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The best VS Code extensions to supercharge Git (yes, there’s more than GitLens!)

Jamie Swift on July 06, 2021

Yes, I know, we should all be terminal ninjas, memorising every git command yadda yadda. Or, like the caveman, we could put two sticks together (or...
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Rodrigo Pombo

Have you tried Git File History?
demo

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Klim

Looks awesome! Already installing!

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Jamie Swift

Look interesting, will check it out! Thanks!

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Karl Fischer

Wow!

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tq-bit

Love the meme in the end. 2 years into more serious coding and the first attempt is usually still incorrect

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Jamie Swift

Haha, happens to everyone!

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Abdelkoddous

I love Git Graph.. but git lens is more useful when searching for a specific commit, like from blame or file history. I only wish there was a way to open a commit from git lens into git Graph.. or maybe git graph could open a commit given its hash

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Talha Altınel

Love the meme at the end :D but you forgot to include this one which I somehow installed it a year ago. Not sure if anyone uses it including me :D

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Victor Eke

What a wonderful read, absolutely amazing article. I see git graph becoming popular as well.

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Jamie Swift

I appreciate the kind words. Thank you!

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Jamie Swift

Thanks, Eke!

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Marflage

Thank you so much for compiling this list. These surely will boost things up.

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Jamie Swift

Thank you and good luck!

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KUMAR HARSH

I saw one of my online instructors use supercool git features in vs code and forever wanted them, thanks for this article.

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Jamie Swift

Happy to hear that! Thanks for the feedback, Kumar :)

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Gleisser

I loved the Git Graph it was exactly what I was looking for

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Jamie Swift

Awesome! I am glad you find the article useful!

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Mario Golik

Git Graph 😎💪
Very helpful and easy to use. A must have!

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Andrew Keats

Some great Git based productivity tools! Love these!

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Jamie Swift • Edited

Thanks Andrew, appreciate that!

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FriedrichCoen

Love the innovation around git workflows

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Jamie Swift

Thanks, Fred!

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Ben Martin

Magit! Really great productivity tool. Great for intentionally staging work, including line-by-line:

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Jamie Swift

Thanks for the suggestion, Ben!

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SardiusJay

Nice one, thanks for the update

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Carl Walsh

Tree compare against origin is great! I have gitlens, and it's already either a feature of that or built-in to vscode? I have to click refresh occasionally though; I wish it updated live.

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codeOfArmz

new to vscode. is there any extension to help with partial commits (-p) and rebase -i?