There is a single Git extension that I would recommend for VSC: look for GitLens (also called Git Supercharged) and install it. This extension provides access to practically all Git information.

Take a look at the following screenshot:

Among other features, GitLens provides the following:

• A lens, to show recent commit and author information
• An explorer, to browse repositories and file histories
• A blame annotation, to show who made the last change to a line, as with git blame
• The ability to search for commits in different ways, and much more

For more detailed information, see http://gitlens.amod.io/. Pay particular attention to customization at https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/#configuration, because most features can be twiddled to better suit your work style. You can access them through the standard Settings page (look for all configuration items whose names start with GitLens), or by opening the Command Palette and looking for GitLens: Open Settings, which will open a special setup screen as seen in the following screenshot:

Now that we have a development environment set up, and we have chosen and installed a minimum set of tools, let's go further and add some optional, but highly recommended, additional packages that will help produce better code.