v8.3.2

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

v8.3.1

Added

• Adds the ability to control where the GitLens, GitLens 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 History explorer is shown — either in the Explorer or Source Control view
  • Adds gitlens.resultsExplorer.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

v8.3.0

Added

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

  

  • 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 on 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

    

  • Adds gitlens.mode.active settings 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

  

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

  

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

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

Changed

• Moves the GitLens explorer, GitLens History explorer, and GitLens Results explorer 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

v8.2.4

Added

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

v8.2.3

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

v8.2.2

Added

• Adds an indicator to the GitLens explorer's branch history to mark the 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

v8.2.1

Added

• Adds better logging for failed git commands

Changed

• Marks temporary files (used when showing comparisions 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 - Code lens 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

v8.2.0

Added

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

  

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

  

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

  

• 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

  

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

  

• 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

  

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

  

• 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 view

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

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 view

v8.1.1

Fixed

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

v8.1.0

Added

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

  

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

  

  • 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