Git File Age

Visualize file ages in VS Code's file explorer based on their last git modification dates.

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Features

• Due to VSCode limitations, at most 2 characters can be shown
  • < 100 days: show days (eg "42")
  • < 10 months: show months (eg "9m")
  • otherwise: shows years, capped at 9 (eg "2y")
• Recent files (default ≤ 7 days) are highlighted in green
• Old files (default ≥ 1 year) are greyed out

Commands

• Git File Age: Toggle
• Git File Age: Refresh
• Git File Age: Update threshold for new files
• Git File Age: Update threshold for old files
  • You can enter:
  • A number of days
  • A date in YYYY-MM-DD format
  • A commit hash

Settings

• git-file-age.enabled - Enable/disable the extension
• git-file-age.recentThresholdDays - Days threshold for recent files
• git-file-age.oldThresholdDays - Days threshold for old files