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Git: Support to compare with arbitrary commit instead of the current HEAD

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Currently numerous places (explorer, gutters, etc.) will display changes since the last commit. I believe it would be useful to allow to show the same annotations but related to a different branch or tag. I am currently working on a large pull request and find myself constantly running git diff master in a console.

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Created 6 years ago
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lolmauscommented, Oct 23, 2018

Hi! I’ve requested the same feature in #61610, where I was pointed at this one. So happy to know that I’m not alone!

Providing my feature request below.

VS Code highlights changed lines against head branch, just like any other IDE does. This means that you can see only uncommitted edits.

I am typically working on a feature for several days. At the end of every day I need to commit my work in order to report my progress and back it up.

After I commit, I no longer see edits that I’m introducing with the given feature.

I want changed lines to stay highlighted even after I commit. This could be achieved by letting users select a branch to compare against (head by default).

As a workaround, I’m using GitLens feature Compare Ancestry with Working Tree against the dev branch. This works, but it is a very elaborate action, and it shows results in a separate window. I want changes to be highlighted inline as I work on files.

Thank you for your attention. 🙇

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morningmonicommented, Nov 29, 2022

Is there any update on this feature?

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