Highlight changed files in file tree within visual studio code

Question

The Atom editor highlights changed files when they are inside a Git repo like:

In visual studio code however I am unable to get the same behaviour. Does som

Answer 1

It is not implemented yet. But the user @karabaja4 made a HACK and posted it in the issue.

here is the HACK and his comment

I wrote a gulp task that should simplify the installation of the hack (VS Code 1.15 only).

git clone https://github.com/karabaja4/vscode-explorer-git-status.git cd vscode-explorer-git-status npm install gulp install # as root/administrator

P.S. Not tested on all platforms yet, would appreciate if someone would try it on OSX.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/178#issuecomment-322045333

Answer 2

Update October 24, 2017

It turns out the insider version of Visual Studio code now contains git status color in the file tree. The insiders version is available at https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/