blamer.nvim

A git blame plugin for (neo)vim inspired by VS Code's GitLens plugin.

Note: For Vim, a popup feature is required.

Installation

vim-plug

1. Add the following line to your init.vim:

call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged')
...
Plug 'APZelos/blamer.nvim'
...
call plug#end()

2. Run :PlugInstall.

Packer

1. Add the following to init.lua

require('packer').startup(function(use)
   -- other plugins ...
   use 'APZelos/blamer.nvim'
   -- other ...
end)

2. Restart neovim and run :PackerSync.

Configuration

Enabled

Enables blamer on (neo)vim startup.

You can toggle blamer on/off with the :BlamerToggle command.

If the current directory is not a git repository the blamer will be automatically disabled.

Default: 0

let g:blamer_enabled = 1

In lua:

vim.g.blamer_enabled = true

Delay

The delay in milliseconds for the blame message to show. Setting this too low may cause performance issues.

Default: 1000

let g:blamer_delay = 500

Show in visual modes

Enables / disables blamer in visual modes.

Default: 1

let g:blamer_show_in_visual_modes = 0

Show in insert modes

Enables / disables blamer in insert modes.

Default: 1

let g:blamer_show_in_insert_modes = 0

Prefix

The prefix that will be added to the template.

Default: ' '

let g:blamer_prefix = ' > '

Template

The template for the blame message that will be shown.

Default: '<committer>, <committer-time> • <summary>'

Available options: <author>, <author-mail>, <author-time>, <committer>, <committer-mail>, <committer-time>, <summary>, <commit-short>, <commit-long>.

let g:blamer_template = '<committer> <summary>'

Date format

The format of the date fields. (<author-time>, <committer-time>)

Default: '%d/%m/%y %H:%M'

let g:blamer_date_format = '%d/%m/%y'

Relative time

Shows commit date in relative format

Default: 0

let g:blamer_relative_time = 1

Highlight

The color of the blame message.

Default: link Blamer Comment

highlight Blamer guifg=lightgrey

Author

APZelos

License

This software is released under the MIT License.