v0.5

Highlights

• blame:
  • autodetect .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • added current_line_blame_formatter_nc
  • control priority of blame
  • support format strings
  • don't enable in insert mode
  • implemented a cache for previously blamed lines
• Gitsigns diffthis:
  • 3 way diff for buffers with conflicts
  • respect 'splitright'
  • be more graceful with bad revisions
• encoding related:
  • be more graceful with binary files
  • use iconv for non-utf-8 encodings
  • support filepaths with unicode characters
• experimental:
  • added support for extmark signs. Enable with _extmark_signs = true
  • allow xdiff to be run in a separate thread. Enable with _threaded_diff = true
• other:
  • :Gitsigns without a subcommand will now call vim.ui.select
  • support for detached working trees
  • convert paths with cygpath for Windows
  • added show action. Like diffthis but doesn't run a diff.
  • if preview window is open, navigation commands will keep it open
  • the default characters for signs are now slightly thicker
  • keymaps is now deprecated. Please use on_attach instead.
  • toggle functions will now return the currently set value
  • re-add watch_gitdir.enable

New Contributors

• @lschwahn made their first contribution in #460
• @kkremitzki made their first contribution in #505
• @gegoune made their first contribution in #515
• @David-Kunz made their first contribution in #514
• @rafamadriz made their first contribution in #559
• @joshuarubin made their first contribution in #578
• @seblj made their first contribution in #591
• @andrewferrier made their first contribution in #597

Full Changelog: v0.4...v0.5

Notice

This will be the last release with explicit support for Neovim v0.6.