Sidebar Overview

Click the camera icon in the activity bar to open the AVC panel. Everything you need is one or two clicks away.

Anatomy

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AVC SNAPSHOTS            [+ ↻ ⑂ ⌕ ⋔ ⇄ ⏱ ↗]  │  ← header buttons
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▼ Today (3)                                  │  ← calendar-grouped
│   ▶ Auto-snapshot     4/19/2026 12:09 AM    │  ← snapshot (expand for actions)
│   ▶ Manual baseline   4/19/2026 12:08 AM    │
│ ▶ Yesterday (1)                              │
│ ▶ This Week (5)                              │
│ ▶ This Month (7)                             │
│ ▶ Older (12)                                 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ⟲ AVC: 21 snapshots    ⑂ main    ± +0 ~2 -0

Header buttons

The view title bar carries eight buttons, left to right. Each uses a VSCode codicon (shown below by name).

Button	Codicon	Command	What it does
Save Snapshot	`add`	`avc.saveSnapshot`	Prompt for label and notes, create a snapshot
Refresh	`refresh`	`avc.refreshSnapshots`	Reload the snapshot list and SCM stats
Create Branch	`git-branch-create`	`avc.createBranch`	Create a new branch from the current state
Filter	`search`	`avc.filterSnapshots`	Multi-step filter by Agent / Type / Branch
Merge Branch	`git-merge`	`avc.mergeBranch`	Merge a branch into main (conflicts checked first)
Compare Two	`diff`	`avc.compareTwoSnapshots`	Pick any two snapshots to diff
Timeline	`graph-line`	`avc.showTimeline`	Open the visual timeline webview
Open Workspace	`link-external`	`avc.openWorkspace`	Open the active branch’s workspace in a new window

Date grouping

Snapshots bucket by date into Today / Yesterday / This Week / This Month / Older (each group carries a calendar icon). Groups start collapsed; click any header to expand. The number next to each group is its snapshot count.

Status bar (bottom-left)

Three items, in this order:

Item	Codicon	Click action
`AVC: N snapshots`	`history`	Refresh the snapshot list
`<branch>`	`git-branch`	QuickPick to switch branches
`+A ~M -D`	`diff`	Open the diff vs the latest snapshot — only shown when the working tree has changes