Grouped Timeline: Local History Restore Manager for VS Code!

A VS Code extension that groups near-simultaneous changes in your local timeline, allowing you to restore grouped or individual files to any previous save point - much like JetBrains Rider's Local History feature.

No previous install necessary, works retroactively!

Can't figure out exactly which files changed (and how) yesterday? No problem! This extension will tell you!

Features

• Groups timeline entries by time window
• Restores individual files or groups of files
• Configurable file tracking through .groupedtimelineinclude
• Preview changes before restoring (compared with next save, or with current version)
• Sort by time or number of files changed
• Search for specific files or groups of files

How to first use

1. After installing the extension, a .groupedtimelineinclude file will be created in your workspace root. Open it.

2. For most projects, uncomment the **/* and * lines in the file so it looks like this:

3. Click the refresh icon in the Grouped Timeline view in Explorer (under the built in Timeline view) to refresh the timeline.

4. Use context menu to restore or preview versions

Screenshots

Main Extension View

Restore Options

Timeline Groupings

Configuration

Search

Source Code

This extension is open source and the code is available here. Feel free to contribute or report issues!