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Git History Timeline

Git History Timeline

Ben Hooper

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Browse the history of any git file with an interactive timeline, commit info, and diff highlighting.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Git History Timeline

Git History Timeline

Browse the history of any git file with an interactive timeline, commit info, and diff highlighting.

Heavily inspired by https://github.com/pomber/git-history.

Demo

Git History Timeline Demo

Features

  • Timeline view for a file's commit history
  • Commit details with author, date, and message
  • Diff highlighting between revisions
  • Quick access from editor title and explorer context menu

Usage

  • Command Palette: Git: Show File History
  • Editor title menu: history icon
  • Explorer context menu: Git: Show File History
  • Keybinding: Ctrl+Alt+H (Windows/Linux), Cmd+Alt+H (macOS)

Requirements

  • Git installed and available on PATH
  • File must be inside a git repository

Commands

Command Description
gitHistoryTimeline.show Show file history timeline

Contributing

  • npm run compile to build
  • npm run watch to build in watch mode

License

See LICENSE.txt

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