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git-ext

A VS Code extension that adds a Git GUI panel to your editor. Browse branches, commit graphs, and file diffs in a side panel while performing commit and branch operations with your mouse.

Features

Branch Panel (Left Pane)

Displays local branches, remote branches, and tags in a tree view
Icons indicate branch type (current branch / main·master / others / tags)
Click a branch to load its commit log
Right-click for branch operations

Branch context menu

Action	Description
Checkout	Switch to this branch
New Branch from ...	Create a new branch from this one
Rebase ... onto ...	Rebase this branch onto another
Merge ... into ...	Merge this branch into another
Delete	Delete the branch (prompts Force Delete if not fully merged)

Commit Log (Center Pane)

Shows the commit history with an ASCII graph
HEAD commit is rendered with a double circle
Branch-local commits (not yet pushed to remote) are highlighted
Right-click for commit operations

Commit context menu

Action	Target	Description
Revert Commit	Any commit	Creates a revert commit
Undo Commit	HEAD only	Runs `git reset --soft HEAD~1` (changes remain staged)
Edit Commit Message...	Branch-local commits	Edit the message (amend for HEAD, rebase -i for others)
Drop Commit	Branch-local commits	Permanently removes the commit (with confirmation)
Cherry-Pick	Non-merge commits	Cherry-picks the commit onto the current branch
Interactively Rebase from Here…	Branch-local commits	Opens the interactive rebase editor

Commit Detail (Right Pane)

Lists changed files in a directory tree
Click a file to open the diff in VS Code's built-in diff editor
Right-click a file to compare with the local working copy

Git Blame Annotations

Right-click a line number in the editor → Annotate With Git Blame to show author and date per line
Select Close Annotations from the same menu to hide them

File History

Right-click a file in the Explorer → Git → Show History to view the commit history for that file
Click a commit to inspect the diff at that point in time

Interactive Rebase

Reorder commits
Drop commits
Reword commit messages

Auto Refresh

The commit log automatically reloads after a commit made via VS Code's Source Control panel

Usage

Open the Git tab in the VS Code bottom panel (where the terminal lives)
Select a branch to load its commit log
Click a commit to view changed files in the right pane

Requirements

Git must be installed and available on your PATH
The workspace must be a Git repository

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release

3-pane layout: branch list, commit graph, commit detail
Branch operations: Checkout, New Branch, Rebase, Merge, Delete
Commit operations: Revert, Undo, Edit Message, Drop, Cherry-Pick
Interactive rebase
Git Blame annotations
File history viewer
Toast notifications (auto-dismiss after 3 seconds)