Filtered Git Log

View git history with configurable filters to exclude automated commits, bots, and noise.

Features

Configurable Filters: Define patterns to exclude or include commits by message or author
Nested Filter Groups: Create complex boolean expressions with AND/OR operators
NOT Condition: Invert any filter or group
Folder Filter: Show commits only affecting a specific folder
Click to Open: Click commit messages to open them in your browser (Azure DevOps, GitHub)
Copy Hash: Click the commit hash to copy it to clipboard
Refresh: Reload commits without reopening the panel

Usage

Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
Run "Git: Show Filtered Log"

Configuration

Add filters to your workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json):

Simple Example - Exclude Bot Commits

{
  "filteredGitLog.filters": {
    "operator": "or",
    "not": true,
    "rules": [
      { "field": "author", "pattern": "^dependabot" },
      { "field": "author", "pattern": "^renovate" },
      { "field": "message", "pattern": "^\\[bot\\]" },
      { "field": "message", "pattern": "^Merge pull request" }
    ]
  },
  "filteredGitLog.maxCommits": 100
}

This reads as: NOT (author matches dependabot OR renovate OR message starts with [bot] OR Merge pull request)

Filter Structure

{
  "operator": "and" | "or",    // How to combine rules
  "not": true | false,          // Invert the group result
  "rules": [
    // Leaf rules (field + pattern)
    { "field": "message", "pattern": "regex", "not": false },
    
    // Nested groups
    { "operator": "and", "not": false, "rules": [...] }
  ]
}

Leaf Rule Options

Property	Type	Description
`field`	`"message"` or `"author"`	The commit field to match
`pattern`	string	Regex pattern (case-insensitive)
`not`	boolean	Invert this rule's match

Complex Example - Show Only Feature Commits from Specific Authors

{
  "filteredGitLog.filters": {
    "operator": "and",
    "rules": [
      {
        "operator": "or",
        "rules": [
          { "field": "author", "pattern": "Alice" },
          { "field": "author", "pattern": "Bob" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "operator": "or",
        "rules": [
          { "field": "message", "pattern": "^feat:" },
          { "field": "message", "pattern": "^feature:" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

This reads as: (author=Alice OR author=Bob) AND (message starts with feat: OR feature:)

More Examples

Exclude dependabot and merge commits:

{ "operator": "or", "not": true, "rules": [
    { "field": "author", "pattern": "dependabot" },
    { "field": "message", "pattern": "^Merge" }
]}

Show only commits with "fix" in message:

{ "rules": [{ "field": "message", "pattern": "fix" }] }

Exclude everything except a specific author:

{ "rules": [{ "field": "author", "pattern": "^MyName$", "not": true }], "not": true }

Supported Platforms

Azure DevOps - Click to open commits in web
GitHub - Click to open commits in web

Author

Anand Bheemarajaiah

License

MIT