Codestory View

A Visual Studio Code extension that visualizes and helps manage Git repositories using the Codestory CLI. Codestory View provides a fast, interactive visual interface for cleaning up your repository history directly inside VS Code.

Demo

Watch a short youtube demo of Codestory View — click the thumbnail to play the video.

Key features ✅

• Visualize repository history and branches with an interactive graph
• Inspect diffs and open file changes in a dedicated dialog
• Runs the Codestory CLI under the hood to clean repository history

Why use Codestory View

Codestory View is focused on visual repository hygiene — not just seeing history but making it cleaner. It lets you perform the same core workflows as the Codestory CLI (commit, fix, clean) through a visual, interactive interface so you can inspect, split, and fix commits with confidence.

How it maps to the Codestory CLI

The extension mirrors the main Codestory workflows so you can work visually:

• Committing new changes: run cst commit → webview helps stage and review grouped changes before committing.
• Fixing past commits: run cst fix <commit> → open a commit in the UI to split or reorder changes visually.

Usage

• Open the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P) and run Codestory View: Start to open the visualizer.
• Use the branch selector and controls in the webview to navigate branches and commits.
• Click the diff entries to open the Diff dialog for file-by-file comparisons.

Troubleshooting

If you run into any issues, please email support@codestory.build

License

The code is licensed under GPLv2 — see LICENSE for details.