[GIT integration]: tag support

[cartu38]

As part of today Theia GIT source control GUI integration I'm not able to find a way to perform tag managment.
Is git tag <tag name> supported a way or another ?

[msujew]

@cartu38 As far as I know, there is no dedicated tag support in the @theia/git package.

The package is effectively in maintenance mode and isn't actively being developed. You can use the vscode.git and vscode.git-base plugins instead.

[cartu38]

@msujew Thanks yes works for me adding pointed VSCode extension !
Just for my understanding is @theia/git must have anyway to enable vscode.git and vscode.git-base plugins usage or we could get rid of ?

[msujew]

@cartu38 @theia/scm is necessary for plugin support, whereas @theia/git predates vscode extension support. Like I said, it's deprecated.

[cartu38]

Update: Works like a charm relying on vscode extensions but I've lost git history feature which was part of theia plugin. Any advice here ?
Thanks

[vince-fugnitto]

...but I've lost git history feature which was part of theia plugin. Any advice here ?

@cartu38 the "git history" functionality is contributed by @theia/scm-extra and it should be removed if you move towards the git builtin plugin. Instead, you can make use of the timeline functionality, and/or use plugins which provide additional git functionality.

Here is the timeline view in effect (contributed to the explorer):