Skip to content
| Marketplace
Sign in
Visual Studio Code>Other>Fossil BlameNew to Visual Studio Code? Get it now.
Fossil Blame

Fossil Blame

Pradeep N S

|
11 installs
| (0) | Free
Inline blame annotations and hover for Fossil SCM
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Copied to clipboard
More Info

Fossil Blame

Inline blame annotations for the Fossil SCM, in VS Code.

Fossil Blame shells out to the local fossil executable to bring per-line blame context into the editor for repositories checked out with Fossil.

Features

  • Inline blame: an end-of-line annotation on the current line showing who last changed it, when, and the commit message.
  • Hover: hovering any line shows the full commit details (author, date, hash, full message) for whoever last changed it, with a "Copy Hash" action.
  • Blame recency heatmap: the inline blame annotation is colored by how recently the line changed: warmer colors for edits within the last day or week, the theme's default color for anything within the last month, and a muted color for anything older.

Requirements

Requires a fossil executable available on your PATH (or configured via fossilBlame.path). Tested against Fossil 2.26.

Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • fossilBlame.path (string, default: ""): Path to the fossil executable. Leave empty to search PATH.
  • fossilBlame.enabled (boolean, default: true): Show inline blame annotation on the current line.
  • fossilBlame.heatmap (boolean, default: true): Color the inline blame annotation by how recently the line was changed (warmer = more recent).

All settings take effect immediately, no reload required.

Known Issues

  • Blame shells out to fossil blame per file, cached per file until the next save; on very large files/repositories this can be slower than a native integration.

Release Notes

0.0.3

Removed the CodeLens feature. Inline blame colors are lighter and more subtle now, closer to GitLens's default style.

0.0.2

Lowered minimum required VS Code version from 1.134.0 to 1.74.0.

0.0.1

Initial release: inline blame with hover, CodeLens, and a recency heatmap.

  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Manage cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Trademarks
  • Your Privacy Choices
  • Consumer Health Privacy
© 2026 Microsoft