorking status bar command option - compares the current line commit with the working tree

Changed

  • Changes the behavior of the Compare File with Working Tree command (gitlens.diffWithWorking) - always does what it says :)
    • Compares the current file with the working tree — if the current file is the working file, it will show a File matches the working tree message
  • Changes the behavior of the Compare File with Previous command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) - always does what it says :)
    • Compares the current file with the previous commit to that file
  • Changes the behavior of the gitlens.diffWithPrevious status bar command option - compares the current line commit with the previous
  • Renames Compare File with Previous Commit command to Compare File with Previous
  • Renames Compare Line with Previous Commit command to Compare Line Commit with Previous
  • Renames Compare Line with Working Tree command to Compare Line Commit with Working Tree
  • Renames Compare with Previous Commit in quick pick menus to Compare File with Previous
  • Renames Compare with Working Tree in quick pick menus to Compare File with Working Tree

Fixed

  • Fixes #79 - Application insights package breaks GitLens + eslint

3.5.1 - 2017-05-25

Changed

  • Changes certain CodeLens actions to be unavailable (unclickable) when the commit referenced is uncommitted - avoids unwanted error messages
  • Debounces more events when tracking the active line to further reduce lag

Fixed

  • Fixes #71 - Blame information is invalid when a file has changed outside of vscode
  • Fixes issue with showing the incorrect blame for versioned files (i.e. files on the left of a diff, etc)

3.5.0 - 2017-05-24

Added

  • Improves performance
    • Reduces the number of git calls on known "untrackables"
    • Caches many more git commands to reduce git command round-trips and parsing
    • Increases the debounce (delay) on cursor movement to reduce lag when navigating around a file
  • Adds diff information (the line's previous version) into the active line hover when the current line is uncommitted
  • Adds gitlens.statusBar.alignment settings to control the alignment of the status bar — thanks to PR #72 by Zack Schuster (@zackschuster)!
  • Adds Open Branch in Remote command (gitlens.openBranchInRemote) - opens the current branch commits in the supported remote service
  • Adds Open Repository in Remote command (gitlens.openRepoInRemote) - opens the repository in the supported remote service
  • Adds Stash Changes option to stashed changes quick pick menu — no longer hidden behind the "gitlens.insiders": true setting
  • Adds Stash Unstaged Changes option to stashed changes quick pick menu — no longer hidden behind the "gitlens.insiders": true setting
  • Adds Apply Stashed Changes command (gitlens.stashApply) to apply the selected stashed changes to the working tree — no longer hidden behind the "gitlens.insiders": true setting
  • Adds Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to stash any working tree changes — no longer hidden behind the "gitlens.insiders": true setting
  • Adds support to the Search commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) to work without any active editor
  • Adds commit search pre-population — if there is an active editor it will use the commit sha of the current line commit, otherwise it will use the current clipboard

Changed

  • Changes Open File in Remote and Open Line Commit in Remote commands to actually work for everyone (part of their implementation was still behind the gitlens.insiders setting)
  • Changes the active line hover to only show at the beginning and end of a line if gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLine is both
  • Changes alt+f shortcut to alt+/ for the Search commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch)
  • Changes alt+right on commit details quick pick menu to execute the Compare File with Previous Commit command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) when a file is selected
  • Changes alt+right on repository status quick pick menu to execute the Compare File with Previous Commit command (gitlens.diffWithPrevious) when a file is selected
  • Refactors command argument passing to allow for future inclusion into the SCM menus

Fixed

  • Fixes #73 - GitLens doesn't work with Chinese filenames
  • Fixes #40 - Encoding issues
    • Given the limitations of the vscode api, I'm unable to fix all the encoding issues, but many of them should now be squashed
    • files.encoding is now honored for the cases where the encoding cannot currently be gleaned
  • Fixes incorrect file selection from the commit details quick pick menu
  • Fixes incorrect command execution when using "gitlens.statusBar.command": "gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory"
  • Fixes a bunch of issues that were revealed by enabling Typescript strict mode

3.4.9 - 2017-05-03

Added

  • Adds better support for deleted files when choosing Open Changed Files via in quick pick menus - now opens the file revision from the previous commit
  • Adds better support for deleted files when using alt+right arrow shortcut on the commit details quick pick menu - now opens the file revision from the previous commit

