Strata
A fast commit graph for git repositories in VS Code.
Features
- One graph of all local and remote branches, tags, stashes and HEAD, with
badges on their commits.
- Fast on very large repositories: history loads page by page, and the Linux
kernel opens in about 0.2 seconds once it has a commit-graph.
- Click a commit to unfold its message and changed files right under it, then
open any file's diff. Compare with Selected lists what differs between
any two commits instead.
- Checkout, merge, rebase, cherry pick, revert and reset from right-click
menus; revert a Shift-click selection in one run. Undo Last Operation
takes back all of them but a checkout.
- Create, rename, delete and push branches and tags; fetch, pull and push from
the graph's title bar.
- Stash, apply, pop and drop stashes, shown as rows above the commits they
were made on.
- Uncommitted changes are a row of their own above HEAD: unfold it to see what
is staged, changed or untracked, then stash it or commit in Source Control.
- See which branches other worktrees have checked out, open or remove them.
- Tidy recent commits before you push: edit a message in place, squash a
Shift-click selection, fix up or drop a commit, drag commits into another
order.
- Stopped at conflicts? Strata says where, opens the files and offers
Continue, Skip and Abort.
- Hide noisy badges, such as CI tags, with patterns per repository.
- Filter the graph to some branches, remotes or tags, or follow first-parent
history.
- Find commits by message, hash, branch name or author (Ctrl+F)
and step through them in the graph.
- Show the history of a file or folder from the Explorer, an editor or a
commit's changed files: the graph keeps only the commits that change it.
- HEAD in the toolbar jumps to the checked-out commit; rest the pointer on
a commit's node for a card with all of its refs, the branches holding it, the
first tag that has it and the tag it comes after.
- Several repositories in one workspace, and the graph comes back where you
left it after a restart.
- Works locally, in WSL, over SSH and in other remote workspaces, in every
color theme.
The full guide describes every view and command in detail.
Getting started
Open the graph in any of these ways:
- Click Graph in the status bar. It shows the repository of the file you
are editing.
- In the Source Control view, click the Strata button in the title bar, or
Open in Commit Graph on a repository's row.
- Run Strata: Show Commit Graph from the Command Palette.
Click a commit to unfold its details. Right-click a commit, a badge or a stash
for what you can do with it. With several repositories open, click the
repository name at the left of the toolbar to switch.
How to
Hide noisy badges
Click Badges in the toolbar and type a pattern under Hide badges
matching, such as *-rc* (* matches any text, ? one character). Press
Enter to hide the badges it lists. The commits stay in the graph.
You can also right-click a badge for Hide Badge or Hide Similar
Badges....
Undo an operation
Click Undo Last Operation in the graph tab's title bar, or run it from the
Command Palette. It puts back the last reset, merge, rebase, cherry pick or
revert, a created, renamed or deleted branch or tag, or a dropped stash.
Operations that change history or delete something also offer Undo in the
notification that reports them.
Speed up a very large repository
If the first page of history takes long, Strata offers to write a
commit-graph file. You can also run Strata: Write Commit-Graph for Faster
History at any time. It only adds a cache file, the same one
git maintenance writes.
Use the keyboard
With the list focused, ↑ and ↓ move the selection, Enter unfolds or
folds the details and Shift+F10 opens the commit's menu.
In the details, ↑ and ↓ move between files and Enter opens the
diff.
Requirements
- VS Code 1.90 or later.
- git installed where the repository is, with VS Code's built-in Git extension
enabled. Changing the repository needs git 2.34 or later.
Feedback
Report problems and requests at https://github.com/zekaizer/strata/issues.
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
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