GitLens Tips | 11 Tips for Using GitLens in VS Code

Learn how to leverage features in the most popular Git extension for VS Code, like GitLens blame annotations, and more, as well as GitLens+ feature: Visual File History.

Use chapters to quickly skip ahead:
0:00 Welcome to GitLens Tips
0:10 Customize GitLens UI
0:54 GitLens Blame Annotations
1:40 3 GitLens File Annotations: File Blame, File Heatmap, File Changes
2:37 View Revisions with Alt-Click
3:15 Reorder Sidebar Views
3:36 Keyboard Shortcuts
4:29 Search and Compare Results Between Restarts
5:21 Command Palette for GitLens
6:00 Using Git Refs in the VS Code Terminal
7:00 Visual File History (*GitLens+ Feature)

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[glennmiller]

I have both gitlens and gitkraken subscriptions. There is so much to learn. This was great to focus on critical features of gitlens. I was, by the way, a Tower user before I discovered your products.

[RenatoRegalado]

Is there a way to keep the "toggle file changes" on as i'm working? When I edit the file it automatically toggles off

[davidrosenblum]

It has so many options that it is easier to learn git than it is to learn gitlens and if you know git well you don't need gitlens anymore.