Inline diff instead of splits (side-by-side)?

[simondrake]

I've been using this plug-in for a long time and it's excellent, thank you for putting in the effort to make it.

This isn't an issue, more a question, so if there's a more suitable place for it please let me know.

Whenever I use GitHub/GitLab to review code, I use the inline diff option as opposed to the side-by-side one because I prefer how it looks.

I am exploring using vim for larger MRs, for all the reasons I enjoy coding in it, but I can't figure out how to get the diff to show inline instead of in a split.

Is there a way to have vim-fugitive open diffs in an inline view, instead of a side-by-side view(Gvdiffsplit)?

For reference, I usually use a git review alias which I've included below

[alias]
    files = !git diff --name-only $(git merge-base HEAD \"$REVIEW_BASE\")
    stat = !git --no-pager diff --stat $(git merge-base HEAD \"$REVIEW_BASE\")
    review = !nvim -p $(git files) +\"tabdo Gvdiffsplit! $REVIEW_BASE\" +\"let g:gitgutter_diff_base = '$REVIEW_BASE'\"
    reviewone = !nvim -p +\"tabdo Gvdiffsplit! $REVIEW_BASE\" +\"let g:gitgutter_diff_base = '$REVIEW_BASE'\"

[tpope]

If by "inline" you mean a unified diff, it sounds like the heart of what you're looking for is :Git diff $REVIEW_BASE...

[simondrake]

Thanks for the reply @tpope, but that's not quite what I was looking for.

If I take one of my side-projects as an example and make some random changes. Running Gdiffsplit gives me the following view, from which I can do vim operations such as running a go to definition operation on *Manager to see where that's defined.

2022-03-14.11-51-22.mp4

If I use :Git diff, it just opens view akin to if I ran that outside of vim where I can't use the power of vim (e.g. go to definition)

2022-03-14.11-54-46.mp4

What I was asking about, is if it's possible to have the format/utility of Gdiffsplit, just as a unified/inline diff instead of split.

[tpope]

No, Vim doesn't support that.

[simondrake]

Thanks for looking into it, nevertheless.