Changed

  • Removes deleted files when choosing Open Working Changed Files via in quick pick menus

3.4.8 - 2017-05-02

Changed

  • Changes display name in the marketplace to Git Lens because of the marketplace search ranking algorithm

3.4.6 - 2017-05-01

Added

  • Adds better support for deleted files when choosing Open File via in quick pick menus - now opens the file revision from the previous commit
  • Adds better support for deleted files when choosing Open File in Remote via in quick pick menus - now opens the file revision from the previous commit
  • Improves performance by caching the git path to avoid lookups on every git command

Changed

  • Renames gitlens.advanced.codeLens.debug setting to gitlens.codeLens.debug
  • Renames gitlens.advanced.debug setting to gitlens.debug
  • Renames gitlens.output.level setting to gitlens.outputLevel

Fixed

  • Fixes incorrect file selection when showing commit details quick pick menu
  • Fixes timing error on startup

3.4.5 - 2017-04-13

Added

  • Completely overhauls the GitLens documentation and messaging — make sure to check it out to see all the powerful features GitLen provides!
  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLineDarkColor & gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLineLightColor settings to control the colors of the active line blame annotation

Changed

  • Changes Toggle Git CodeLens command to work when gitlens.codeLens.visibility is set to auto (the default)
  • Renames Compare with... command to Compare File with...
  • Renames Compare with Next Commit command to Compare File with Next Commit
  • Renames Compare with Previous Commit command to Compare File with Previous Commit
  • Renames Compare with Previous Commit command to Compare File with Previous Commit
  • Renames Compare with Working Tree command to Compare File with Working Tree

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with Open Commit in Remote not working
  • Fixes issue with many commands missing from the Command Palette

3.3.3 - 2017-04-10

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with newlines in commit messages in the file/branch/stash history quick pick menus (truncates and adds an ellipse icon)

3.3.2 - 2017-04-10

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.* settings since they were added to deal with unicode bugs in a previous version of vscode

Fixed

  • Closes #63 - Switch commit message and author in commit pick list. Also reduces clutter in the commit quick pick menus

3.3.1 - 2017-04-09

Changed

  • Changes commit search prefixes — no prefix for message search, @ for author, : for file pattern, # for commit id
  • Changes sha terminology to commit id in the UI

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with author searching

3.3.0 - 2017-04-09

Added

  • Adds Search commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch) to allow commit searching by message, author, file pattern, or sha
  • Adds alt+f shortcut for the Search commits command (gitlens.showCommitSearch)
  • Adds Show Commit Search command to the branch history quick pick menu
  • Adds Show Stashed Changes command to the repository status quick pick menu
  • Adds a Don't Show Again option to the GitLen update notification

Changed

  • Changes Open x in Remote commands to be no longer hidden behind the gitlens.insiders setting

Fixed

  • Fixes #59 - Context menu shows gitlens commands even if folder/file is not under git

3.2.1

Fixed

  • Fixes #57 - No more blank message if diff.tool is missing

3.2.0

Added

  • Adds support for single files opened in vscode — you are no longer required to open a folder for GitLens to work

Fixed

  • Fixes #57 - Warn on directory compare when there is no diff tool configured
  • Fixes #58 - Work with git sub-modules
  • Fixes issue with Open * in Remote commands with nested repositories and non-git workspace root folder

3.1.0

Added

  • Adds Show Stashed Changes command (gitlens.showQuickStashList) to open a quick pick menu of all the stashed changes
  • Adds insiders Stash Changes option to stashed changes quick pick menu — enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true
  • Adds insiders Stash Unstaged Changes option to stashed changes quick pick menu
  • Adds insiders Apply Stashed Changes command (gitlens.stashApply) to apply the selected stashed changes to the working tree
  • Adds insiders Stash Changes command (gitlens.stashSave) to stash any working tree changes

Fixed

  • Fixes incorrect counts in upstream status

3.0.5

Added

  • Adds additional insiders support for GitLab, Bitbucket, and Visual Studio Team Services to the Open x in Remote commands and quick pick menus — enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true
  • Adds insiders line support to Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote)
  • Adds original file name for renamed files to the repository status and commit details quick pick menu

Fixed

  • Fixes #56 - Handle file names with spaces

3.0.4

Changed

  • Changes telemetry a bit to reduce noise

Fixed

  • Fixes common telemetry error by switching to non-strict iso dates (since they are only available in later git versions)

