Git Diff Stats

Shows added/removed line counts vs the parent branch in the VSCode status bar.

$(diff) +123 -45 means 123 lines added, 45 removed compared to the parent branch — including untracked files.

What it counts

Diff between HEAD's merge-base with the base branch and the working tree, plus untracked files.

The base branch is the parent branch — the branch the current one was cut from, detected via git show-branch. This keeps stacked branches honest: a branch off a feature branch counts only its own lines, not the parent's too.

On main, master, or a detached HEAD there is no parent, so detection is skipped and only uncommitted work is counted. Otherwise, if no parent is found it falls back to the first that exists of main, master, origin/main, origin/master, and finally to working-tree changes against HEAD.

When it refreshes

On file save
On branch switch / commit (watches .git/HEAD and refs)
Every 60 seconds (fallback)
On click (the status bar item runs a manual refresh)

Requirements

Uses git, bash, awk, and xargs via a shell. Built and tested on macOS.

Run from source

Open this folder in VSCode and press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host, then open a git repo in that window.

Install the packaged build

npm run package
code --install-extension git-changed-lines.vsix --force

Install from marketplace

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=iatanas0v.git-changed-lines

Git Changed Lines

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