Reduce text shift with git-gutter

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Is there a way to reduce the jumping of text back and forth when updating the git gutter, like just setting a permanent block there when there is no change

This is my my currrent setup for the gutters using the git-async plugin

hook global -group git-gutter-setup BufCreate /.* %{
  add-highlighter buffer/git-diff flag-lines Default git_diff_flags
  try %{ git show-diff }

  hook buffer -group git-gutter-buffer FocusIn .* %{
    try %{ git-async update-diff }
  }
  hook buffer -group git-gutter-buffer BufReload .* %{
    try %{ git-async update-diff }
  }
  hook buffer -group git-gutter-buffer BufWritePost .* %{
    try %{ git-async update-diff }
  }
  hook buffer -group git-gutter-buffer NormalIdle .* %{
    try %{ git-async update-diff }
  }
}
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I’ve just updated git-async.kak to prevent flickering/shifting of the gutter, which was occurring when there was only a single line with a diff and that line was being edited.

The gutter will still appear/disappear when the buffer goes between there being a diff between the buffer and the staged file, and there not being a diff. I’ve added an option, bool git_gutter_leave_space, that will cause there to always be space for the git gutter when the highlighter is active, even when there is no diff. This will entirely prevent text shifting.

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This works great so far, thank you

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