CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

Entries usually sorted by importance.

v0.1.22 2024-11-19

• f52512a af8aa6d Light mode support and misc improvements. Much more consistent UI now thanks to @samfundev! (#111)

• 559feb4 59a6777 Improve log parser. Outputs pretty similar graphs but less bugs and the internal logic is a bit different now. Also performance improvements, now about twice as fast than before

• 29277bb c3ca376 Improve stats querying performance (insertions/deletions/files changed). Fixes immense lags for repos with very large files in its commits. Now first only the "files changed" amount is queried and the additions/deletions fixed after, with an upper limit on how many will be calculated in parallel. Reason being that the insertions/deletions aren't cached by Git so it needs to read through the entire commit files. Stats can also now be disabled entirely.

• 25769b7 Vastly improve scrolling performance by adding a 50 ms debounce

• 215bcad 9b5a5e7 Improve time to paint by showing the first 100 commits immediately after load, and parsing the rest (default: 15,000) afterward. This behavior can be disabled with "git-log--graph.disable-preliminary-loading": true

• 9d846f2 Fix freeze / keep the UI responsive while processing the git data on startup, after refresh or after any action run

• 13e12a9 Fix duplicate commit stats loading. Was heavy on performance

• d880d44 Blame: Allow jumping to commit even if it isn't currently loaded in the main view. In this case, GitLG will temporarily load the commits around the respective hash. Undo by clicking reload button. Also shows a popup to the user explaining what just happened.

• ba8b688 Allow jumping to branch even if it isn't currently loaded in the main view. Like blame

• 925c79c Fix blame when switching between editors, no long necessary to type something to get the blame command to work

• eac3404 Fix ordering of branches in "all branches": Local ones first, even if they contain a / slash

• 85b49d8 Always keep selected commit centered while filtering. Previously it was only kept when you pressed the X clear button, now it aggressively jumps back to it

• aa143ce 54a367a Fix row-gaps in graph lines

• e80a225 Add Vue file type in diff list

• e899469 Add animation while refreshing

• a410127 Fix merge commit rendering in parallel branch scenarios |\| (#106)

• 7b1f89e Show commit index in commit details

• a91c0e8 Fix wrong graph line color right below merge commits originating form inferred branches

• 6593dad Fix highlighting current HEAD after checking out a remote branch with -b for which there is another branch with the same name

• 7a70695 Fix duplicate branches / HEADs in exotic cases such as a local branch name such as origin/my-branch which would be duplicate with remote=origin and name=my-branch. Added {BRANCH_ID} and {BRANCH_DISPLAY_NAME} magic vars to git action parameter parsing

• 69d19d2 Prevent (HEAD detached at [hash]) from showing up in branch listing

• 0822080 Change position of "Loading...". Now in status box instead above everything else. So no more vertical jumping after initial load

• 64edf8e Make all params in git commands required

v0.1.21 2024-10-04

fix bad release

v0.1.20 2024-10-03

• c85b4bb Add multi-diff viewer button to commit file changes (#83)
• 00dfc90 Fix missing display of merge commit lines in parallel branches (#106)
• 3136e36 Fix wrong positioning of branch birth lines. Now they properly start with their birth commit, not before. (#81)
• 39c7b7b Merge commit lines into the merge commit circle, not the line below (#81)
• acfe462 Fix the small subtle gaps in graph lines between all lines. The thickness is now constant
• d023633 Fix error when navigating to a file in deleted state (#109)
• c49060c Fix layout of commit changes icons
• 303ae55 Fix proper display of git error messages in two-step actions such as branch drop merge
• 111e325 Improve error message when the main LOG action fails (#108)

v0.1.19 2024-10-01

• 8ec690e Fix cryptic errors like ENOENT 'C:\c:\... on Windows. This happened when navigating files, as the "GitLG: Blame" command would not work anymore. Thanks to @GaryOma for ths fix

v0.1.18 2024-09-30

• ea9da60 Fix missing graph lines for some merge commits (#105, #106). In particular, if the first commit of said graph line has a branch tip to it and that branch id's name does not exactly match the subject of its merge commit.

