great answer, thank you.

for clarity, the REASON i use a paleolithic version of magit is that i
need those headers.  :)  i'll try to stick with old magit for the time
being; dunno if emacs upgrades will allow that.


On 11/20/22, Jonas Bernoulli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Samuel Wales <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> i am currently using a version of emacs that is probably not supported
>> by modern magit.  i tried it, anyway.
>
> You'll need at least Emacs 25.1.
>
>> in any case, however, i have been using a paleolithic version of
>> magit, because it shows --- +++ headers in the status buffer.
>
> Very old indeed.
>
>> at some
>> point, magit stopped showing those.  but i have searched recently, and
>> maybe it can show them?
>
> No, that's not possible anymore.  The information in those lines is
> quite redundant.  In the future it be become possible to show those
> lines again, for the sake of doing the same as other tools (okay and
> also to be able to copy-paste into those other tools).  But this is
> a very low priority, i.e., this might become possible again as a
> side-effect of large changes, not because it is a goal in itself.
>
>> i found magit-insert-status-headers in what look like remarkably
>> comprehensive online docs, but also a report that it is/was slow
>> [which doesn't really make sense if it is for --- +++ headers].
>
> This function is unrelated.  It is responsible for showing the
> information at the very top of the status buffer, such as the current
> branch and its upstream.  And the latest tag--that's the part that can
> be very slow in some repositories.
>
>> does modern magit support --- +++ headers?
>>
>> anything else i might like to know about modern magit?  it seems a lot
>> of development has occurred.
>
> Err...yes.  Tons of new stuff.  It generally dwims more.
>
>> it seems the package is still well received.
>>
>> thanks!  :).
>
>      Cheers,
>      Jonas
>


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