Five VScode Extensions for Git
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Five VScode Extensions for Git

This weekend edition is the first out of the coming sequence that will be focusing on VScode extensions for data science and engineering applications. In this edition, we will focus on VScode supporting extensions for Git.

VSCode comes with excellent built-in Git functionality, allowing users to work effectively with the basic Git tools and terminal. However, depending on your specific use cases, the VSCode marketplace offers a variety of additional tools for working with Git. The following list includes my favorite extensions for working with Git, along with other extensions that I thought it worth mentioning.

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Git Graph

The Git Graph is my favorite extension for working with Git on VScode. The extension provides a visual representation of your git commit history and project branches. The extension enables you to perform different Git operations directly on the graph:

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Git Graph demo; Image credit: extension marketplace page

Downloads: 10M

Unique Identifier: mhutchie

GitLens

The GitLens extension provides a visual representative of different Git applications, such as an in-editor tool for solving Git conflicts, interactive code history, PR review, etc.

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GitLens visualization; Image credit: extension marketplace page

Downloads: 38M

Unique Identifier: eamodio.gitlens

Git History

The Git History extension, as its name implies, enables viewing Git logs and committing history in a graph format.

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Git History; Image credit: extension marketplace page

Downloads: 13M

Unique Identifier: donjayamanne.githistory

gitignore

An extension for Visual Studio Code that assists you in working with .gitignore files.

Downloads: 4M

Unique Identifier: codezombiech.gitignore


GitLab Workflow

The GitLab Workflow extension provides an integration of GitLab into VScode. The extension provides a set of tools for managing code and projects with GitLab.

Downloads: 2M

Unique Identifier: GitLab.gitlab-workflow


Any other VScode extension to work with Git?

See you next week!

Rami



Rami, thank you for providing these extensions personally. Utilizing extensions in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) brings numerous advantages that can greatly enhance our development efforts.

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Gitlens for the win. Great extension!

I also like the GitHub Actions extensions to see the status of the pipeline.

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