Git-Identity switcher

This VS Code extension adds a button to easily switch between different Git authors.

Features

If multiple people are sharing a single operating system user account and are working on the same Git repository, it is hard to keep track of their individual contributions. For such cases this extension adds a button to the VS Code status bar displaying the currently set author. You can change it by clicking on the status bar item.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• git-identity.authors: available Git authors (each array entry should be of the form 'John Doe john@doe.com')
• git-identity.showEmail: When to display the email address of the current author in the status bar. always, never, or for identical names when the currently active author has multiple profiles with the same name but different email addresses (default)

Release Notes

[1.2.0] - 2024-04-18

• Added a setting for whether to show the email address (thanks to Wesztman!)

[1.1.2] - 2024-04-15

• In case the currently selected author has multiple profiles, also show the email address
• The extension also activates, if a .gitignore file is present in the workspace.

1.0.0

Initial release