How can I view the Git history for a folder, in Visual Studio Code?

Question

Visual Studio Code provides multiple ways to view git history for a file, but there seems to be no way to see the git history for a folder.

VS Code has the new "Timeline view", introduced in March 2020, but it only supports git history for a file, not a folder.

• Timeline support for folders · Issue #95332 · microsoft/vscode
• Visual Studio Code March 2020 - Timeline view
• Version Control in Visual Studio Code - Timeline view

Answer 1

Have a look at the recent GitLens version (11.4.0, released on 2021-04-08) : https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

This VSCode extension has just introduced a way to display the git history of a folder. Right click on a folder in the file explorer tree, select Open Folder History and you should then see the expected log in a dedicated view.