A minimalist, SourceTree-style git history view that lives in a single VS Code tab. Built for setups where you can't run a standalone git GUI but can use VS Code.

Open it from the Command Palette → “Open Git Overview”.

What it shows

One tab, three panes:

Top — commit history. Every commit across all branches, with a colored branch graph, ref badges (branch / remote / tag / HEAD), the subject, author, and relative date. Click a commit, then use ↑ / ↓ (and Home / End) to walk the history.
Bottom-left — changed files + commit details. Two stacked rows:
- Top: the files a commit changed, with add / modify / delete / rename markers. Click a file, then use ↑ / ↓ (and Home / End) to walk through the diffs.
- Bottom: the selected commit's full hash, author, date, and message.
Bottom-right — the diff. Click a file to see its changed lines as a unified diff.

Every divider is draggable — resize the history, the file list vs. commit details, and the left column vs. the diff.

How branches are shown

Git doesn’t record which branch a commit was “made on” — a commit only knows its parents, and branches are just movable labels. So, like every git GUI, Git Overview shows branch context two ways:

Ref badges — the actual branch, remote, and tag names that currently point at a commit (the checked-out branch is highlighted).
The graph — colored lanes that let you visually trace which line of development a commit belongs to, including forks and merges.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`gitOverview.commitBatchSize`	`200`	Commits loaded per page; Load more fetches another batch.
`gitOverview.includeRemoteBranches`	`true`	Include remote-tracking branches (`origin/*`). Off = local branches and tags only.