v0.1.17 2024-09-30

• 234944a Fix bad positioning of loading message once the view has initialized
• 8d97dc4 Fix file commit file listing for commits that have no parent
• bb9856d Fix "Open file" from within commit file changes in multi-repo scenarios. Sometimes the wrong repo was assumed, leading to a wrong or non-found opened file path idk

v0.1.16 2024-09-29

• 794cf93 Rename the project to GitLG. Commented in #104
• Lots of internal code rework - removed preprocessors (no more CoffeeScript, SLM or Stylus), dependencies, error handling, refactoring, only thing remaining now is native web technologies + Vue.js. This should lower the barrier for making a PR.
• 86de101 Rework CONTRIBUTING.md
• 488ca68 Move ref tips from graph area to in front of commit subject This only shows in detached head state
• 5452998 Group local branch tip with its remotes into one bubble if they are on the same commit. Only if it's safe to do so, i.e. there are no tags or stashes with the same name. Two remotes without the local one also won't be grouped. Grouping can be deactivated by setting { "git-log--graph.group-branch-remotes": false }
• 5ca896b Set RefTip max-width to 350px, and make RefTips and subjects fully visible by hovering the graph visualization and the RefTips, respectively. In a future VSCode version, hovering the author name will also automatically work for revealing the full subject.
• 2ca9714 Set color of HEAD "branch" to #FFF
• 610b2fe Prevent shrinking of commit stats
• 08b094b Files diff list: Show plus or trash icon if file was added or deleted in commit, respectively
• c5b67fb Add missing file icons: powershell, rust, go
• dcb2464 Add small prompt text while the webview is loading
• d496b43 Commit Details: Show tag descriptions even if hide-sidebar-buttons is active
• 1cf38f0 Commit Details: Prevent color codes from appearing in tag name
• 3357ee7 Improve logging: timestamps
• 9edb92f Fix artificial 150 ms delay for main view
• c9edac2 Fix unnecessary horizontal scrollbar in main view
• 2db30f6 NPM Auto install in web folder
• f4c9d86 Change wording in paragraph about Git Graph extension

v0.1.15 2024-04-17

• f9eaec1 Update logo. Thanks @dimateos! (#860
• 3b58274 Add new default commit action: Edit message. Works also for older commits. Only works when your work tree is clean (no changed files). Only works when the selected commit is part of the current branch. Note: Deleting commit rewrites history and should be avoided if it was already pushed. (#87)
• 6a800e4 Add new default commit action: Delete commit. Same as above!
• eb724c8 Add new refresh command so that refreshing by shortcut is possible (#89)
• 865c413 Change git push / pull icons: Finally, they look like they should. This is the third change within a year or so, but Microsoft has now released official icons for it.
• 871c3e3 Change git stash icons: Same thing
• f0c71bc Add new setting "git-log--graph.details-panel-position": Decide where the commit details should appear when you click a row in the main view (#86)
• 23c3ca1 Add new tag action: Push
• 7c52ad1 Add new tag action: Delete (Remote) (#88)
• 4eb4612 Add new dynamic param value {DEFAULT_REMOTE_NAME} for optional usage in any command args
• 96d3208 Make git path configurable (#90)
• 2facbb3 Allow referencing params ($1 etc.) multiple times in args
• 0f50ba1 Allow specifying line breaks in params via \n. Probably only useful for the new editing commit messages feature
• d5a2d67 Allow multi-select of commits in Mac using Cmd instead of Ctrl (#79)
• a5e0cc0 Fix displaying of error "Params cannot contain quotes or backslashes". Didn't show before, just threw unexpectedly
• c316f7e Fix error when any git command fails with an empty message
• 8f7c816 Make parser more fault-tolerant. This can help with exotic custom log args
• 1b74535 Add --follow to file history so to also see renamed files
• fa400e3 Update codicon dependency to allow for newer icons in actions