3.0.3

Added

  • Adds a fallback to work with Git version prior to 2.11.0 — terribly sorry for the inconvenience :(

Fixed

  • Fixes #55 - reverts Git requirement back to 2.2.0
  • Fixes issues with parsing merge commits

3.0.2

Changed

  • Changes required Git version to 2.11.0

3.0.1

Added

  • Adds basic telemetry — honors the vscode telemetry configuration setting

3.0.0

Added

  • Adds insiders support for Open in GitHub to the relevant quick pick menus — enabled via "gitlens.insiders": true
  • Adds insiders Open Line Commit in Remote command (gitlens.openCommitInRemote) to open the current commit in the remote service (currently only GitHub)
  • Adds insiders Open File in Remote command (gitlens.openFileInRemote) to open the current file in the remote service (currently only GitHub)
  • Adds an update notification for feature releases
  • Adds Show Branch History command (gitlens.showQuickBranchHistory) to show the history of the selected branch
  • Adds Show Last Opened Quick Pick command (gitlens.showLastQuickPick) to re-open the previously opened quick pick menu - helps to get back to previous context
  • Adds alt+- shortcut for the Show Last Opened Quick Pick command (gitlens.showLastQuickPick)
  • Adds upstream status information (if available) to the repository status quick pick
  • Adds file status rollup information to the repository status quick pick
  • Adds file status rollup information to the commit details quick pick menu
  • Adds Compare with... (gitlens.diffWithBranch) command to compare working file to another branch (via branch quick pick menu)
  • Adds branch quick pick menu to Directory Compare (gitlens.diffDirectory) command
  • Adds support for gitlens.showQuickFileHistory command execution via CodeLens to limit results to the CodeLens block
  • Adds current branch to branch quick pick menu placeholder
  • Adds Show Branch History command to the branch history quick pick menu when showing only limited commits (e.g. starting at a specified commit)
  • Adds Show File History command to the file history quick pick menu when showing only limited commits (e.g. starting at a specified commit)
  • Adds Don't Show Again option to the unsupported git version notification

Changed

  • Changes Show Repository History command to Show Current Branch History
  • Changes Repository History terminology to Branch History

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with gitlens.diffWithPrevious command execution via CodeLens when the CodeLens was not at the document/file level
  • Fixes issue where full shas were displayed on the file/blame history explorers
  • Fixes #30 - Diff with Working Tree fails from repo/commit quick pick list if file was renamed (and the commit was before the rename)
  • Fixes various other quick pick menu command issues when a file was renamed
  • Fixes various issues when caching is disabled
  • Fixes issues with parsing commits history
  • Fixes various issues with merge commits

2.12.2

Fixed

  • Fixes #50 - excludes container-level CodeLens from html and vue language files

2.12.1

Added

  • Adds gitlens.advanced.codeLens.debug setting to control whether to show debug information in CodeLens

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory command fails to open when there is no active editor

2.12.0

Added

  • Adds progress indicator for the gitlens.showQuickFileHistory & gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory quick pick menus
  • Adds paging support to the gitlens.showQuickFileHistory & gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory quick pick menus
    • Adds Show Previous Commits command
    • Adds Show Next Commits command
  • Adds keyboard page navigation via alt+, (previous) & alt+. (next) on the gitlens.showQuickFileHistory & gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory quick pick menus
  • Adds keyboard commit navigation via alt+, (previous) & alt+. (next) on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails & gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails quick pick menus

Changed

  • Changes behavior of gitlens.showQuickFileHistory & gitlens.showFileHistory to no longer show merge commits
  • Changes gitlens.copyShaToClipboard to copy the full sha, rather than short sha
  • Changes internal tracking to use full sha (rather than short sha)

2.11.2

Added

  • Adds gitlens.diffWithNext command to open a diff with the next commit
  • Adds alt+. shortcut for the gitlens.diffWithNext command

Changed

  • Changes shift+alt+p shortcut to alt+, for the gitlens.diffWithPrevious command
  • Changes alt+p shortcut to shift+alt+, for the gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious command

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.toggleCodeLens from Command Palette when not available
  • Removes gitlens.toggleCodeLens shortcut key when not available

