Timeline support for folders

[anthonyvdotbe]

The timeline should support folders as well: the timeline of a file X is equivalent to gitk -- X, and the timeline of a folder X should be equivalent to gitk -- X.

[vscodebot]

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Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Open Timeline Explorer command says "No timeline information was provided." (#94108)
• Timeline providers that don't need URI's should be able to render on empty workbench (#94303)
• Explore adding support for a file history (or file timeline) view (#84297)
• [Feature Request] Can we also have Timeline from the Explorer view be shown in the Git view? (#94795)
• Contribution point for timeline provider (#94151)

[tareqdayya]

bump, this is super useful if you git revert a repo by mistake. You can just go to your src directory and revert to the most recent folder change.

[JalinWang]

+1 for this.
Since we already have timeline for individual files, folder timeline could build upon it.
Like something filter all the resources in the entry.json? I know the issue is oversimplified by me and there definitely are many intricate details such as dealing with file deletion operations? Appreciate for this 💕

[Chealer]

Thank you very much for this report. It would help if you could add the terms "local history" and "directory" in the title. I suggest:

Timeline cannot show the local history of whole folders (directories)