SB - Simply Blame

Idea like git blame annotations for VS Code!

Steps to use

1. Install the extension
2. Press Alt + B on the text editor
3. You will see who to blame

Screenshots

If you click the commit hash on the hover info box the commit hash will be copied to clipboard

Settings

• Date Format
  • System will use the locale used by the VS Code.
  • Or you can choose any other pre existing date format to use.
• Author Style
  • Select an author style for the blame annotations. Supported styles are full name, first name, last name.
• Heat Color Index Strategy
  • Choose how the heat colors are shown. Scale through the commits, this is the default or highlight the latest commits.
• Use RGBColor
  • If selected the RGBColors dark and light lists are used. This is the default.
  • Otherwise the hex color list will be used.
• Heat Map RGBColors List Dark & Heat Map RGBColors List Light
  • Add, edit, choose a color to be used as a heat color.
  • Color must in format rNUM,gNUM,bNUM,cNUM
  • Choose a color by setting it as true. The first matching true will be used or if nothing is matching the first is used.
• Heat Map Colors Dark & Heat Map Colors Light
  • Configure and change colors of the heat map hex color list.
  • The top is hot and the bottom is cool.
• Enable Open Blame Editor This settings is likely to be removed in future releases
  • Select to enable a command to open a blame file in a new text editor tab, disabled by default.
  • The enabled command will show up on the context menu of the active text editor tab.

How to find extension settings