Fixed

2.11.1

Added

  • Adds blame and active line annotation support to git diff split view (right side)
  • Adds command (compare, copy sha/message, etc) support to git diff split view (right side)

Fixed

  • Fixes intermittent issues when toggling whitespace for blame annotations

2.11.0

Added

  • Adds gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails command to show a quick pick menu of details for a file commit
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails command to CodeLens
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails command to the status bar
  • Adds gitlens.closeUnchangedFiles command to close any editors that don't have uncommitted changes
  • Adds gitlens.openChangedFiles command to open all files that have uncommitted changes
  • Adds Directory Compare (gitlens.diffDirectory) command to open the configured git difftool to compare directory versions
  • Adds Directory Compare with Previous Commit command on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Adds Directory Compare with Working Tree command on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Adds a Changed Files grouping on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Adds a Close Unchanged Files command on the gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus quick pick menu
  • Adds a contextual description to the go back command in quick pick menus

Changed

  • Changes layout of the gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus quick pick menu for better clarity
  • Changes behavior of gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails to show commit a quick pick menu of details for a commit
  • Changes default of gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command to be gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails (though there is no visible behavior change)
  • Renames Open Files to Open Changed Files on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Renames Open Working Files to Open Changed Working Files on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Renames Show Changed Files to Show Commit Details on the gitlens.showQuickCommitFileDetails quick pick menu
  • Renames Open Files to Open Changed Files on the gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus quick pick menu

Fixed

  • Fixes #44 by adding a warning message about Git version requirements
  • Fixes intermittent errors when adding active line annotations
  • Fixes intermittent errors when opening multiple files via quick pick menus

2.10.1

Fixed

  • Fixes #43 - File-level CodeLens isn't using the blame of the whole file as it should
  • Fixes issue with single quotes (') in annotations
  • Fixes output channel logging (also adds more debug information to CodeLens — when enabled)

2.10.0

Added

  • Adds blame and active line annotation support to git diff split view
  • Adds command (compare, copy sha/message, etc) support to git diff split view

Fixed

  • Fixes startup failure if caching was disabled
  • Fixes missing Compare Line with Previous Commit context menu item
  • Fixes #41 - Toggle Blame annotations on compare files page
  • Fixes issue with undo (to a saved state) not causing annotations to reappear properly
  • Attempts to fix #42 - Cursor on Uncommitted message

2.9.0

Changed

  • To accommodate the realization that blame information is invalid when a file has unsaved changes, the following behavior changes have been made
    • Status bar blame information will hide
    • CodeLens change to a Cannot determine... message and become unclickable
    • Many menu choices and commands will hide

Fixed

  • Fixes #38 - Toggle Blame Annotation button shows even when it isn't valid
  • Fixes #36 - Blame information is invalid when a file has unsaved changes

2.8.2

Added

  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.dateFormat to specify how absolute commit dates will be shown in the blame annotations
  • Adds gitlens.statusBar.date to specify whether and how the commit date will be shown in the blame status bar
  • Adds gitlens.statusBar.dateFormat to specify how absolute commit dates will be shown in the blame status bar

Fixed

  • Fixes #39 - Add date format options for status bar blame

2.8.1

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where Compare with * commands fail to open when there is no active editor

2.8.0

Added

  • Adds new Open File command on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu to open the commit version of the file
  • Adds new Open File command on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu to open the commit version of the files
  • Adds alt+left keyboard shortcut in quick pick menus to go back
  • Adds alt+right keyboard shortcut in quick pick menus to execute the currently selected item while keeping the quick pick menu open (in most cases)
    • alt+right keyboard shortcut on commit details file name, will open the commit version of the file

Changed

  • Indents the file statuses on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Renames Open File to Open Working File on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Renames Open File and Open Working Files on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Reorders some quick pick menus

Fixed

  • Fixes #34 - Open file should open the selected version of the file
  • Fixes some issue where some editors opened by the quick pick would not be opened in preview tabs
  • Fixes issue where copy to clipboard commands would fail if there was no active editor
  • Fixes issue where active line annotations would show for opened versioned files
  • Fixes issue where CodeLens compare commands on opened versioned files would fail

2.7.1

Added

  • Adds proper support for multi-line commit messages

Fixed

  • Fixes #33 - Commit message styled as title in popup, when message starts with hash symbol

