Flog, a New Git Branch extension

Gave this talk at the Vimberlin March 2019 meetup https://vimberlin.de/march-2019-meetup/

Transcript

1. vim-flog
   Matthias Günther
   

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2. Features
   find and checkout Branches
   (with autocompletion)
   explore history
   

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3. Custom mappings
   normally ZZ to close windows
   I prefer pressing q:
   augroup flog
   au FileType git map q :bw
   au FileType floggraph map q :bw
   augroup END
   

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4. Configs
   change display format of git
   messages:
   let g:flog_default_date_format = 'format:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
   

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5. Get all commits
   concerning a file
   :Flog -path=archive.md
   

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6. Comparison to gitv
   only necessary features
   loads fast
   has API to be able to easy
   add new features
   

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7. References:
   https://github.com/rbong/
   vim-flog
   https://medium.com/@r.l.bongers/announcing-flog-a-
   new-git-branch-viewer-for-vim-from-the-former-
   maintainer-of-gitv-e9db68977810
   

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