v0.1.14 2024-02-24

• c4f8cba Add new "Show file history" button to files in commit details: This is a convenience function for adding -- "the-file.name" to the main log and clicking "execute". It doesn't stay permanently like that, just once, and after any other git action or clicking refresh, the full view is available again. It's not possible to do this via mouse click for any file, just those that are listed in a commit. For more exotic use cases, keep using the main log git input.
• 46f1292 Add new branch action button (dropdown / action button): "SHOW" (makes the main view only show commits that are relevant to the branch). This is a convenience function for adding branch-name to the main log. See "show file history"
• 757f139 Deterministic branch colors: so now no matter what you do, the color is fixed based on the name of the branch, not (seemingly) random anymore. Note: Certain branches like master or development continue to have a fixed one.
• 834c87b Show amount of changes after "Changes" in files diff view
• 3cd04b2 Fix opening the right repository in SCM menu (#42)
• ee4c920 Add "close" command and "toggle" command (#49)
• 019b5ea Show long/full hash in commit details and hash hover, and allow filtering/searching by it (#68)
• 8f2c4ea Blame action: Fix jumping to commit directly when main view is already open (#67)
• 09978f5 Allow searching for tags and stashes: You search for exactly what you also see in the interface, so for example to see all tags, you can search for tag: (#69)
• 5d38851 Add support for RegEx search: remembers state, and can be toggled via mouse or Alt+R. It would be nice to have the search widget look and behave exactly like VSCode's internal one, including reusing the overwritten keybindings, but too much effort for now
• 0537999 Allow for more flexible min/max width graph view resizing (#22)
• 5c0484b Enable search with F3 and fix search layout overflow (#50)
• 0ba9d21 Make side bar X close button visible again
• cf56983 Fix display of special characters / Chinese chars in file name listing in commit details view (#74)
• 0fa76d9 Fix display of empty commits (#73)
• 9b5115d Fix case sensitivity in search (#72)
• 99bea47 Fix file name display in git status section (#74)
• d50729e Prevent infinite output channel output and errors in dev tools when you click into the extension output pane
• a9e9abd 546d8d6 Improve error message handling and mostly actually show them in the first place, fix showing the messages in all expected ways (#66)
• 54c374e Improve error message and add fix instructions for when you have edited your main log args and it fails (or an update broke it unexpectedly) (#66)
• 010e48d Improve available list of colors a bit. Still not particularly great though...

v0.1.13 2023-12-01

• f8184f1 ff Change visualization logic: More smooth and curvy, and connection lines can now span multiple rows of git's original output. There are no more "empty" rows. The "curviness" is somewhat configurable with config curve-radius.
• 71e03df Add new expandable, interactive "History" area at the top left: Remembers your searches, commit clicks and run actions per repository.
• 6c9b0af Add new setting show-inferred-quick-branch-tips, default off. Shows branch tips of unavailable (deleted) branches in the dotted branch connection area above if they could be reconstructed based on their merge commit subject message.
• 7593cbe Fix Windows compatibility (?) (#63)
• fc1937a Make branch area resizable by drag/drop on the ● symbols. No longer adjust to the amount of branches present (8cc62bb) (#22).
• cc1238d Support git mailmap (#58)
• d2fa4b1 Display dates in local timezone. Can be customized by changing --date=iso-local to --date=iso in the main view log command config. It may be necessary to reset&save said log cmd field now or else the dates will look not as pretty (#54)
• 030de22 Make row height configurable
• dbac930 Fix hiding gitlab-style merge commits when "hide merge commits" setting is active
• b70cab3 Improve default icon for git stash and pop
• a144d11 Ignore [color] diff = always if set in user config. If this affected you (the extension just hadn't worked at all), you might have to click "Reset" and "Save" in the main view's configure box (log command). (#61)
• 58c709d Change "All Branches" button styling
• 22021ba Remember last selected commit when switching between repos of the same workspace

