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Description

renderer.icons.git_placement = "signcolumn" shows a single icon: staged (if present) then unstaged.

Other placements show 2.

Emulate signcolumn behaviour for after and before.

Context: #2192

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Research direction

Start with the renderer.icons git_placement handling and compare the existing signcolumn behavior with the after and before placements. Use context from issue #2192, then verify that after and before each show one combined icon, preferring staged over unstaged when staged is present.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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