*undotree.txt*  Display your undo history in a graph

Author:         Ming Bai <mbbill AT gmail DOT COM>
Licence:        BSD
Homepage:       https://github.com/mbbill/undotree/
Version:        4.3

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CONTENTS                                                   *undotree-contents*

    1. Intro ................................ |undotree-intro|
    2. Usage ................................ |undotree-usage|
    3. Configuration ........................ |undotree-config|
        3.1  undotree_WindowLayout .......... |undotree_WindowLayout|
        3.2  undotree_SplitWidth ............ |undotree_SplitWidth|
        3.3  undotree_DiffpanelHeight ....... |undotree_DiffpanelHeight|
        3.4  undotree_DiffAutoOpen .......... |undotree_DiffAutoOpen|
        3.5  undotree_SetFocusWhenToggle .... |undotree_SetFocusWhenToggle|
        3.6  undotree_TreeNodeShape ......... |undotree_TreeNodeShape|
        3.7  undotree_DiffCommand ........... |undotree_DiffCommand|
        3.8  undotree_RelativeTimestamp ..... |undotree_RelativeTimestamp|
        3.9  undotree_HighlightChangedText .. |undotree_HighlightChangedText|
        3.10 undotree_HighlightSyntaxAdd .... |undotree_HighlightSyntaxAdd|
             undotree_HighlightSyntaxChange . |undotree_HighlightSyntaxChange|
        3.11 Undotree_CustomMap ............. |Undotree_CustomMap|
    4. Bugs ................................. |undotree-bugs|
    5. Changelog ............................ |undotree-changelog|
    6. License .............................. |undotree-license|

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1. Intro                                                      *undotree-intro*

Vim 7.0 added a new feature named Undo branches. Basically it's a kind of
ability to go back to the text after any change, even if they were undone. Vim
stores undo history in a tree which you can browse and manipulate through a
bunch of commands. But that was not enough straightforward and a bit hard to
use. You may use :help |new-undo-branches| or :help |undo-tree| to get more
detailed help. Now this plug-in will free you from those commands and bring
back the power of undo tree.

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2. Usage                                                      *undotree-usage*

Use :UndotreeToggle to toggle the undo-tree panel. You may want to map this
command to whatever hotkey by adding the following line to your vimrc, take F5
for example.
>
    nnoremap <F5> :UndotreeToggle<cr>
<
Then you can try to do some modification, and the undo tree will automatically
updated afterwards.

There are some hotkeys provided by vim to switch between the changes in
history, like |u|, |<c-r>|, |g+|, |g-| as well as the |:earlier| and |:later|
commands.

You may also switch to undotree panel and use the hotkeys to switch between
history versions. Press ? in undotree window for quick help of hotkeys.

You can monitor the changed text in diff panel which is automatically updated
when undo/redo happens.

Persistent undo.
It is highly recommend to enable the persistent undo. If you don't like your
working directory be messed up with the undo file everywhere, you may add the
following line to your vimrc in order to make them stored together.
>
    if has("persistent_undo")
        set undodir='~/.undodir/'
        set undofile
    endif
<
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3. Configuration                                             *undotree-config*

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3.1 g:undotree_WindowLayout                            *undotree_WindowLayout*

Set the undotree window layout.

Style 1
>
    +----------+------------------------+
    |          |                        |
    |          |                        |
    | undotree |                        |
    |          |                        |
    |          |                        |
    +----------+                        |
    |          |                        |
    |   diff   |                        |
    |          |                        |
    +----------+------------------------+
<
Style 2
>
    +----------+------------------------+
    |          |                        |
    |          |                        |
    | undotree |                        |
    |          |                        |
    |          |                        |
    +----------+------------------------+
    |                                   |
    |   diff                            |
    |                                   |
    +-----------------------------------+
<
Style 3
>
    +------------------------+----------+
    |                        |          |
    |                        |          |
    |                        | undotree |
    |                        |          |
    |                        |          |
    |                        +----------+
    |                        |          |
    |                        |   diff   |
    |                        |          |
    +------------------------+----------+
<
Style 4
>
    +------------------------+----------+
    |                        |          |
    |                        |          |
    |                        | undotree |
    |                        |          |
    |                        |          |
    +------------------------+----------+
    |                                   |
    |                            diff   |
    |                                   |
    +-----------------------------------+
<
Default: 1

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3.2 g:undotree_SplitWidth                                *undotree_SplitWidth*

Set the undotree window width.

