Vscode Gitlens: v12.0.0 Release

Added

• Adds (preview) VS Code for Web support!
  • Get the power and insights of GitLens for any GitHub repository directly in your browser on vscode.dev or github.dev

• Introducing Premium Features — learn about premium features

  • Access to premium features requires a free account for public repos and a paid account for private repos. All non-premium features will continue to be free without an account, so you won't lose access to any of the GitLens features you know and love.
  • Visual File History — a visual way to analyze and explore changes to a file
  • The Visual File History allows you to quickly see the evolution of a file, including when changes were made, how large they were, and who made them

  - Worktrees — allow multiple branches to be checked-out at once - Worktrees allow you to easily work on different branches of a repository simultaneously. You can create multiple working trees, each of which can be opened in individual windows or all together in a single workspace

  

• Adds a new GitLens Home view — see welcome content, help resource, and subscription information

• Adds a Get Started with GitLens walkthrough to introduce new (and existing) users to many of the powerful features of GitLens — try it via GitLens: Get Started from the Command Palette

• Adds a new Autolinked Issues and Pull Requests node to comparisons to list autolinked issues in commit messages and associated pull requests

  • Now you can quickly see all the issues fixed in a release and more
  • Currently only supported for connected GitHub remote providers

• Adds the ability to choose a stash when opening or comparing file revisions, via the Open Changes with Revision... & Open File at Revision... commands

• Adds improved hover information, including status and color-coding, shown on pull requests in the GitLens views

• Adds a gitlens.codeLens.dateFormat setting to specify how to format absolute dates in the Git CodeLens

• Adds an easier method to choose a specific commit to the Git Command Palette's merge & rebase commands

• Adds a new commit format token: ${link}

Changed

• Completely refactors the internals of GitLens into a new flexible Git provider model to allow GitLens to work on the web and in virtual environments like vscode.dev and github.dev
• Improves the user experience of the commit details and file details quick pick menus
  • Commands are now grouped and easier to understand and access — thanks to Tyler Leonhardt (@tylerLeonhardt) on the VS Code team for the quick pick API additions
• Improves performance and reduces latency across many workflows
• Improves startup performance on previously opened workspaces by remembering details from the last time the workspace was opened
• Improves performance of the all GitLens webviews, most noticeable on the GitLens settings editor
• Improves GitLens view refreshing when folders are added or removed from a workspace
• Changes the icon of the Open Changes action on the hovers to be clearer
• Changes footnotes in hovers to be above the command bar rather than below
• Reworks many internal Git parsers to reduce memory usage and improve performance

Fixed

• Fixes #1818 - Ambiguous error message on GitHub authentication errors
• Fixes #1645 - Possible catastrophic backtracking with large inputs
• Fixes #1506 - Annoying Github login request
• Fixes #1735 - "gitlens.hovers.detailsMarkdownFormat" edit error
• Fixes #1745 - autolinks.url encodes hash char
• Fixes #1572 - Forced regular expression search in changes
• Fixes #1473 - Support VSCodium in interactive rebase editor
• Fixes #1699 - Exception has occurred: RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]
• Fixes #1601 - Add a better time sample in "Dates & Times" setting
• Fixes performance issue with the rich hover on the status bar blame
• Fixes cross repository branch switching via the Git Command Palette
• Fixes an issue with TOC entries in the VS Code settings editor
• Fixes issues using quotes when searching for commits in certain scenarios
• Fixes issues when revealing items in GitLens views the item wouldn't get selected properly
• Fixes issues with retries on Git Command Palette command steps
• Fixes code splitting issue where GitHub support wasn't split out of the main bundle for better loading performance
• Fixes issue with quotes and commit search
• Fixes a leaked disposable on cancellable promises