I suspect this gets bumped up more for meme-compliance than novelty. I rather like the SublimeText plugin, gitgutters[1].
But it in any case, I'm a fan of VCS integration in my editor.
1. https://github.com/jisaacks/GitGutter
In Y U NO commit??jisaacks
GitGutter
Python2012–2018
jisaacks / GitGutter
GitGutter
A Sublime Text 2/3 plugin to see git diff in gutter
16Distinct people
17Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
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What it is
A Sublime Text 2/3 plugin to see git diff in gutter
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Where it is used
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HN mentions by year17 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2012-12-13 16:46:06 UTC to 2018-03-11 01:59:01 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
From the project README
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Read the project’s introduction
GitGutter
A Sublime Text plug-in to show information about files in a git repository:
Gutter Icons indicating inserted, modified or deleted lines
Diff Popup with details about modified lines
Status Bar Text with information about file and repository
and provides some commands like:
Goto Change to navigate between modified lines
Copy from Commit to copy the original content from the commit
Revert to Commit to revert a modified hunk to the original state in a commit
Gutter Icons & Status Bar Text
The icons of the default theme have the following meaning:
Icon
Description
inserted line
modified line
deleted region borders
ignored file
untracked file
Diff Popup
The diff popup shows the original content from the commit or the differences between it and the working content.
The toolbar provides some commands to interact with or modify the changes.
symbol
meaning of the symbol
×
close the popup
⤒
goto to first change
↑
goto to previous change
↓
goto to next change
≈, ≉
enable/disable difference highlighting
⎘
copy the original content from the commit
⟲
revert a modified hunk to the original state in a commit
Documentation
Please read https://jisaacks.github.io/GitGutter/ for detailed information about
Installation
Usage
Settings
Troubleshooting
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
2 sourcesThe same type of gutter integration can also be had in Vim and Sublime Text:
https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter
https://github.com/jisaacks/GitGutter
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