doomemacs/modules/ui/vc-gutter
Henrik Lissner b405225b90
refactor!(vc-gutter): drop git-gutter for diff-hl
BREAKING CHANGE: This removes git-gutter as an implementation for the
`:ui vc-gutter` module, leaving only the diff-hl implementation. There
are no longer any +git-gutter or +diff-hl flags for this module. Users
don't have to do anything to keep the vc gutter, unless they prefer
git-gutter for any reason (in which case they'll need to install and set
it up themselves).

This has been planned for some time, because of a roadmap goal for Doom
to lean into native/built-in functionality where it's equal or better
than the third party alternatives. diff-hl relies on the built-in vc.el
library instead of talking to git directly (thus expanding support to
whatever VCS's vc.el supports, and not git alone), which also means it
can take advantage of its caching and other user configuration for
vc.el. Overall, it is faster and lighter.

What I've also been waiting for was a stage-hunk command, similar to
git-gutter:stage-hunk, which arrived in dgutov/diff-hl@a0560551cd and
dgutov/diff-hl@133538973b, and have evolved since.

Ref: dgutov/diff-hl@a0560551cd
Ref: dgutov/diff-hl@133538973b
Ref: https://github.com/orgs/doomemacs/projects/5/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=58747789
2024-06-22 18:14:04 -04:00
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autoload refactor!(vc-gutter): drop git-gutter for diff-hl 2024-06-22 18:14:04 -04:00
config.el refactor!(vc-gutter): drop git-gutter for diff-hl 2024-06-22 18:14:04 -04:00
packages.el refactor!(vc-gutter): drop git-gutter for diff-hl 2024-06-22 18:14:04 -04:00
README.org refactor!(vc-gutter): drop git-gutter for diff-hl 2024-06-22 18:14:04 -04:00

:ui vc-gutter

Description   unfold

This module displays a diff of the current file (against HEAD) in the fringe. Supports Git, Svn, Hg, and Bzr.

Module flags

+pretty
Apply some stylistic defaults to the fringe that present the diff in the fringe as thin bars, taking after the modern look of the git-gutter plugin in VSCode and Sublime Text. However, this will look bad with themes that invert the foreground/background of diff-hl's faces (like modus-themes does).

Hacks

  • The VC gutter will be updated when pressing ESC, leaving insert mode (evil users), or refocusing the frame or window where it is active.
  • If doom-module:+pretty is enabled

    • The fringes that diff-hl define will be replaced with a set of thin bars. This achieves a slicker look closer to git-gutter's appearance in VSCode or Sublime Text, but may look weird for themes that swap their faces' :foreground and :background (like modus-themes).
    • The fringes are moved to the outside of the margins (closest to the frame edge), so they have some breathing space away from the buffer's contents.
  • diff-hl-revert-hunk displays a preview popup of the hunk being reverted. It takes up ~50% of the frame, by default, whether you're reverting 2 lines or 20. Since this isn't easily customized, it has been advised to shrink this popup to the side of its contents.
  • diff-hl-revert-hunk will sometimes move the cursor to an unexpected location (the bounds of hunks, is my guess), but this is not intuitive and often unexpected. Cursor movements have been suppressed for it.

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Installation

Enable this module in your doom! block.

This module requires any of Git, Svn, Hg, and/or Bazaar to get gutter diffs in projects version controlled by them.

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