Re:Ask HN: Why not edit all code in 'diff' view?
by z1mm32m4n on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:03PM
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In addition to the other tools people have mentioned, Vim supports this with tpope's vim-fugitive (:Gdiff)
To answer your question, "... why not?":
* oftentimes when I'm writing code I'd rather split the screen with another relevant file
* sometimes the diff is irrelevant (I started from scratch, or primarily added code instead of modifying or removing it)
* other times, it's enough to know only that a line has changed. I've configured Vim (with vim-git-gutter) to show symbols next to added and removed lines
To answer your question, "... why not?":
* oftentimes when I'm writing code I'd rather split the screen with another relevant file
* sometimes the diff is irrelevant (I started from scratch, or primarily added code instead of modifying or removing it)
* other times, it's enough to know only that a line has changed. I've configured Vim (with vim-git-gutter) to show symbols next to added and removed lines