Linewise history

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We can use the u, <C-R> to undo/redo in Vim and it provides a lot of features to manage the undo tree.

But sometimes, I make a change (let say on line 1) and I go do some other changes on another line.

When I come back to line 1, I may think that the previous value of this line was better.

My current workflow is:

I think this clearly can be improved, but do you know if there is a vim feature that provide an history of changes for each line?

For the 1st step, you can use :changes - the most recent value on the 2nd column that matches the line number you want to redo has a change number (1st column) associated with it, that can be used as a count to g; (add one to that count number). — VanLaser, Commented May 10, 2016 at 22:10

mike · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-10 16:19:56Z

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This sounds like you are in dire need of https://github.com/sjl/gundo.vim. Watch a screencast about it at http://screenr.com/M9l

answered May 10, 2016 at 16:19

mike

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I use undotree, but I've used Gundo in the past, and I don't remember it having this feature (that is, the linewise history).
– nobe4
Commented May 10, 2016 at 16:34

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jecxjo · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-10 16:32:20Z

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You might want to take a look at undotree. Its pure vimscript and uses vim's undo-tree feature added in 7.0

answered May 10, 2016 at 16:32

jecxjo

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I use it, and I've used Gundo in the past, and I don't remember any of them having this feature (that is, the linewise history).
– nobe4
Commented May 10, 2016 at 16:35
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No, neither undotree nor gundo has linewise history. I've looked in the past for a plugin to do this without results. The benifit is you can much more easily perform your current workflow...same workflow I use.
– jecxjo
Commented May 10, 2016 at 16:36

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