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Dev tools · February 26, 2020

Magit for VSCode (Alpha)

Extension for Visual Studio Code - Magit for Visual Studio Code

Magit for VSCode (Alpha) launched on February 26, 2020 with 62 votes, #598 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

Magit for VSCode is an extension that brings Git functionality to Visual Studio Code. It is designed for developers who want to manage version control directly within their editor. The extension provides Git operations through an interface adapted from the popular Magit tool for Emacs, allowing users to stage changes, commit code, and perform other Git tasks without leaving VSCode.

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From the sources

> Magit in VSCode Command palette will show you all available Magit actions from where you are. When used in a monorepo, you need to make sure that the subdirectory can detect the parent's .git . All edamagit keybindings are customizable using VSCode's built-in keybindings.json . Below are bindings providing evil-magit / spacemacs like keybindings. The negative bindings, e.g. -magit.discard-at-point for key k , remove the default edamagit bindings and the collisions with the Vim extension. Open your keybindings.json and paste the following JSONfrom marketplace.visualstudio.com

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