I was trying to make a VS extension that implements something like GitLens on VSCode. If you don't know what that is that's ok. It has a lot of features, but the main thing that I use it for is to view per line blame along with the commit message like so:
I am using libgit2sharp to develop my extension. Currently I'm using repo.Blame(filePath) to get grab the BlameHunkCollection and display the message on a line using the VS extensibility api. repo.Blame uses git_blame_file under the hood and git_blame_file has a couple of issues for my usecase:
It is really slow
I can get an accurate blame result only after saving the file to disk. In other words, I cannot get the blame results for a file that is still being worked on/is open in memory
Purpose of this PR
I am creating this PR to start a discussion for adding something similar to git_blame_buffer to libgit2sharp. There might be a better way to implement this functionality, and I would to get some feedback and bounce ideas to add this feature to the library in the best way possible.
Motivation and Background
I was trying to make a VS extension that implements something like GitLens on VSCode. If you don't know what that is that's ok. It has a lot of features, but the main thing that I use it for is to view per line blame along with the commit message like so:
I am using libgit2sharp to develop my extension. Currently I'm using
repo.Blame(filePath)to get grab theBlameHunkCollectionand display the message on a line using the VS extensibility api.repo.Blameusesgit_blame_fileunder the hood andgit_blame_filehas a couple of issues for my usecase:Purpose of this PR
I am creating this PR to start a discussion for adding something similar to
git_blame_buffertolibgit2sharp. There might be a better way to implement this functionality, and I would to get some feedback and bounce ideas to add this feature to the library in the best way possible.