GitLens 16: Evolving the Developer Experience with New Home View, Smart Workflows, and Enhanced Git Navigation

GitLens 16 is a major VS Code update focused on improving Git workflows through enhanced code history, pull request management, and collaboration tools. Key additions include Commit Graph filtering for locating relevant commits, Launchpad search for finding pull requests by title, number, or URL, and expanded support for worktrees, Cloud Patches, and Code Suggest. A redesigned Home View centralizes the current repository, branch, related pull requests, review priorities, recent work, and shortcuts for resuming tasks, while the new Start Work workflow creates branches or worktrees manually or from issues, including Jira for Pro users. The Source Control interface now groups GitLens views such as commits, branches, remotes, stashes, tags, worktrees, and contributors into a customizable unified section. GitLens has also renamed its free tier to Community and extended the Pro trial from seven to 14 days, offering more time to evaluate advanced features for private repositories.

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