I scan it for different colors in VS Code quite often. Oops, something red down there. Or quick scan to see where the various colored things that represent git

I scan it for different colors in VS Code quite often. Oops, something red down there. Or quick scan to see where the various colored things that represent git diffs are (red for deleted, green for new, blue for changed). But as you said, can get the same in the scroll bar.