*gitgutter.txt*              A Vim plugin which shows a git diff in the gutter.


                           Vim Git Gutter


Author:            Andy Stewart <http://airbladesoftware.com/>
Plugin Homepage:   <https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter>

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CONTENTS                                                    *GitGutterContents*

  1.  Introduction ................. |GitGutterIntroduction|
  2.  Installation ................. |GitGutterInstallation|
  3.  Usage ........................ |GitGutterUsage|
  4.  Commands ..................... |GitGutterCommands|
  5.  Autocommand .................. |GitGutterAutocmd|
  6.  CUSTOMISATION................. |GitGutterCustomisation|
  7.  FAQ .......................... |GitGutterFAQ|

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1. INTRODUCTION                                         *GitGutterIntroduction*
                                                                    *GitGutter*

Vim Git Gutter is 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.

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2. INSTALLATION                                         *GitGutterInstallation*

* Pathogen:
>
  cd ~/.vim/bundle
  git clone git://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter.git
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* Voom:

Edit your plugin manifest (`voom edit`) and add:
>
  airblade/vim-gitgutter
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* VimPlug:

Place this in your .vimrc:
>
    Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
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Then run the following in Vim:
>
  :source %
  :PlugInstall
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* NeoBundle:

Place this in your .vimrc:
>
  NeoBundle 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
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Then run the following in Vim:
>
  :source %
  :NeoBundleInstall
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* No plugin manager:

Copy vim-gitgutter's subdirectories into your vim configuration directory:
>
  cd tmp && git clone git://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter.git
  cp vim-gitgutter/* ~/.vim/
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See |add-global-plugin|.

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3. USAGE                                                       *GitGutterUsage*

You don't have to do anything: it just works.

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4. COMMANDS                                                 *GitGutterCommands*

Commands for turning Git Gutter on and off:

  :GitGutterDisable                                         *:GitGutterDisable*
      Explicitly turn Git Gutter off.

  :GitGutterEnable                                           *:GitGutterEnable*
      Explicitly turn Git Gutter on.

  :GitGutterToggle                                           *:GitGutterToggle*
      Explicitly turn Git Gutter on if it was off and vice versa.

  :GitGutter                                                       *:GitGutter*
      Update signs for the current buffer.

  :GitGutterAll                                                 *:GitGutterAll*
      Update signs across all buffers.

Commands for turning signs on and off (defaults to on):

  :GitGutterSignsEnable                                 *:GitGutterSignsEnable*
      Explicitly turn line signs on.

  :GitGutterSignsDisable                               *:GitGutterSignsDisable*
      Explicitly turn line signs off.

  :GitGutterSignsToggle                                 *:GitGutterSignsToggle*
      Explicitly turn line signs on if it was off and vice versa.

Commands for turning line highlighting on and off (defaults to off):

  :GitGutterLineHighlightsEnable               *:GitGutterLineHighlightsEnable*
      Explicitly turn line highlighting on.

  :GitGutterLineHighlightsDisable             *:GitGutterLineHighlightsDisable*
      Explicitly turn line highlighting off.

  :GitGutterLineHighlightsToggle               *:GitGutterLineHighlightsToggle*
      Explicitly turn line highlighting on if it was off and vice versa.

Commands for jumping between marked hunks:

  :GitGutterNextHunk                                       *:GitGutterNextHunk*
      Jump to the next marked hunk.  Takes a count.

  :GitGutterPrevHunk                                       *:GitGutterPrevHunk*
      Jump to the previous marked hunk.  Takes a count.

Commands for staging or undoing individual hunks:

  :GitGutterStageHunk                                     *:GitGutterStageHunk*
      Stage the hunk the cursor is in.

  :GitGutterUndoHunk                                       *:GitGutterUndoHunk*
      Undo the hunk the cursor is in.

  :GitGutterPreviewHunk                                 *:GitGutterPreviewHunk*
      Preview the hunk the cursor is in.
      Use |:pclose| or |CTRL-W_CTRL-Z| to close the preview window.

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5. AUTOCOMMAND                                               *GitGutterAutocmd*

After updating a buffer's signs vim-gitgutter fires a |User| |autocmd| with the
event GitGutter.  You can listen for this event, for example:
>
  autocmd User GitGutter call updateMyStatusLine()
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6. CUSTOMISATION                                       *GitGutterCustomisation*

You can customise:

- The sign column's colours
- The signs' colours and symbols
- Line highlights
- The base of the diff
- Extra arguments for git-diff
- Key mappings
- The grep executable used
- Whether or not vim-gitgutter is on initially (defaults to on)
- Whether or not signs are shown (defaults to yes)
- Whether or not line highlighting is on initially (defaults to off)
- Whether or not vim-gitgutter runs in realtime (defaults to yes)
- Whether or not vim-gitgutter runs eagerly (defaults to yes)
- Whether or not vim-gitgutter runs asynchronously (defaults to yes)

Please note that vim-gitgutter won't override any colours or highlights you've
set in your colorscheme.

