Move GitLens to "Source Control" activity

[ADTC]

Right now, GitLens is in the Explorer panel (Ctrl-Shift-E). I would like it to be in the Source Control panel (Ctrl-Shift-G). It makes more sense to be there, and I want the Explorer panel to just be focused on exploring (I even disabled the Open Editors view).

I don't know if VSCode API allows this. I hope so... (Edit: I think it should be possible: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/api-scm )

[eamodio]

Sadly this isn't yet possible, see microsoft/vscode#28662. Although once it is possible you bet there will be an option at least to put it there -- because that's exactly where I want it too :)

But until that changes there is nothing GitLens can do, so I'm going to close this until that changes.

[ADTC]

OK. I think maybe there's a chance someday extensions could have their own activity (adding a new icon in the Activity Bar).

Discussions ongoing: microsoft/vscode#1833

[eamodio]

Yeah, hopefully so -- and when it's available you can be sure I'll add support :)

[jens1o]

I'd also like to see this happen :)

[tonypee]

It might also be useful to be able to dock to the bottom panel (not side), as i often find that when i want to browse commits, or file changes, i need to widen the side panel greatly, then to view the diff, the rhs is squished.
I use a veritcal monitor setup which definitely doesnt help this - but just a thought

[eamodio]

@tonypee unfortunately GitLens is positioned in the only location allowed by the vscode api currently. When what is allowed changes, I will definitely be open to exploring alternatives.

[ghost]

@tonypee Join the club and watch this related issue on the VSCode repo:
microsoft/vscode#43645

[ADTC]

Reopen! This is now possible, with the latest release. See the related issue linked by ghost above for details. (GitLens could have its own icon in the activity bar. OR it can move to the Source Control view container).

See also, VSCode release notes 1.23.0

[eamodio]

@ADTC This is coming in the next release

[ADTC]

Will be nice to know how you're choosing to do it. Is it going to be added to Source Control or is it going to be a standalone activity with GitLens icon? Perhaps this could be a user config with Source Control being the default. I think light users wouldn't mind but power users may want to change it to a standalone activity.

Thank you so much for maintaining this!

[eamodio]

My plan is to move GitLens into the SCM activity. I originally thought that I could make it a user choice (SCM vs GitLens' own activity), but currently that really isn't possible with the provided apis/structures.

Hopefully moving to the SCM view is an acceptable compromise.

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