Pull Requests / Commit Message

[janperner-ubnt]

Feature Request

When viewing a pull request's commits in the Pull Requests tree view, each commit currently shows:

• Label: commit message
• Description: relative date (e.g. "2 months ago")

I'd like an option to include the short SHA (e.g. a1b2c3d) in the commit display, for example:

• a1b2c3d commit message as the label, or
• short SHA as the description (instead of or in addition to the relative date)

Use Case

When reviewing PRs with many commits, the SHA is essential for cross-referencing with git log, cherry-picking, or discussing specific commits with teammates. Currently I have to hover or expand each commit to find its SHA.

Suggestion

A setting like githubPullRequests.commitLabel with options such as:

• message (current behavior, default)
• sha-message (e.g. a1b2c3d commit message)

Or alternatively, add the short SHA to the description field alongside the relative date (e.g. a1b2c3d · 2 months ago).

The relevant code is in src/view/treeNodes/commitNode.ts:

this.label = commit.commit.message;
this.description = commit.commit.author?.date ? dateFromNow(commit.commit.author.date) : undefined;