SIGN COLUMN

By default vim-gitgutter will make the sign column look like the line number
column (i.e. the |hl-LineNr| highlight group).

To customise your sign column's background color, first tell vim-gitgutter to
leave it alone:
>
  let g:gitgutter_override_sign_column_highlight = 0
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And then either update your colorscheme's |hlSignColumn| highlight group or set
it in your |vimrc|:

  Desired appearance                  Command ~
  Same as line number column          highlight clear SignColumn
  User-defined (terminal Vim)         highlight SignColumn ctermbg={whatever}
  User-defined (graphical Vim)        highlight SignColumn guibg={whatever}

SIGNS' COLOURS AND SYMBOLS

To customise the colours, set up the following highlight groups in your
colorscheme or |vimrc|:

>
  GitGutterAdd          " an added line
  GitGutterChange       " a changed line
  GitGutterDelete       " at least one removed line
  GitGutterChangeDelete " a changed line followed by at least one removed line
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You can either set these with `highlight GitGutterAdd {key}={arg}...` or link
them to existing highlight groups with, say:
>
  highlight link GitGutterAdd DiffAdd
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To customise the symbols, add the following to your |vimrc|:
>
  let g:gitgutter_sign_added = 'xx'
  let g:gitgutter_sign_modified = 'yy'
  let g:gitgutter_sign_removed = 'zz'
  let g:gitgutter_sign_modified_removed = 'ww'
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LINE HIGHLIGHTS

Similarly to the signs' colours, set up the following highlight groups in your
colorscheme or |vimrc|:
>
  GitGutterAddLine          " default: links to DiffAdd
  GitGutterChangeLine       " default: links to DiffChange
  GitGutterDeleteLine       " default: links to DiffDelete
  GitGutterChangeDeleteLine " default: links to GitGutterChangeLineDefault
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THE BASE OF THE DIFF

By default buffers are diffed against the index.  To diff against a commit
instead:
>
  let g:gitgutter_diff_base = '<commit SHA>'
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EXTRA ARGUMENTS FOR GIT-DIFF

To pass extra arguments to git-diff, add this to your |vimrc|:
>
  let g:gitgutter_diff_args = '-w'
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KEY MAPPINGS

To disable all key maps:
>
  let g:gitgutter_map_keys = 0
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To change the hunk-jumping maps (defaults shown):
>
  nmap [c <Plug>GitGutterPrevHunk
  nmap ]c <Plug>GitGutterNextHunk
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To change the hunk-staging/undoing/previewing maps (defaults shown):
>
  nmap <Leader>hs <Plug>GitGutterStageHunk
  nmap <Leader>hu <Plug>GitGutterUndoHunk
  nmap <Leader>hp <Plug>GitGutterPreviewHunk
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To change the hunk text object maps (defaults shown):
>
  omap ic <Plug>GitGutterTextObjectInnerPending
  omap ac <Plug>GitGutterTextObjectOuterPending
  xmap ic <Plug>GitGutterTextObjectInnerVisual
  xmap ac <Plug>GitGutterTextObjectOuterVisual
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TO USE A CUSTOM GREP COMMAND

To use a custom invocation for grep, use this:
>
  let g:gitgutter_grep_command = 'grep --color=never -e'
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TO TURN OFF VIM-GITGUTTER BY DEFAULT

Add to your |vimrc|
>
  let g:gitgutter_enabled = 0
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TO TURN OFF SIGNS BY DEFAULT

Add to your |vimrc|
>
  let g:gitgutter_signs = 0
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Note that the sign column will still be present if you have line highlighting
switched on.

TO TURN ON LINE HIGHLIGHTING BY DEFAULT

Add to your |vimrc|
>
  let g:gitgutter_highlight_lines = 1
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TO STOP VIM-GITGUTTER RUNNING IN REALTIME

Add to your |vimrc|
>
  let g:gitgutter_realtime = 0
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TO STOP VIM-GITGUTTER RUNNING EAGERLY

Add to your |vimrc|
>
  let g:gitgutter_eager = 0
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TO TURN OFF ASYNCHRONOUS UPDATES

By default diffs are run asynchronously.  To run diffs synchronously
instead:

Add to your |vimrc|
>
let g:gitgutter_async = 0
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7. FAQ                                                           *GitGutterFAQ*

a. Why are the colours in the sign column weird?

  Your colorscheme is configuring the |hl-SignColumn| highlight group weirdly.
  Please see |GitGutterCustomisation| on customising the sign column.

b. 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.