Git History installs statistics
By Don Jayamanne (7 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
View git log, file history, compare branches or commits
Git History has 17,426,411 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #65 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.44 / 5 from 179 ratings
About Git History
Git History, Search and More (including git log)
- View and search git log along with the graph and details.
- View a previous copy of the file.
- View and search the history
- View the history of one or all branches (git log)
- View the history of a file
- View the history of a line in a file (Git Blame).
- View the history of an author
- Compare:
- Compare branches
- Compare commits
- Compare files across commits
- Miscellaneous features:
- Github avatars
- Cherry-picking commits
- Create Tag
- Create Branch
- Reset commit (soft and hard)
- Reverting commits
- Create branches from a commits
- View commit information in a treeview (snapshot of all changes)
- Merge and rebase
Open the file to view the history, and then Press F1 and select/type "Git: View History", "Git: View File History" or "Git: View Line History".
Available Commands
- View Git History (git log) (git.viewHistory)
- View File History (git.viewFileHistory)
- View Line History (git.viewLineHistory)
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can add keyboard short cuts for the above commands by following the directions on the website customization documentation.
NOTE: The file for which the history is to be viewed, must already be opened.




Source
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License
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- git
- keybindings
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
Ratings over time
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Listing placement
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Recent observations
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.