Add Jump Between Changes In Git Diff View as a VSCode TIL

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vscode/jump-between-changes-in-git-diff-view.md

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+# Jump Between Changes In Git Diff View
+
+I'm viewing a diff of changes to a large `db/structure.sql` file. Most of the
+changes are single line edits and dispersed across the entire file. I can see
+the green change markers showing up as an overlay to the scrollbar. However it
+is hard to scroll directly to any given change because of how many lines are in
+this file.
+
+Instead I opened up the file in the Version Control/Git extension which shows a
+_Working Copy_ diff. It's still hard to manually scroll to the specific changes.
+This view does offer controls for jumping from one change to the next (and back
+again). Up and Down arrow buttons appear at the top of the window for that
+purpose.
+
+There are also keybindings for this. `Option-F5` will jump to the next diff in
+the current file. `Shift-Option-F5` will jump to the previous one.
+
+These keybindings make it much easier to jump between changes in a massive file
+like this so that I can quickly review everything before proceeding.
+
+Note: I could have also switched over to the terminal and run `git diff --
+db/structure.sql`. The above has the added benefit of being directly in the
+context of the editor where I can make inline changes if needed.