2.7.0

Added

  • Adds file status icons (added, modified, deleted, etc) to the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Adds Copy Commit Sha to Clipboard command to commit files quick pick menu
  • Adds Copy Commit Message to Clipboard command to commit files quick pick menu

Changed

  • Changes Show Commit History to Show File History on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Changes Show Previous Commit History to Show Previous File History on the gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with repository status when there are no changes
  • Fixes issue with . showing in the path of quick pick menus
  • Fixes logging to clean up on extension deactivate

2.6.0

Added

  • Adds gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus command to show a quick pick menu of files changed including status icons (added, modified, deleted, etc)
  • Adds alt+s shortcut for the gitlens.showQuickRepoStatus command

2.5.6

Fixed

  • Fixes #32 - 00000000 Uncommitted changes distracting

2.5.5

Fixed

  • Fixes #25 - Blame information isn't updated after git operations (commit, reset, etc)

2.5.4

Fixed

  • Fixes extra spacing in annotations

2.5.3

Fixed

  • Fixes #27 - Annotations are broken in vscode insider build

2.5.2

Added

  • Adds Open File command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Adds Open Files command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
  • Improves performance of git-log operations in gitlens.diffWithPrevious and gitlens.diffWithWorking commands

Changed

  • Changes Not Committed Yet author for uncommitted changes to Uncommitted

Fixed

  • Fixes showing gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu for uncommitted changes — now shows the previous commit details

2.5.1

Added

  • Adds gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard command to copy commit message to the clipboard
  • Adds gitlens.copyMessageToClipboard to the editor content menu
  • Adds Copy Commit Message to Clipboard command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu

Changed

  • Changes behavior of gitlens.copyShaToClipboard to copy the sha of the most recent commit to the repository if there is no active editor
  • Changes behavior of gitlens.showQuickFileHistory to execute gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory if there is no active editor

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where shortcut keys weren't disabled if GitLens was disabled

2.5.0

Added

  • Overhauls the gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory, gitlens.showQuickFileHistory, and gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menus
    • Adds Show Repository History command to gitlens.showQuickFileHistory quick pick menu
    • Adds Show Previous Commits History command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
    • Adds Show Commits History command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
    • Adds Copy Commit Sha to Clipboard command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
    • Adds Show Changed Files command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails quick pick menu
    • Adds more robust go back navigation in quick pick menus
    • Adds commit message to placeholder text of many quick pick menus
    • Adds icons for some commands
  • Adds gitlens.diffWithPrevious command to the editor content menu
  • Adds gitlens.diffWithWorking command to the editor content menu
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory and gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails commands to CodeLens
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory and gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails commands to the status bar

Changed

  • Changes the default command of gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails
  • Changes the default command of gitlens.statusBar.command to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails
  • Changes behavior of gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails to show commit commands rather than file set (use Show Changed Files command to get to the file set)
  • Changes gitlens.diffWithPrevious command to behave as gitlens.diffWithWorking if the file has uncommitted changes
  • Renames gitlens.diffWithPrevious command from Diff Commit with Previous to Compare with Previous Commit
  • Renames gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious command from Diff Commit (line) with Previous to Compare Line with Previous Commit
  • Renames gitlens.diffWithWorking command from Diff Commit with Working Tree to Compare with Working Tree
  • Renames gitlens.diffLineWithWorking command from Diff Commit (line) with Working Tree to Compare Line with Working Tree

Fixed

  • Fixes issues with certain git commands not working on Windows
  • Fixes #31 - Disable gitlens if the project does not have .git folder
  • Fixes issue where quick pick menus could fail if there was no active editor
  • Fixes CodeLens not updating in response to configuration changes

2.1.1

Fixed

  • Fixes overzealous active line annotation updating on document changes

2.1.0

Added

  • Adds a new GitLens logo and changes all images to svg
  • Adds alt+p shortcut for the gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious command
  • Adds shift+alt+p shortcut for the gitlens.diffWithPrevious command
  • Adds alt+w shortcut for the gitlens.diffLineWithWorking command
  • Adds shift+alt+w shortcut for the gitlens.diffWithWorking command
  • Adds gitlens.copyShaToClipboard command to copy commit sha to the clipboard (#28)
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails command to show a quick pick menu of details for a commit
  • Adds go back choice to gitlens.showQuickCommitDetails, gitlens.showQuickFileHistory, and gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory quick pick menus
  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.highlight to specify whether and how to highlight blame annotations (#24)
  • Greatly improves performance of line navigation when either active line annotations or status bar blame is enabled

