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Overview

GitLens: Enhanced Git for Modern IDEs

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Bring GitLens into Trae and get advanced Git insights, commit exploration, and GitKraken AI tools right inside Trae’s AI IDE.

 
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The commit graph in GitLens is the best git GUI by far.

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GitLens can literally make anyone feel like a git expert

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GitLens adds so many features that it feels like it was shipped with my IDE!

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Your Git Command Center

GitLens Home View answers critical questions at a glance: What am I working on now? What’s next in my queue? What have I shipped recently? Seamlessly integrated with GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket–manage branches, issues, and PRs without leaving your editor. No context switching, just more coding.

GitLens Home View in Trae showing current work item and integrations panel with GitHub and Google Gemini 2.0 Flash (Experimental) connected, alongside a CHANGELOG.md file open in the editor.

Accelerate Your Workflow with GitKraken AI

GitKraken AI is included with GitLens Pro, automating the repetitive parts of your Git workflow so you can focus on what matters most – writing great code. With GitLens Pro, you’ll receive weekly token allocations to power these AI-driven features:

  • Generate Commit and Stash Messages – Generate precise, descriptive commit or stash messages tailored to your code changes (Pro)
  • Explain Commits – Decode complex commits with generated explanations of intent and impact (Pro)
  • Open Pull Requests – Generate clear PR titles and descriptions directly from your branch changes, speeding up review cycles.
  • Generate Changelogs – Effortlessly summarize repository changes for release notes or documentation updates. (Advanced)
  • AI Pull Request Creation – Open PRs with auto-generated titles and descriptions that actually explain your changes (Advanced)
  • Commit Composer – An early preview feature that uses AI to help organize your Git commits into clear, logical stories. (Preview)


Choose Your AI Engine Use Copilot (if installed), GitKraken AI, or your own custom provider.

GitLens Home View in Trae showing current work item on the “aifeatures” branch with recent activity. Includes AI features icon and “Compose Commits” button, highlighting GitKraken AI commit automation tools.

Visual Repository Intelligence

Commit Graph: Interactive Repository History

Navigate complex repositories with a visual, color-coded commit timeline. Instantly understand branch relationships, authorship patterns, and commit sequences. Select multiple commits to batch operations like cherry-picking or generate AI-powered changelogs, commits, stashes and more.

Trae showing GitLens Commit Graph with multiple branches, commits, and avatars of contributors. The graph is color-coded, with commit messages, authors, and change stats in a timeline. The UI highlights features like branch relationships, authorship, and commit sequences for the “aifeatures” branch.

Inline Blame: Understand the "Why" Behind Every Line

See who changed a line, when, and why without leaving your editor. Hover over blame annotations to:

  • View previous file revisions
  • Open related Pull Requests
  • Jump to commits in the Commit Graph
  • Compare with previous version
Trae with GitLens Inline Blame feature enabled, showing a tooltip for a line in a TypeScript file. The blame annotation displays contributor Ramin Tadayon’s commit details, date (April 30th, 2025), PR link (#4270), and commit message explaining the addition of an OpenAI-compatible provider.

Accelerate Collaboration

Launchpad: Your PR & Issue Hub

Organize tasks by status to identify bottlenecks and prioritize critical work. Group pull requests and issues across multiple repositories for a unified view of your development pipeline.

GitLens Launchpad panel in Trae displaying organized pull requests grouped by status: Pinned, Blocked, Requires Follow-Up, and Needs Your Review, with timestamps, authors, and PR titles across repositories.

Cloud Patches: Share Code Pre-PR

Share WIP code without cluttering your repository with branches or commits. Make your work accessible anytime, anywhere – ensuring team momentum across locations and time zones.

GitLens Cloud Patch interface showing contributors, editable patch title and description, with an option to create a cloud patch for sharing code updates before submitting a pull request.

Multi-Repository Management

Multi-Repository Management

Group and manage all your repositories in a single, consolidated view. Track branch status, issues, and PRs across projects. No more tab overload.

GitLens Cloud Workspaces panel displaying multiple repositories with synced branch and commit status, enabling centralized multi-repo management.

Worktrees: Eliminate Branch-Switching Friction

Work on multiple branches at once. Check out features, fix bugs, and review PRs, all without context-switching between branches.

GitLens Worktrees panel showing the aifeatures branch with uncommitted changes and recent commits. Enables simultaneous work across branches without switching contexts.

Seamless Integration

Stay in the Flow

Access Git insights without leaving your IDE. Visual History lets you track file, folder and even repo evolution — from first commit to present. All within your IDE.

A GitLens Visual History chart in Trae showing contributor activity over time for CHANGELOG.md in the aifeatures branch. Each colored bubble represents a contributor (e.g., Keith Daulton, Eric Amodio), sized by commit impact. A bar chart below shows lines changed per commit.

Cross-Platform Issue Tracking

Automatically link issues and PRs across GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jira, and Bitbucket. Create custom autolinks for other systems like Gitea and Gerrit.

GitLens integrations panel showing connected services (GitHub and Jira Cloud) and additional available integrations like GitLab, Azure DevOps, Trello, Bitbucket, and Linear, with user profile and connection status.

GitLens Community vs Pro

The Community version delivers powerful Git enhancements that transform your IDE experience. For developers seeking to accelerate their workflow, GitLens Pro unlocks full access to the Commit Graph, Worktrees, and Visual History and provides additional AI-powered capabilities to streamline your entire development process.

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