Git: diff popup - compare changes to other git refs

[moniuch]

I'll be talking about these Git Changes ribbon in the gutter next to the line numbers:

These ribbons show the difference between the current file state and HEAD. Which is great, what I need most of the time, however sometimes, when your work is taking much longer than usual, you might lose the account of what this line looked like on master/main before you touched it. So I was thinking - would this be possible to add a dropdown in the header of this popup, to select other git ref to compare to:

• MERGE_BASE (the commit where you branched off)
• other branches (esp. the protected ones listed at the top)

...and remember this choice globally.

Of course, as a workaround, you can just go and browse your repo, but it'd be great I think to be able to do that diffing within IDE.

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[alexandruavadanii]

Related (and might depend on): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/196759