Problem: not possible to anchor specific lines in diff mode
Solution: Add support for the anchoring lines in diff mode using the
'diffanchor' option (Yee Cheng Chin).
Adds support for anchoring specific lines to each other while viewing a
diff. While lines are anchored, they are guaranteed to be aligned to
each other in a diff view, allowing the user to control and inform the
diff algorithm what the desired alignment is. Internally, this is done
by splitting up the buffer at each anchor and run the diff algorithm on
each split section separately, and then merge the results back for a
logically consistent diff result.
To do this, add a new "diffanchors" option that takes a list of
`{address}`, and a new "diffopt" option value "anchor". Each address
specified will be an anchor, and the user can choose to use any type of
address, including marks, line numbers, or pattern search. Anchors are
sorted by line number in each file, and it's possible to have multiple
anchors on the same line (this is useful when doing multi-buffer diff).
Update documentation to provide examples.
This is similar to Git diff's `--anchored` flag. Other diff tools like
Meld/Araxis Merge also have similar features (called "synchronization
points" or "synchronization links"). We are not using Git/Xdiff's
`--anchored` implementation here because it has a very limited API
(it requires usage of the Patience algorithm, and can only anchor
unique lines that are the same across both files).
Because the user could anchor anywhere, diff anchors could result in
adjacent diff blocks (one block is directly touching another without a
gap), if there is a change right above the anchor point. We don't want
to merge these diff blocks because we want to line up the change at the
anchor. Adjacent diff blocks were first allowed when linematch was
added, but the existing code had a lot of branched paths where
line-matched diff blocks were handled differently. As a part of this
change, refactor them to have a more unified code path that is
generalized enough to handle adjacent diff blocks correctly and without
needing to carve in exceptions all over the place.
closes: vim/vim#176150d9160e11c
Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
Problem: Last diff folds not merged (after v8.1.1922)
Solution: loop over all windows in the current tabpage and update all
folds (Gary Johnson)
This commit fixes a bug where the last two folds of a diff are not
merged when the last difference between the two diff'd buffers is
resolved.
Normally, when two buffers are diff'd, folding is used to show only the
text that differs and to hide the text that is the same between the two
buffers. When a difference is resolved by making a block of text the
same in both buffers, the folds are updated to merge that block with the
folds above and below it into one closed fold.
That updating of the folds did not occur when the block of text was the
last diff block in the buffers.
The bug was introduced by this patch on August 24, 2019:
patch 8.1.1922: in diff mode global operations can be very slow
Problem: In diff mode global operations can be very slow.
Solution: Do not call diff_redraw() many times, call it once when
redrawing. And also don't update folds multiple times.
Unfortunately, folds were then not updated often enough.
The problem was fixed by adding a short loop to the ex_diffgetput()
function in diff.c to update all the folds in the current tab when the
last difference is removed.
A test for this was added to test_diffmode.vim. Two of the reference
screen dumps for another test in that file,
Test_diffget_diffput_linematch(), had to be changed to have all the
folds closed rather than to have the last diff block remain open.
closes: vim/vim#174573fa0d3514b
Co-authored-by: Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com>
Problem:
Default 'statusline' is implemented in C and not representable as
a statusline expression. This makes it hard for user configs/plugins to
extend it.
Solution:
- Change the default 'statusline' slightly to a statusline expression.
- Remove the C implementation.
Problem:
Indenting text is a common task in plugins/scripts for
presentation/formatting, yet vim has no way of doing it (especially
"dedent", and especially non-buffer text).
Solution:
Introduce `vim.text.indent()`. It sets the *exact* indentation because
that's a more difficult (and thus more useful) task than merely
"increasing the current indent" (which is somewhat easy with a `gsub()`
one-liner).
Problem: no sanitize check when running linematch
Solution: add sanitize check before applying the linematch algorithm,
similar to diff_find_change() (Jonathon)
closes: vim/vim#16446ca307efe48
Co-authored-by: Jonathon <jonathonwhite@protonmail.com>
Before calling "attach" a screen object is just a dummy container for
(row, col) values whose purpose is to be sent as part of the "attach"
function call anyway.
Just create the screen in an attached state directly. Keep the complete
(row, col, options) config together. It is still completely valid to
later detach and re-attach as needed, including to another session.
Specifically, functions that are run in the context of the test runner
are put in module `test/testutil.lua` while the functions that are run
in the context of the test session are put in
`test/functional/testnvim.lua`.
Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.
This is the command invoked repeatedly to make the changes:
:%s/^\(.*\)|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$\n\1|\%(\*\(\d\+\)\)\?$/\=submatch(1)..'|*'..(max([str2nr(submatch(2)),1])+max([str2nr(submatch(3)),1]))/g
