gv / compact-blame

Emacs extension for viewing 'blame' on small screens

compact-blame-mode

A 'minor mode' (extension) for emacs to present 'git blame' data on top of regular text view in a manner that uses as little additional screen space as possible

Keys

[ Decrease tag length limit
] Increase tag length limit
9 Decrease color saturation
0 Increase color saturation
= Go to diff for current file
/ Got to commit
n Jump to next not commited part
Enter Turn compact-blame-mode off

Config

compact-blame-bg1 Main tag background. Could be "#RRGGBB" or "rainbow" or "rainbow2" to generate color from commit id. Default: "#E0FFE0"

compact-blame-bg2 Background for "month" part. Default: "#FFFFC0"

compact-blame-format Tag format string (default: "%Y%0%.%#"):

• %Y The full year
• %0 Month number
• %m Month number in Unicode superscript characters
• %x Month number in hex
• %. Author email name
• %# Number of lines in hunk if >=10

Bugs

• Only current buffer updated when tuning color/length
• No Windows support
• Is a minor mode (and will be as long as we need to use major modes highlighting) but remaps character keys