Fixed

  • Fixes #29 - Commit info tooltip duplicated for current line when blame is enabled
  • Fixes issue where sometimes the commit history shown wasn't complete
  • Fixes issues with gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious and gitlens.diffWithPrevious not following renames properly
  • Fixes issues with gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious and gitlens.diffWithPrevious not always grabbing the correct commit

2.0.2

Added

  • Adds auto-enable of whitespace toggling when using font-ligatures because of vscode issue
  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.* settings to provide some control over how annotations are displayed

Fixed

  • Fixes #22 - Cannot read property 'sha' of undefined

2.0.1

Fixed

  • Fixes #26 - Active line annotation doesn't disappear properly after delete

2.0.0

Added

  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLine to specify whether and how to show blame annotations on the active line
  • Adds full commit message (rather than just summary) to active line hover if gitlens.blame.annotation.activeLine is not off
  • Adds new trailing blame annotation style — adds annotations after the code lines rather than before
  • Adds gitlens.blame.annotation.message to show the commit message in expanded and trailing blame annotation styles
  • Adds support for relative dates in blame annotations. Use gitlens.blame.annotation.date
  • Re-adds context menu for gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious — since vscode issue
  • Re-adds context menu for gitlens.diffLineWithWorking — since vscode issue

Changed

  • Changes the design of hover annotations — much cleaner now
  • Disables automatic whitespace toggling by default as it is seemingly no longer needed as vscode issue seems fixed. It can be re-enabled with gitlens.advanced.toggleWhitespace.enabled

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where the status bar blame would get stuck switching between editors
  • Fixes issue where CodeLens aren't updated properly after a file is saved

1.4.3

Added

  • Adds some logging to hopefully trap #22 - Cannot read property 'sha' of undefined

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with the latest insiders build (1.9.0-insider f67f87c549) where there is a collision of document schemes

1.4.2

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where file history wouldn't compare correctly to working tree if the filename had changed

1.4.1

Added

  • Adds gitlens.advanced.gitignore.enabled to enable/disable .gitignore parsing. Addresses #20 - Nested .gitignore files can cause blame to fail with a repo within another repo

1.4.0

Added

  • Adds alt+h shortcut for the gitlens.showQuickFileHistory command
  • Adds shift+alt+h shortcut for the gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory command
  • Adds gitlens.advanced.maxQuickHistory to limit the number of quick history entries to show (for better performance); Defaults to 200
  • Adds gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious as alt context menu item for gitlens.diffWithPrevious
  • Adds gitlens.diffLineWithWorking as alt context menu item for gitlens.diffWithWorking
  • Adds gitlens.showFileHistory as alt context menu item for gitlens.showQuickFileHistory

Removed

  • Removes context menu for gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious — since it is now the alt of gitlens.diffWithPrevious
  • Removes context menu for gitlens.diffLineWithWorking — since it is now the alt of gitlens.diffWithWorking
  • Replaces gitlens.menus.fileDiff.enabled and gitlens.menus.lineDiff.enabled with gitlens.menus.diff.enabled — since the switch between file and line diff is now controlled by the alt key

1.3.1

Added

  • Adds Diff Commit with Working Tree to the explorer context menu (assuming gitlens.menus.fileDiff.enabled is true)
  • Adds Diff Commit with Working Tree & Diff Commit with Previous to the editor title context menu (assuming gitlens.menus.fileDiff.enabled is true)

Changed

  • Renames Diff commands for better clarity
  • Removes Git from the commands as it feels unnecessary
  • Reorders the context menu commands

1.3.0

Added

  • Adds support for blame and history (log) on files opened via compare commands — allows for deep navigation through git history

1.2.0

Added

  • Adds compare (working vs previous) options to repository history
  • Adds compare (working vs previous) options to file history

Fixed

  • Fixes issue with repository history compare with commits with multiple files

1.1.1

Added

  • Adds logging for tracking #18 - GitLens only displayed for some files

Changed

  • Changes gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory command to run without an open editor (falls back to the folder repository)

