1 The git-el package provides various modules for Emacs support.
3 When the git-el package is installed, the modules will be automatically
4 made available to installed Emacs versions. The configuration
5 can be overridden in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50git-core.el.
7 The following modules are available:
11 Status manager that displays the state of all the files of the
12 project, and provides easy access to the most frequently used git
13 commands. The user interface is as far as possible compatible with
14 the pcl-cvs mode. It can be started with `M-x git-status'.
18 Emacs implementation of incremental git-blame. When you turn it on
19 while viewing a file, the editor buffer will be updated by setting
20 the background of individual lines to a color that reflects which
25 This file used to contain the VC-mode backend for git, but it is no
26 longer distributed with git. It is now maintained as part of Emacs
27 and included in standard Emacs distributions starting from version
30 If you have an earlier Emacs version, upgrading to Emacs 22 is
31 recommended, since the VC mode in older Emacs is not generic enough
32 to be able to support git in a reasonable manner, and no attempt has
33 been made to backport vc-git.el.