mre.nvim 🍽️

Ever wished the changelist worked across all open buffers, and had a persistent cache? Now it does!

Features

• Tracks edits across all open buffers
• Persistent cache between sessions
• Visible extmark indicator of past edit locations

Installation

lazy.nvim

{
  'srcrip/mre.nvim',
  config = function()
    local mre = require('mre')

    mre.setup({
      max_history_per_file = 10,
      max_history = 100,
      virt_text = "-",
      -- whether to remove marks only on the same line as another
      dedupe_line = true,
      -- whether to remove marks only on the same line and column as another
      dedupe_column = false,
      -- print out some useful information when using the plugin
      verbose = true,
      -- debug information you probably won't need
      debug = false,
    })

    vim.keymap.set('n', '<tab>', mre.jump_prev, {})
    vim.keymap.set('n', '<s-tab>', mre.jump_next, {})

    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command('MREClear', mre.clear, {})
  end
}

Roadmap

• Separate cache with a cache function (by directory, git branch, etc)
• Actual documentation
• More config options
• More virt_text options
• Special highlight groups for older entries
• Telescope/fzf integration
• Branching edit states/tree-like structures?

Alternatives

mre.nvim is based on the work in before.nvim. I always wanted a plugin like this but wasn't quite sure how to implement it before.