1.1.0

Added

  • Adds new gitlens.showQuickFileHistory command to show the file history in a quick-pick list (palette)
  • Adds new gitlens.showQuickRepoHistory command to show the repository history in a quick-pick list (palette)
  • Adds gitlens.showQuickFileHistory option to the gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command, gitlens.codeLens.authors.command, and gitlens.statusBar.command settings

Changed

  • Changes the gitlens.statusBar.command settings default to gitlens.showQuickFileHistory instead of gitlens.toggleBlame

Removed

  • Removes git.viewFileHistory option from the gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command, gitlens.codeLens.authors.command, and gitlens.statusBar.command settings

1.0.2

Fixed

  • Fixes #16 - incorrect 'Unable to find Git' message

1.0.0

Added

  • Adds support for git history (log)!
  • Adds support for blame annotations and git commands on file revisions
  • Adds ability to show multiple blame annotation at the same time (one per vscode editor)
  • Adds new gitlens.showFileHistory command to open the history explorer
  • Adds new gitlens.showFileHistory option to the gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command, gitlens.codeLens.authors.command, and gitlens.statusBar.command settings
  • Adds per-language CodeLens location customization using the gitlens.codeLens.languageLocations setting
  • Adds new gitlens.diffLineWithPrevious command for line sensitive diffs
  • Adds new gitlens.diffLineWithWorking command for line sensitive diffs
  • Adds gitlens.diffWithPrevious command to the explorer context menu
  • Adds output channel logging, controlled by the gitlens.advanced.output.level setting
  • Improves performance of the CodeLens support
  • Improves performance (significantly) when only showing CodeLens at the document level
  • Improves performance of status bar blame support

Changed

  • Switches on-demand CodeLens to be a global toggle (rather than per file)
  • Complete rewrite of the blame annotation provider to reduce overhead and provide better performance
  • Changes gitlens.diffWithPrevious command to always be file sensitive diffs
  • Changes gitlens.diffWithWorking command to always be file sensitive diffs
  • Removes all debug logging, unless the gitlens.advanced.debug settings it on

Fixed

0.5.5

Fixed

  • Fixes another off-by-one issue when diffing with caching

0.5.4

Fixed

  • Fixes off-by-one issues with blame annotations without caching and when diffing with a previous version

0.5.3

Added

  • Adds better uncommitted hover message in blame annotations
  • Adds more protection for dealing with uncommitted lines

0.5.2

Fixed

  • Fixes loading issue on Linux

0.5.1

Added

  • Adds blame information in the status bar
  • Add new status bar settings — see Extension Settings for details
  • Adds new gitlens.diffWithPrevious option to the gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command & gitlens.codeLens.authors.command settings

Changed

  • Renames the gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.command & gitlens.codeLens.authors.command settings options (to align with command names)

Removed

  • Removes gitlens.blame.annotation.useCodeActions setting and behavior

Fixed

  • Fixes Diff with Previous when the selection is uncommitted

0.3.3

Fixed

  • Fixes #7 - missing spawn-rx dependency (argh!)

0.3.2

Fixed

  • Fixes #7 - missing lodash dependency

0.3.1

Added

  • Adds new CodeLens visibility & location settings — see Extension Settings for details
  • Adds new command to toggle CodeLens on and off when gitlens.codeLens.visibility is set to ondemand

0.2.0

Changed

  • Replaces blame regex parsing with a more robust parser

Fixed

  • Fixes #1 - Support blame on files outside the workspace repository
  • 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

Added

  • 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 Extension Settings for details

0.0.7

Added

  • Adds .gitignore checks to reduce the number of blame calls

Fixed

  • Fixes #4 - Absolute paths fail on Windows due to backslash (Really!)
  • Fixes #5 - Finding first non-white-space fails sometimes

0.0.6

Added

  • Adds attempt to scroll to the correct position when opening a diff

Fixed

  • Fixes #2 - [request] Provide some debug info when things fail
  • Fixes #4 - Absolute paths fail on Windows due to backslash

0.0.5

Changed

  • Removes CodeLens from fields and single-line properties to reduce visual noise
  • Automatically turns off blame only when required now

Fixed

  • Fixes issues where filename changes in history would cause diffs to fails
  • Fixes some issues with uncommitted blames

0.0.4

Added

  • Candidate for preview release on the vscode marketplace.

0.0.1

Added

  • Initial release but still heavily a work in progress.