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This updates the signs on the current file when you return to GUI vim. For example, you make some changes in Vim, tab to your shell and commit them, then tab back to Vim; at this point you want the signs to update automatically for you.
Vim Git Gutter
A Vim plugin which shows a git diff in the 'gutter' (sign column). It shows whether each line has been added, modified, and where lines have been removed.
This is a port of the Git Gutter plugin for Sublime Text 2.
Screenshot
In the screenshot above you can see:
- Line 15 has been modified.
- Lines 21-24 are new.
- A line or lines were removed between lines 25 and 26.
Installation
If you don't have a preferred installation method, I recommend installing pathogen.vim, and then simply copy and paste:
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter.git
Or for Vundle users:
Add Bundle 'airblade/vim-gitgutter' to your ~/.vimrc and then:
- either within Vim:
:BundleInstall - or in your shell:
vim +BundleInstall +qall
Usage
You don't have to do anything: it just works.
If you want vim-gitgutter off by default, add let g:gitgutter_enabled = 0 to your ~/.vimrc.
You can explicitly turn vim-gitgutter off and on:
- turn off with
:GitGutterDisable - turn on with
:GitGutterEnable - toggle with
:GitGutterToggle.
And you can turn line highlighting on and off (defaults to off):
- turn on with
:GitGutterLineHighlightsEnable - turn off with
:GitGutterLineHighlightsDisable - toggle with
:GitGutterLineHighlightsToggle.
Furthermore you can jump between hunks:
- jump to next hunk:
:GitGutterNextHunk - jump to previous hunk:
:GitGutterPrevHunk.
You may want to add mappings for these if you use them often.
If you want to define your own highlights, you can turn off vim-gitgutter's with let g:gitgutter_highlights = 0 in your ~/.vimrc.
FAQ
The colours in the sign column are weird.
The syntax highlighting for your sign column is probably set strangely. Either modify your colorscheme or add this to your ~/.vimrc:
highlight clear SignColumn
What happens if I also use another plugin which uses signs (e.g. Syntastic)?
Vim only allows one sign per line. Before adding a sign to a line, vim-gitgutter checks whether a sign has already been added by somebody else. If so it doesn't do anything. In other words vim-gitgutter won't overwrite another plugin's signs. It also won't remove another plugin's signs.
Alternatives
Vim alternatives:
- git-gutter-vim
- vim-git-inline-diff
- quickfixsigns_vim (a superset of this functionality)
- iwilldiffer
- svndiff
- sign-diff
- changesPlugin
Other editors:
- Git Gutter for Sublime Text 2
- git-gutter.el for Emacs
Also, this may be of interest:
- fugitive.vim is a full-on Git wrapper. It doesn't show git diffs in the gutter (ha!) but it does a bazillion other git things.
Shameless Plug
If this plugin has helped you, or you'd like to learn more about Vim, why not check out these two screencasts I wrote for PeepCode:
You can read reviews at PeepCode and also on my portfolio.
Intellectual Property
Copyright Andrew Stewart, AirBlade Software Ltd. Released under the MIT licence.