I Built a VS Code Extension That Shows What Changed Since Your Last Save (No Git Needed)

| SavePoint Diff adds live gutter markers and a Source Control panel for your unsaved edits, in any folder, Git repo or not.

Open a file in VS Code inside a Git repo and you get those handy colored bars in the gutter. Green for added, blue for modified, red for deleted.

Now open a scratch script, a config folder, or a project you never ran git init on. Nothing. You're editing blind.

That's why I built SavePoint Diff.

What it does

It shows what you've changed since your last save, live, on every keystroke:

• 🟢 Green = added lines
• 🔵 Blue = modified lines
• 🔴 Red = deleted-line markers

It also adds a SavePoint Diff entry to the Source Control panel listing every open file with unsaved changes, with a Save All button at the top and a save icon per file. Click any file and VS Code's native split diff opens: last-saved version on the left, your live editable buffer on the right.

No setup

• No .git folder required
• No network access
• No account, no telemetry, no external services

Install it, open a file, start typing. Markers appear immediately and clear the moment you save.

Other bits I'm happy with

• "M" badges on changed files in the Explorer and on editor tabs
• Per-change revert: hover a gutter marker and click "↺ Revert this change"
• Live status bar tally: SavePoint: ON +12 ~4 -2

Try it

ext install StayElite.StayElite-Savepoint-Diff

Paste that into Quick Open (Ctrl+P), or grab it from the Marketplace. It's MIT licensed and the source is on GitHub.

If you try it, I'd love to hear what's missing. Issues and ideas are very welcome.