Super cheap git blame

blame.md

Super cheap git blame

git blame current line

:GB

git blame range

:7,13GB
:,+5GB
:?foo?,$GB
:'<,'>GB

git blame full buffer

:%GB

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My Vim-related gists.

blame.vim

command! -range GB echo join(systemlist("git -C " . shellescape(expand('%:p:h')) . " blame -L <line1>,<line2> " . expand('%:t')), "\n")

When using commands involving git I suggest to always use the -C <path> flag. Assuming I am in my home directory and I open ~/projects/<name>/some/path/to/file then this command will not work, because I'm running Vim outside of the Git repository.

I suggest to use this command:

command! -range GB echo join(systemlist("git -C " . shellescape(expand('%:p:h')) . " blame -L <line1>,<line2> " . expand('%')), "\n")

@kkoomen, that's a nice improvement, thanks.

If -C " . shellescape(expand('%:p:h')) is used, then correspondingly also expand('%:t') instead of '%'.

@Konfect, fixed, thanks.

IDEA: make it possible to pass an optional argument:

:GB HEAD~6

This has been working well for me.

command! -nargs=? -range GB echo join(systemlist("git -C " . shellescape(expand('%:p:h')) . " blame -L <line1>,<line2> <args> -- " . expand('%:t')), "\n")