diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index e2d4eacb621..6a74dcaec2e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1174,6 +1174,9 @@ export class Repository {
 		}
 
 		if (options?.refNames) {
+			if (options.refNames.length === 0) {
+				args.push('--all');
+			}
 			args.push('--topo-order');
 			args.push('--decorate=full');
 			args.push(...options.refNames);
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/markdownRenderer.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/markdownRenderer.ts
index 447d5e02c3f..5a9c703ecd9 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/markdownRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/markdownRenderer.ts
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ function sanitizeRenderedMarkdown(
 		if (e.attrName === 'style' || e.attrName === 'class') {
 			if (element.tagName === 'SPAN') {
 				if (e.attrName === 'style') {
-					e.keepAttr = /^(color\:(#[0-9a-fA-F]+|var\(--vscode(-[a-zA-Z]+)+\));)?(background-color\:(#[0-9a-fA-F]+|var\(--vscode(-[a-zA-Z]+)+\));)?(border-radius:[0-9]+px;)?$/.test(e.attrValue);
+					e.keepAttr = /^(color\:(#[0-9a-fA-F]+|var\(--vscode(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)+\));)?(background-color\:(#[0-9a-fA-F]+|var\(--vscode(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)+\));)?(border-radius:[0-9]+px;)?$/.test(e.attrValue);
 					return;
 				} else if (e.attrName === 'class') {
 					e.keepAttr = /^codicon codicon-[a-z\-]+( codicon-modifier-[a-z\-]+)?$/.test(e.attrValue);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
index 783b2daa830..c51e6fbcdd8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,20 @@ export function toISCMHistoryItemViewModelArray(historyItems: ISCMHistoryItem[],
 		// Add colors to labels
 		const labels = (historyItem.labels ?? [])
 			.map(label => {
-				return { ...label, color: colorMap.get(label.title) };
+				let color = colorMap.get(label.title);
+				if (!color && colorMap.has('*')) {
+					// Find the history item in the input swimlanes
+					const inputIndex = inputSwimlanes.findIndex(node => node.id === historyItem.id);
+
+					// Circle index - use the input swimlane index if present, otherwise add it to the end
+					const circleIndex = inputIndex !== -1 ? inputIndex : inputSwimlanes.length;
+
+					// Circle color - use the output swimlane color if present, otherwise the input swimlane color
+					color = circleIndex < outputSwimlanes.length ? outputSwimlanes[circleIndex].color :
+						circleIndex < inputSwimlanes.length ? inputSwimlanes[circleIndex].color : historyItemGroupLocal;
+				}
+
+				return { ...label, color };
 			});
 
 		viewModels.push({
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
index ef66cbdb272..51916fe9657 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistoryViewPane.ts
@@ -574,7 +574,33 @@ class SCMHistoryViewModel extends Disposable {
 	 * values are updated in the same transaction (or during the initial read of the observable value).
 	 */
 	readonly repository = latestChangedValue(this, [this._firstRepository, this._graphRepository]);
-	private readonly _historyItemGroupIds = observableValue<'all' | 'auto' | string[]>(this, 'auto');
+
+	private readonly _historyItemGroupFilter = observableValue<'all' | 'auto' | string[]>(this, 'auto');
+
+	readonly historyItemGroupFilter = derived<string[]>(reader => {
+		const filter = this._historyItemGroupFilter.read(reader);
+		if (Array.isArray(filter)) {
+			return filter;
+		}
+
+		if (filter === 'all') {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		const repository = this.repository.get();
+		const historyProvider = repository?.provider.historyProvider.get();
+		const currentHistoryItemGroup = historyProvider?.currentHistoryItemGroup.get();
+
+		if (!currentHistoryItemGroup) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		return [
+			currentHistoryItemGroup.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.id,
+			...currentHistoryItemGroup.remote ? [currentHistoryItemGroup.remote.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.remote.id] : [],
+			...currentHistoryItemGroup.base ? [currentHistoryItemGroup.base.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.base.id] : [],
+		];
+	});
 
 	private readonly _state = new Map<ISCMRepository, HistoryItemState>();
 
@@ -633,13 +659,9 @@ class SCMHistoryViewModel extends Disposable {
 		}
 
 		if (!state || state.loadMore) {
-			const historyItemGroupIds = [
-				currentHistoryItemGroup.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.id,
-				...currentHistoryItemGroup.remote ? [currentHistoryItemGroup.remote.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.remote.id] : [],
-				...currentHistoryItemGroup.base ? [currentHistoryItemGroup.base.revision ?? currentHistoryItemGroup.base.id] : [],
-			];
-
 			const existingHistoryItems = state?.items ?? [];
+
+			const historyItemGroupIds = this.historyItemGroupFilter.get();
 			const limit = clamp(this._configurationService.getValue<number>('scm.graph.pageSize'), 1, 1000);
 
 			const historyItems = await historyProvider.provideHistoryItems({
@@ -656,7 +678,7 @@ class SCMHistoryViewModel extends Disposable {
 		}
 
 		// Create the color map
-		const colorMap = this._getHistoryItemsColorMap(currentHistoryItemGroup);
+		const colorMap = this._getGraphColorMap(currentHistoryItemGroup);
 
 		return toISCMHistoryItemViewModelArray(state.items, colorMap)
 			.map(historyItemViewModel => ({
@@ -670,11 +692,7 @@ class SCMHistoryViewModel extends Disposable {
 		this._selectedRepository.set(repository, undefined);
 	}
 
-	private _getHistoryItemsColorMap(currentHistoryItemGroup: ISCMHistoryItemGroup): Map<string, ColorIdentifier> {
-		if (this._historyItemGroupIds.get() !== 'auto') {
-			return new Map<string, ColorIdentifier>();
-		}
-
+	private _getGraphColorMap(currentHistoryItemGroup: ISCMHistoryItemGroup): Map<string, ColorIdentifier> {
 		const colorMap = new Map<string, ColorIdentifier>([
 			[currentHistoryItemGroup.name, historyItemGroupLocal]
 		]);
@@ -684,6 +702,9 @@ class SCMHistoryViewModel extends Disposable {
 		if (currentHistoryItemGroup.base) {
 			colorMap.set(currentHistoryItemGroup.base.name, historyItemGroupBase);
 		}
+		if (this._historyItemGroupFilter.get() === 'all') {
+			colorMap.set('*', '');
+		}
 
 		return colorMap;
 	}