Git Gutter Emacs

You can use git gutter fringe even if you disable vc mode.

Git gutter emacs. It supports git and many other version control system vcs. Just try it because git gutter works fine in the recent stable emacs. Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs. While diff hl benefits from vc.

Using emacs 42 git gutter and timemachine mike zamansky. Emacs has char width function which returns character width. You could really care about state of a emacs package if you see 2014 year or even older. 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. You add following s exp in your configuration file emacs d init el or emacs. Git gutter fringe does not use vc. 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.

Add melpa as a package source. Emacs comes with a front end for git supporting a large subset of git s functionality. Git gutter el provides global minor mode global git gutter mode and minor mode git gutter mode. Emacs has char width function which returns character width.

If you want to use git gutter for files in git repository. But char width does not work for some full width characters. For example if vc supports new vcs which is greater than git diff hl works with such vcs with no code modification. Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs.

Diff hl is based on emacs vc. But char width does not work for some full width characters. In contrast git gutter fringe eldoes not work in tty frame emacs nw but git gutter elcan work in tty frame. Subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 6 17k.

Of course there s some things which can be improved but people have real life and other things to do so be kind. So you should explicitly specify window width if you use full width character. Git gutter eldoes not work with linum modebut git gutter fringe elcan work with linum mode. Unsubscribe from mike zamansky.

You can not use both git gutter el and git gutter fringe el. This is a good choice if you use other vcs besides git or have no desire to use features unique to git.