Git status in File Explorer

[ozsay]

Similar to what atom provides in the project explorer:

1. New files are displayed green.
2. Modified are displayed yellow/orange.
3. Ignored files are displayed transparent-ish.

Thanks

[waderyan]

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[csinco]

Would be cool if this was exposed as an extension in some way. I worry that in some cases, the tree can be a bit polluted with color and look like a Christmas tree. Or if not, at least have the option to toggle it on and off.

[waderyan]

Yes I agree. I created a separate issue to have this exposed in extension API (see #1394).

[timc13]

+1

[0cv]

Would love that too. The Git tab is very handy but this is for another purpose - having colors like in Atom would be very complimentary to see at a glance what's changed and where (with the color propagating automatically up to the top directory). That's probably the feature I miss the most from Atom.

Usually, you don't have 10s or 100s of modified files uncommitted, so it's unlikely to look like a Christmas tree :)

[dend]

So it looks like the PR for this was closed. @bpasero @joaomoreno - any updates on the status of this work?

[JohhnyP]

Check this https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/pull/8462

[joaomoreno]

No updates...

[bpasero]

Thanks so much for your interest in this issue! It is currently assigned to the backlog. Every month we pick items from the backlog to plan for the current iteration. Please see https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Issue-Tracking#planning for more information.

Since we are a small team of developers, there is only so many feature requests and issues we can work on for one milestone. Nevertheless we always welcome pull requests and are happy to accept them if they meet our quality standards.

[leaxoy]

+1

[drew-r]

+1

[Diliz]

+1

[procterw]

+1

[cguilhermef]

+1

[liphvf]

+1

[djabif]

+1

[shh-machine-user]

+1

[davideuler]

+1

[feng-yilinsc]

+1

[13rac1]

Please stop writing +1. It emails everyone in the issue. Use the emoji reactions on the first comment.

[dmcclureagl]

+1

[ninahaack]

Hi, do you have any news about this feature-request? I started to use the vscode today and I'm already loving but I really miss the colors indicating the changes Congratulations for your work

[lsthye]

+1

[sir-marc]

While implementing this, please consider 206

[abdonrd]

I add some screenshots to help:

Atom default:

VSCode default:

[rahulv3a]

+1

[LuisPalacios]

+1

[joeblew99]

This would be very useful.

there is already the ability to modify the way files and icons are listed in the file tree. This extension does it https://github.com/robertohuertasm/vscode-icons.

It does not colour the file names however

[Sarfarazsajjad]

+1

[q13]

+1

[konalegi]

is there any changes? This feature stops me moving from Atom. :(

[chvndb]

I just moved away from Atom as performance feels much better in VSC. However, this is a luxury feature that I miss in VSC.

[nikitahl]

+1

[arkon]

I think it'd be nice to have this as a built-in setting (e.g. git.colorExplorer) instead of an extension.

[rahulv3a]

@arkon is there any such extension? I couldn't find any.

[bergwerf]

Most likely the file explorer does not have an API to modify it according to git changes. An extension would be fine for me.

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[arkon]

@rahulnever2far No, it was just a suggestion since it was previously suggested that it could be exposed as an extension API (which is okay too, I suppose).

[devalexua]

Recently decided to move on VSCode and I really miss this feature

[bhudgens]

Please add. Adds friction to productivity when trying to jump over from Atom.

[fredrikaverpil]

@KozhokarAlex @bhudgens and others: click the thumbs up icon in the first post to show the developers you are requesting this feature. They sort issues by thumbs up to determine which feature requests are the most popular ones.

As you can see from this kind of issues sorting, this issue is the 3rd most requested feature right now.

[axdyng]

Thumbs up. Recently came over from Atom..hope to see it in VSCode soon!

[tdegrunt]

Ah thanks @joaomoreno!

Please also add the same coloring/qit status to QuickOpen, not just FileExplorer. This way opening files can be visually filtered based on already changed files.

[SOSANA]

what is going on with this? why won't the maintainers merge @joaomoreno PR ? is there a plugin we can use now? this is just plan silly

[joaomoreno]

@SOSANA Not sure what you mean by PR, which PR are you referring to?

2824 opens the door to fix this one, so just be patient a bit more.

[wilomgfx]

@SOSANA thats an issue, not a PR 🤣

[hevans90]

+1 this feature would be amazing for productivity

[publiclass1]

+1

[bergwerf]

@publiclass1 @hevans90, ... (insert all other people who commented with +1) ..., PLEASE do not post comments about just how much you want this feature. This is what GitHub added the emoji reactions for. Just thumbs up the original comment. That way I can get back to using email notifications what they were intended for (keep updated about the progress of this issue, and not whoever in the world also wants this). Sorry everyone for also spamming you. I sincerely hope more people will learn to stop +1-ing issues.

[baetz-daniel]

+1

[Gold-Vibes]

I use PhpStorm But would rather use VS Code for everything. I currently use as many VS Code windows as I can. Can you please eventually have this coloring system as an option as I prefer/know the PhpStorm colors. For reference:

Black - Up to date - File is unchanged. Gray - Deleted - File is scheduled for deletion from the repository. Blue - Modified - File has changed since the last synchronization. Green - Added - File is scheduled for addition to the repository. Brown - Unknown - File exists locally, but is not in the repository, and is not scheduled for adding.

etc via https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/2016.3/file-status-highlights.html . You guys rock, Thank you.