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- Rust
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Description
Gitu currently only looks at the workdir when opening files mentioned in a diff.
Instead, get the content from git and open that instead.
Tested this out in Magit:
- Selecting the entire hunk or file takes you to the "new" file.
- Selecting an added or unchanged line takes you to the "new" file.
- Selecting a removed line takes you to the "old" file.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Trace the current diff file-opening behavior and the git content lookup used when selecting files, hunks, or lines. Verify that files and added or unchanged lines open the new version, while removed lines open the old version, matching the Magit behavior described in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100