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Git - blame date formatting

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#240,861 opened on Feb 15, 2025

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Description

Hi, thanks for introducing blame in the editor, it's one step closer to replacing gitlens.

Currently, there's no way to change date format from the default M-D-YYYY:

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It would be nice if a configuration option was added for it so that users can specify whatever format they want. Or maybe it could use git blame.dateFormat config.

Thanks!

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Research direction
Implement a new VS Code setting 'git.blame.dateFormat' and use it to format dates in blame annotations. Optionally read git config blame.dateFormat as fallback.
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typescript
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2
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