v0.1.12 2023-07-31

• 94e4805 Fix repeated invocations of auto-execute actions: they weren't auto-executing properly from the second time on
• 9ac2817 Prevent git actions (including main log view) from executing before its respective saved configuration has been loaded and applied (#48)
• 1b73ebe Prevent duplicate log execution at startup (#48)
• edf12fd Fix wrong selected repo at startup
• 8c54e93 Fix automatic repo selection when git submodules are involved (#42)
• 254c8fd Fix refreshing after stashing (#27)
• 6dfe240 Fix commit multi-select
• 995ab86 Add optional --simplify-by-decoration to git log (#22)
• 8efde3e Rename "Filter / Search" -> "Filter / Jump"
• 3a0d7cd Fix image links in extension description
• 8ca41b5 Move changelog into CHANGELOG.md (#28)
• e549b07 Attach built .vsix file to each future github release so you can also manually download them
• e4efa2a Don't throw errors for grafted branches that don't actually exist
• 5bd6be8 Skip unneeded source files inside /src

v0.1.11 2023-06-30

• 582ed6f Fix git blame line no (#47)

v0.1.10 2023-06-24

• 7c17b30 Fix icons (#41)
• 781e6da Fix git blame line if soft links are involved (#40)
• d955a87 Fix SCM menu submodule selection (#42)
• ecba6c8 Remove hover effect from empty lines (#43, #22)

v0.1.9 2023-06-21

• 59c407f Add git blame functionality. Shown in three places: status bar, as a new command, and as context menu in editor. Will open up the result of git blame on the currently selected line. (#40)
• 6dfe584 2179e1f Add new icon to open graph view from SCM view. Thanks to @lens0021
• 17bc0d7 Add "git-log--graph.hide-sidebar-buttons": true (#2)
• 79eb04c Make the styling for currently checked out branch a bit more subtle (#28)
• 1d59395 Move commit hash to the very end (#22)
• 8abde36 Add small "scroll to top" button (#36)
• 355b12e Show parent commits at bottom of commit details (#39)
• ad04152 Remember selected commit(s) from last time and re-focus on startup, and scroll to first selected commit automatically
• ac40792 Fix popup close button (#30)
• aba640f Reduce width of branches by 50% for very large repositories (many branches) (#22)
• c3cb6f3 Add options --no-ff and --squash to branch drop merge action
• e611d4b Fix rare case of missing branch tips (#22)
• 11a4674 Add a generous max-width to author field for cases where author name is insanely long (#22)
• a5c2e5a Improve author tooltip to show both name and email
• 852315c Ignore clicks on filler rows (#22)
• 056f249 Fix "merge branch commits" option. Didn't consider GH PRs
• 22aee98 For automatic scroll actions, scroll to middle instead of top
• 08d5c84 Fix rare error after removing a folder from workspace

v0.1.8 2023-06-13

v0.1.7 2023-06-13

• 40ca14b Files listing: optionally show as tree. Can be toggled by clicking the respective icon, just like in normal vscode scm view (#8)
• 04f7dcd Files listing: Add basic set of icons (#8)
• 4f04c78 Hide remote branches: New quick option in the Configure... section on top (#17, #18)
• 454be25 Hide merge commits: New quick option in the Configure... section on top (#17)
• 5c47b92 Add action.info action.option.info fields for documentation around commands and options. The default actions were populated with help texts from git help .... (#17)
• 63adec8 Custom CSS with new option git-log--graph.custom-css (#16)
• 415096f Ensure same color for same branch-name / origin/branch-name
• 55e0d46 Add buttons in the changed files section for "show rev" and "open file". Thanks to @lens0021
• cbe2c5a Fix branch visualization automatic width update (#10)
• c6521c5 Fix coloring for light high contrast themes
• 245115a Add branch action "Delete (Remote)" and move rebase before delete. "Delete (Remote)" is also shown for local branches out of simplicity (we don't discriminate between local branch actions and remote branch actions right now). Just like with Push/Pull, the remote name is inferred for both cases so it doesn't matter where you run it.
• 76c60e1 allow for old ascii visualization via setting
• 9588225 Fix "git-log--graph.folder" config setting
• ae939c0 Remove the shadow of all-branches button. Thanks to @lens0021
• bfe75f6 File diff list: more detailed tooltip popup (insertions/deletions)
• d345a32 Clear output on empty log return, such as when adding -- nonexisting/file to the end of the log command. So far, it was just ignored, falsely seeming to result in the same result as the previously executed one
• a1373cf Expose some objects as extension api (undocumented). If you want you can now build another extension that requires this one and exposes a git ... execute action on the currently selected repository.

v0.1.6 2023-05-21

• 588832e Light theme support (#13, PR #14) thanks to @lens0021
• 5d60bc8 Higher res logo
• d7b4d7e git push option --set-upstream default TRUE
• 901b2cf Log errors also into the dedicated output channel
• fa7b557 Fix pull/push on local branches, even if they don't have a remote configured yet. The most likely remote will be prefilled: remote name, tracking remote name or default remote.
• 1940cfa Color subject text of merge commits grey
• 112a67f Focus scroller on startup so immediate keyboard scrolling is possible

v0.1.5 2023-05-18

• c529816 Fix file diff views (#12)
• 656bb08 Fix context menus on branches on top of commit
• 7d2e568 Context menu (right click): run action on left mouse UP event, not just click (down+up), to align with how context menus typically work basically everywhere
• 75f7c66 Increase external change delay margin from 1500 ms to 4500 ms to hopefully stop unnecessary duplicate reloads from occurring for good
• b2174d0 Don't refresh on external index or work tree changes in case the repository is very big, this could lead to unnecessary loading times as we don't really show index/worktree changes except the little grey status text at the start and this is acceptable given we're talking about external changes only
• 9bd4fc7 Small visual bug: don't paint dotted vertical branch connection lines on top of / connecting to horizontal vis lines ____

0.1.4 2023-05-17

• 4ec22f1 Allow showing the interface in a side bar ("view") instead of as a tab ("editor") with new option git-log--graph.position (#11)
• 4ec22f1 New option git-log--graph.hide-quick-branch-tips should you dislike the dotted branch lines at the top
• ee797d7 Commit details: show file name before path (#8)
• a5cfa38 Detect new repos automatically as they are added, detect repos nested deeper than three folders, by depending on the (built-in) vscode.git extension
• a8c5397 Fix actions for branch pull/push: Now the remote is specified automatically and new options were added (the same as for merge)
• a5cfa38 Fixes detection of working tree changes or head moves e.g. on commit --amend (#9)
• 07a3b80 Auto-focus the command input in arg-less commands. In arg commands, args were already focussed. Now, it should always be possible to quick execute a command window by pressing return.
• 135f1fd Prevent multiple context menus at the same time (#10)
• 68bfb81 Options reordering
• a5cfa38 Add new verbose-logging option for message logging
• a5cfa38 Add new output channel for dedicated log output

0.1.3 2023-05-14

• 2912c4a Keep extension open on vscode restart - so just like any other "editor" (tab), it will keep its position, pin status etc. Not the scroll position within the view though, as it doesn't seem like a good idea (?)
• 0ab1161 Fix merging a remote branch: Falsely tried to merge the local counterpart instead
• d030697 Improve scroll snapping so it's less annoying (#7)
• 1d020d5 Make scroll snapping optional with new option git-log--graph.disable-scroll-snapping (#7)
• a7167ed Refresh main view on external changes, most notably when doing commits
• 9d09389 Force single instance: Switches to previously opened instance when attempting to open twice
• a91d226 Make selected commit side bar's hash selectable again
• 199da81 Start up slightly later to not slow initial vscode startup down
• 7d8214b Fix extension crash when folder loading took too long, and increase timeout for it from 200 to 2000ms
• da969db Folder detection fallback for when initial folder scan took too long (>2s)
• 09211a0 Fix error message prompt on git log error

0.1.2 2023-05-11

• 3024d97 Add status bar shortcut (#5), so now you can also click on the Git Log menu instead of running the command.
• bbbaa8f Fix diff view (was the wrong way left/right)
• a60712e Fix checkout of remote branches. Now just checks out the local branch name instead which in modern Git actually creates a new local tracking branch beforehand named after the remote one if it didn't exist. In other words, checkout origin/main now does a checkout main.
• ed873f4 Fix branch logic (coloring, searching etc) for when more than one branch is connected to a single commit
• 73d086d Fix closing the Selected Commit view by pressing the X button
• 12d73e0 Show loading animation while immediate actions load. So for example when you click "Fetch", you'll now see that something is happening when your network is slow and it's not possible to click it again while doing so.
• 9ad180b Move ref tags like branch tips a bit closer to their respective commit circle
• 883edd0 Bundle extension js with esbuild. This reduces final bundle size by about 80% (as it was in prior updates) as node_modules aren't shipped anymore