Default: 30

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3.3 g:undotree_DiffpanelHeight                      *undotree_DiffpanelHeight*

Set the diff window height.

Default: 10

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3.4 g:undotree_DiffAutoOpen                            *undotree_DiffAutoOpen*

Set this to 1 to auto open the diff window.

Default: 1

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3.5 g:undotree_SetFocusWhenToggle                *undotree_SetFocusWhenToggle*

If set to 1, the undotree window will get focus after being opened, otherwise
focus will stay in current window.

Default: 0

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3.6 g:undotree_TreeNodeShape                          *undotree_TreeNodeShape*

Set the tree node shape.

Default: '*'

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3.7 g:undotree_DiffCommand                              *undotree_DiffCommand*

Set the command used to get the diff output.

Default: "diff"

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3.8 g:undotree_RelativeTimestamp                  *undotree_RelativeTimestamp*

Set to 1 to use relative timestamp.

Default: 1

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3.9 g:undotree_HighlightChangedText            *undotree_HighlightChangedText*

Set to 1 to highlight the changed text.

Default: 1

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3.10 g:undotree_HighlightSyntaxAdd               *undotree_HighlightSyntaxAdd*
     g:undotree_HighlightSyntaxChange         *undotree_HighlightSyntaxChange*

Set the highlight linked syntax type.
You may chose your favorite through ":hi" command.

Default: "DiffAdd" and "DiffChange"

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3.11 g:Undotree_CustomMap                                  *Undotree_CustomMap*

There are two ways of changing the default key mappings:
The first way is to define global mappings as the following example:
>
    nmap <buffer> J <plug>UndotreeGoNextState
    nmap <buffer> K <plug>UndotreeGoPreviousState
<
A better approach is to define the callback function g:Undotree_CustomMap().
The function will be called after the undotree windows is initialized, so the
key mappings only works on the undotree windows.
>
    function g:Undotree_CustomMap()
        nmap <buffer> J <plug>UndotreeGoNextState
        nmap <buffer> K <plug>UndotreeGoPreviousState
    endfunc
<
List of the commands available for redefinition.
>
    <plug>UndotreeHelp
    <plug>UndotreeClose
    <plug>UndotreeFocusTarget
    <plug>UndotreeClearHistory
    <plug>UndotreeTimestampToggle
    <plug>UndotreeDiffToggle
    <plug>UndotreeGoNextState
    <plug>UndotreeGoPreviousState
    <plug>UndotreeGoNextSaved
    <plug>UndotreeGoPreviousSaved
    <plug>UndotreeRedo
    <plug>UndotreeUndo
    <plug>UndotreeEnter
    <plug>UndotreeEnter
<
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4. Bugs                                                        *undotree-bugs*

Post any issue and feature request here:
https://github.com/mbbill/undotree/issues

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5. Changelog                                              *undotree-changelog*

4.3 (2013-02-18)
    - Several fixes and enhancements.

4.2 (2012-11-24)
    - Fixed some small issue.

4.1 (2012-09-05)
    - Enhanced tree style.
    - Multi-window switching support.

4.0 (2012-08-30)
    - Live updated highlight for changed text.
    - Customizable key mappings.
    - Fixed some minor bugs.

3.1 (2012-08-25)
    - Add saved status.
    - Add relative timestamp.
    - Add ability of clear undo history.

3.0 (2012-08-24)
    - Add diff panel.
    - Performance improvement.

2.2 (2012-08-21)
    - Stable version.

2.1 (2012-08-20)
    - Fixed some annoying issues.

2.0 (2012-08-19)
    - Hotkey support.
    - Handle undo levels.
    - Auto refresh.
    - And so on.

1.0 (2012-08-18)
    - Initial upload

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6. License                                                  *undotree-license*

BSD