TIL that magit-status-here will open the magit-status buffer with the focus on
the diff of the current file. And more specifically, the diff in the latest
iteration of changes. For example, normally I run magit-status through a
keybdinging. Which will open the magit-status buffer with the project. When I
run magit-status on this blog’s repository while writing this post, I get
this:
But when I run magit-status-here, I get this:
This utiltity of this may not be evident in a contrived example like this. However this is particularly useful for larger projects where I’m editing multiple files and want to quickly see the diff of my changes that I was just working on.
For example, after writing the above paragraph, I committed my changes, wrote
this line that you’re reading and ran magit-status-here again. This is what I
get:
I’ve been using emacs for almost 13 years and magit for a good chunk of that time and I just found out about it this morning! This is a great utility function and I will be binding it be my default right away.
PS: I made some edits and fixes to the post after I took the screenshots.
PPS: I use Emacs in dark mode. But light mode looks better on the blog.