By Paul Krill
The latest update of Visual Studio Code is previewing an alternative visualization of incoming and outgoing changes. The update also includes a new tool that enhances environment discovery for Python installations.
Introduced July 3, Visual Studio Code 1.91, also known as the June 2024 release of the editor, can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, and macOS at code.visualstudio.com.
The experimental incoming/outgoing changes graph provides a graph view of the current branch, the current branch’s upstream branch, and an optional base branch. The root of the graph is the common ancestor of these branches. Users can enable the new visualization with the scm.experimental.showHistoryGraph setting.
For Python developers, Visual Studio Code 1.91 introduces a new tool, python-environment-tools, that speeds up the detection of global Python installations and Python virtual environments. The tool uses Rust to ensure a rapid and accurate discovery process. This enhancement, currently being tested, is part of an ongoing effort to optimize the performance and efficiency of Python support in VS Code, Microsoft said.
Visual Studio Code 1.91 follows last month’s Visual Studio Code 1.90, which featured multiple tabs selection. Other features of VS Code 1.91 include:
