Single file history viewer

[sam-rad]

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One thing I really miss about an internal code tool I used at my previous job is a history viewer for a single file where I could go back to versions of the same file and see what's been added or removed quickly.

I could even compare two version that are not successive and see how the file has evolved.

Here is how you can quickly see file's history in vscode with gitlens:

Screen.Recording.2024-05-14.at.3.28.39.PM.mov

Now if you click on the History button on a file on github, you get this:

The only way I can do this right now is to clone the repo and view it on my local laptop with my local tools which is not pragmatic.