This is a good choice if you use other vcs besides git or have no desire to use features unique to git.
Git gutter emacs.
Just try it because git gutter works fine in the recent stable emacs.
You can not use both git gutter el and git gutter fringe el.
In terms of emacs ecosystem a year without commits means not too much.
But char width does not work for some full width characters.
You could really care about state of a emacs package if you see 2014 year or even older.
For example if vc supports new vcs which is greater than git diff hl works with such vcs with no code modification.
So you should explicitly specify window width if you use full width character.
But char width does not work for some full width characters.
Emacs comes with a front end for git supporting a large subset of git s functionality.
Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs.
Run m x package install git gutter.
Emacs has char width function which returns character width.
Add melpa as a package source.
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.
It contains patches that haven t yet been added to git gutter changelog.
While diff hl benefits from vc.
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Diff hl is based on emacs vc.
Of course there s some things which can be improved but people have real life and other things to do so be kind.
In contrast git gutter fringe eldoes not work in tty frame emacs nw but git gutter elcan work in tty frame.
Emacs has char width function which returns character width.
You add following s exp in your configuration file emacs d init el or emacs.
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Git gutter fringe does not use vc.
So you should explicitly specify window width if you use full width character.
Git gutter el uses it for calculating character length of the signs.
You can use git gutter fringe even if you disable vc mode.
Emacs comes with a generic version control front end called versioncontrol or vc.
Git gutter eldoes not work with linum modebut git gutter fringe elcan work with linum mode.
Git gutter el provides global minor mode global git gutter mode and minor mode git gutter mode.
