17.3 Release Notes #118

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	## Version 17.3

	#### Tuesday, July 8, 2025

	GitLens 17.3 transforms how you search and interact with your repository history. This release introduces natural language search for both the Commit Graph and Commit Search commands, enhanced time-based filtering, improved AI-powered commit generation and the ability to provide feedback on AI results.

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	### Natural Language Search for Commits `PRO`
	Say goodbye to complex query syntax! GitLens 17.3 introduces natural language search for the Commit Graph and command palette, allowing you to find exactly what you're looking for using natural language.

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	Instead of memorizing query tags like `@me`, `message:`, `author:`, or `file:`, simply describe what you're looking for:

	"Show all commits made by Eric this week"

	"Find commits that modified package.json last week"

	"Show all commits that changed files with "auth" in the name in the last 12 days"

	GitLens leverages AI to automatically translate your natural language queries into the appropriate search syntax, making repository exploration more intuitive than ever. You can still reveal the generated query to learn the underlying syntax and refine your searches.

	### Time-Based Search Filters
	GitLens 17.3 adds powerful new `after:` and `before:` filters that make temporal filtering more intuitive and flexible.
	These new filters work seamlessly with both traditional query syntax and the new natural language search:

	- `after:2025年01月01日` - commits made after January 1st, 2025
	- `before:2024年12月25日` - commits made before December 25th, 2024
	- `after:6.months.ago` - commits made after 6 months ago
	- `before:2.weeks.ago` - commits made before 2 weeks ago

	The filters accept specific date strings (YYYY-MM-DD format) or relative date expressions, and integrate automatically when using natural language queries, making it easier than ever to focus on specific timeframes in your repository history.

	### Enhanced Commit Composer Access `PREVIEW`
	Building on the Commit Composer preview introduced in 17.2, we've made AI-powered commit generation more accessible by adding it directly to the Commit Details panel with an option to `Commit with AI (Preview)`.

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	You can now generate multiple commits at once from your working directory changes with a single click, streamlining the process of creating meaningful, well-structured commits with AI assistance.

	📝 _While in Preview, Commit Composer will create a stash of your changes as a backup when generating commits should you need to revert them. You can also undo the generated commits with a single click from the success notification._

	### AI Feature Feedback
	GitLens can now collect feedback about AI-powered features. When using AI capabilities like explaining commits, branches, and stashes, or generating commits with Commit Composer, you'll notice new 👍 and 👎 icons in the toolbar of generated summaries that will tell us if the result was helpful or not.

	This feedback helps us understand how well our AI results meet your needs and allows us to refine our prompts and models to deliver better, more relevant outputs. Your input is invaluable as we continue to enhance the accuracy and usefulness of GitLens AI features.

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	### Added

	- Adds support for using natural language to search for commits on the _Commit Graph_, _Search & Compare_ view, and in the _Search Commits_ command using AI ([#4471](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4471))
	- Adds support for time-based commit searches on the _Commit Graph_, _Search & Compare_ view, and in the _Search Commits_ command
	- Adds 👍 "Helpful" and 👎 "Unhelpful" feedback buttons to AI-generated markdown previews such as Commit Composer and Explain Changes ([#4449](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4449))
	- Adds a _Commit with AI (Preview)_ button to the _Inspect Overview_ tab of the _Commit Graph_ and _Inspect_ views

	### Changed

	- Improves experience for invalid AI rebase responses by implementing conversational retry logic that provides specific feedback to the AI about missing, extra, or duplicate hunks and automatically retries up to 3 times ([#4395](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4395))

	### Fixed

	- Fixes stashes with parent commits older than the oldest stash not being visible on branches ([#4401](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4401))
	- Fixes editing search result in Search & Compare view failure ([#4431](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/4431))
	- Fixes search results not paging properly on the _Commit Graph_ when the first page of results is contained within the already loaded commits

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		## Version 17.2
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