JetBrains-style changelists for Visual Studio Code. Organize your uncommitted changes into logical groups and commit them independently — even different parts of the same file.
Features
Changelist Management
Create multiple named changelists to organize your work
One changelist is always active — new changes are automatically assigned to it
Default "Changes" changelist is always present (like JetBrains)
Switch active changelist with a single click
Rename and delete changelists as needed
Hunk-Level Tracking
The killer feature: Split changes within the same file across different changelists
Each hunk (block of changes) can be independently assigned to any changelist
Drag-and-drop hunks between changelists in the tree view
Commit only specific hunks — the rest stays in your working tree
Colored gutter markers show which changelist each change belongs to
Independent Commits
Commit any changelist independently, regardless of order
File-level commits: stage entire files from a changelist
Hunk-level commits: stage only specific hunks using git apply --cached
Remaining changes in other changelists are preserved
Ticket Integration
Connect to Jira Cloud or GitHub Issues
When creating a new changelist, search and select from your open tickets
Ticket title becomes the changelist name (e.g., "PROJ-123: Fix login bug")
Client-side filtering for instant search
Tree View with Drag-and-Drop
Dedicated panel in the Source Control sidebar
Changelists shown as groups with files as children
Files with multiple hunks are expandable, showing individual hunks
Drag-and-drop files and hunks between changelists
Context menus for all operations (commit, rename, delete, move)
Gutter Decorations
Colored markers in the editor gutter next to changed lines
Each changelist has a unique color
Instantly see which changelist a change belongs to
Click the gutter marker to open the diff and move changes between changelists
Status Bar
Shows the currently active changelist in the status bar
Click to quickly switch the active changelist
Getting Started
Install the extension
Open a Git repository in VSCode
The "Changelists" panel appears in the Source Control sidebar
Start editing files — changes are automatically tracked in the active changelist
Create new changelists with the + button to organize your work
Workflow Example
Create changelist "Feature: Auth"
Edit auth.ts line 10 and config.ts
Create changelist "Bugfix: Login"
Edit auth.ts line 80 (same file, different location!)
Commit "Bugfix: Login" — only the line 80 change is committed
Commit "Feature: Auth" — the line 10 change and config.ts are committed
Commands
All commands are available via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):
Command
Description
Changelist: New
Create a new changelist
Changelist: Delete
Delete a changelist (files move to default)
Changelist: Rename
Rename a changelist
Changelist: Set Active
Set the active changelist
Changelist: Commit
Commit all changes in a changelist
Changelist: Move to...
Move a file/hunk to another changelist
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
changelists.autoTrackChanges
true
Automatically assign changed files to the active changelist
Changed files are automatically detected via git status polling and assigned to the active changelist. Files can be moved between changelists via drag-and-drop or context menu.
Hunk-Level Tracking
When a file has changes at multiple locations, each "hunk" (contiguous block of changes) can be independently assigned to different changelists. During commit, only the assigned hunks are staged using git apply --cached with targeted patches.
Persistence
Changelist state is saved in .vscode/changelists.json (workspace-local). Hunk assignments are tracked in memory and re-matched after each git operation using content-based fingerprinting.
Known Limitations
Hunks must be at least ~7 lines apart (Git merges closer hunks into one)
The native VSCode commit button cannot be intercepted (use the changelist commit command instead)
Single-workspace only (no multi-root workspace support yet)
