Git Blame in the Web IDE

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Problem to solve

When user are working on files in a project, it can be useful to see the commit history of lines in the file and the various users who contributed past changes.

Further details

Git has a useful construct for this git blame and GitLab has this implemented in the repository view of the UI (example)

Proposal

Support for git blame should be added inside of the Web IDE. This should be a toggle-able setting so that it can be turned on/off while working.

Links / references

• VS Code Extension: https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/tree/master/#current-line-blame-
• Demo of VS Code Extension: https://egghead.io/lessons/git-get-git-blame-insights-directly-in-vs-code-using-gitlens