Emacs Git Gutter

For example if vc supports new vcs which is greater than git diff hl works with such vcs with no code modification.

Emacs git gutter. It supports git and many other version control system vcs. Git gutter elprovides global minor mode global git gutter mode and minor mode git gutter mode. While diff hl benefits from vc. Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs.

Using emacs 42 git gutter and timemachine mike zamansky. So you should explicitly specify window width if you use full width character. Emacs comes with a generic version control front end called versioncontrol or vc. Git gutter fringe does not use vc.

Just try it because git gutter works fine in the recent stable emacs. Of course there s some things which can be improved but people have real life and other things to do so be kind. You can use git gutter fringe even if you disable vc mode. But char width does not work for some full width characters.

Diff hl is based on emacs vc. You add following s exp in your configuration file emacs d init elor emacs. In contrast git gutter fringe eldoes not work in tty frame emacs nw but git gutter elcan work in tty frame. If you want to use git gutterfor files in git repository.

You could really care about state of a emacs package if you see 2014 year or even older. Emacs has char width function which returns character width. Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs. Run m x package install git gutter.

This is a good choice if you use other vcs besides git or have no desire to use features unique to git. But char width does not work for some full width characters. You can not use both git gutter el and git gutter fringe el. Unsubscribe from mike zamansky.

Add the following to your emacs file global git gutter mode t if you want to disable git gutter for some modes set the variable git gutter disabled modes. In terms of emacs ecosystem a year without commits means not too much. So you should explicitly specify window width if you use full width character. Add melpa as a package source.

Subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 6 17k. Emacs comes with a front end for git supporting a large subset of git s functionality.