# DonJayamanne/gitHistoryVSCode

Git History for Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/gitHistoryVSCode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/githistoryvscode
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-14T19:41:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3907, "days_push": 749, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1054, forks 170 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.048936+00:00)

## What it is
A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a graphical view of git history, including git log with graph, file and line history (blame), and comparisons between branches and commits. It also supports common git operations such as cherry-picking, branching, tagging, resetting, reverting, merging, and rebasing.

## Use cases
- view git log with a graph in vscode
- see the history of changes to a file
- git blame for a specific line
- compare two commits or branches
- cherry-pick commits from a ui
- find commits by author or search message

## When to choose
- you use vs code and want visual git history and blame without leaving the editor
- you need to compare branches or commits side by side
- you prefer ui-based cherry-pick, revert, reset, and branch operations

## When to avoid
- you work outside vs code or use another editor
- you only need terminal git log and are comfortable with the cli
- you need advanced git GUI features beyond history viewing and basic operations

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: version-control, developer-tools, search-engine
- domain: version-control, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: git, vscode-extension, git-log, git-blame, diff, cherry-pick, command-line

## Member repositories
- DonJayamanne/gitHistoryVSCode (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.048936+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:58:44.122881+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DonJayamanne/gitHistoryVSCode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.048936+00:00, sha 6203baac6521)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory (fetched 2026-08-29T13:00:28.526359+00:00, sha 2adc2a1c23ee)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings (fetched 2026-08-29T13:00:28.535603+00:00, sha 083c13520828)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.