0.1.1 2023-05-02

• Fix extension startup

0.1.0 2023-05-02

• bff9e5c Windows support added thanks to @iamfraggle #4 🎉 (this was part of 0.0.5 already but not in changelog before)
• 6a9b422 New SVG-based graph visualization and large interface and style overhaul. Tell me if you miss the previous one, we can make stuff configurable if necessary. Sorry for breaking your work flow, but this should be the last major UI/UX update forever.
• 0a66679 Make branch and commit actions available via context menu too (right click)
• cda96c2 Add folder selection dropdown
• fb04477 Allow selecting multiple commits at once and add multi-commit actions
• b27a345 Show selected-commit (right bar) only when a commit was clicked, and option to close by clicking either the X button or again on the same commit or by pressing Escape
• e0f1efe Show status text when not scrolled down
• 1a8f4a7 Stable colors for master, main, development, develop, dev, stage and staging
• 7af64c8 Allow for drag/drop from/to all branch tips, regardless of where they are in the UI
• 823c720 Default actions: New: create tag, delete tag, pop stash, delete stash, branch stash move, merge commit, commits cherry-pick, commits revert. Change: pull/push from global to branches, change icons for stash and stash pop, merge branch add options --no-ff and --squash. New section: Tags, Commits (plural)
• 32a68b7 Make vscode config extend the default actions (global, branch etc.) instead of overwriting - so it's not necessary anymore to replicate all of them if you want to add a new one. Editing/removing default ones is not possible anymore now, this would require a new setting - seems pretty pointless though. You'll have to update your actions if this affects you.
• ade3b4b New setting for configurable graph width, by default now auto calculated width
• ade3b4b Detection of config change updates the UI immediately
• 9f5ebe2 Accept graph lines that do not end on a space
• c084983 Show "Loading..." while initialization
• 5724ab9 Hide the 'refs/stash' branch, it's useless
• 84a8949 Scroll to selected commit scroll pos by clicking the hash
• a2cc721 Show tag details (body) in selected commit view
• 9d49608 Base stash actions on STASH_NAME instead of COMMIT_HASH. You'll have to update your actions if this affects you
• cff03a1 Remove accidental permanent -u in git stash
• 7c55a51 Add search instructions if selected
• a0c61ca Fix git option migration bug
• 22419cb Make date/author-date/topo order a default option in git log
• 2593ecc Change magic word in log action from VSCode and stash_refs to {EXT_FORMAT} and {STASH_REFS}. You will need to reset and save your git log configuration if you have changed it.
• 03d5978 Git input: auto focus first param input

0.0.5 2023-01-16

• 9a2c177 Use vscode-codicons instead of unicode icons (#3)
• 9ca9296 Add default push and pull actions
• cbbd17c Add git rebase --abort to the abort action
• 9a821df Fix git reset args

0.0.4 2022-10-12

• 1496dac Many style improvements
• 1496dac Filter now includes branch name of commit

0.0.3 2022-09-17

• 8f9dfd4 Add drag/drop for branches. These actions are also configurable. By default there's merge and rebase.
• 90531ce Highlight the HEAD branch all the time
• 59b478d When scrolling to branch tip, also select the respective commit
• 8434cc4 In stash commits, show untracked change files too
• 836debd Add git reset --merge to the abort default action
• 8c55bc2 Enforce/overwrite dark theme on everything. Native dark/light theme support would be better, but the easiest way forward to fix any remaining color issues.
• 32e211a Make git conflict message detection locale independent (hopefully)
• 667fa11 Make the " (HEAD)" part clickable
• c861a8b Add a thin line below the nav bar in main view
• 25a54bf Action configuration: Apply replacements to title and description also

0.0.2 2022-06-05

• ac6ceee Set icon

0.0.1 2022-06-05