My Neovim Git Setup

Neogit, Gitsigns, and Diffview

Screenshot by author

Today, I will be sharing my git setup for Neovim.

I recently wrote an article on lazy.nvim, therefore the installation and configuration will be using it (instead of something like packer.nvim).

Lazy.nvim: The Blazingly Fast Neovim Package Manager

Neogit

I previously used Doom Emacs and one of my favorite plugins was Magit. It had many features that gave more information and made it easier to work with git. For me, I usually only needed to commit, push, and pull. I rarely did anything fancy, so Magit was more than enough.

Neogit is a work-in-progress clone of Magit for Neovim. Even with the current features, it is more than enough for my needs.

Screenshot of Neogit by author

Installation

return {
 "TimUntersberger/neogit",
 cmd = "Neogit",
 config = function()
  require("neogit").setup({
   kind = "split", -- opens neogit in a split 
   signs = {…