Does not show BASE, LOCAL or REMOTE buffers

[jonnieey]

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Module(s)

mini.statusline

Question

Can I configure it so that the whole status line width is for only the focused/current buffer. Example, Currently in git difftool, i get very squeezed statusline.

[drowning-cat]

You can simply try:

vim.o.laststatus = 3

If you only want laststatus = 3 while you're in diff view, I'd probably do something like this (though there may be a better approach):

local laststatus_au = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("set_laststatus", { clear = true })
local laststatus = vim.o.laststatus
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("OptionSet", {
  pattern = "laststatus",
  group = laststatus_au,
  callback = function()
    laststatus = vim.o.laststatus
  end,
})
local set_status = function()
  local ei = vim.o.eventignore
  vim.o.eventignore = "OptionSet"
  vim.o.laststatus = vim.wo.diff and 3 or laststatus
  vim.o.eventignore = ei
end
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("OptionSet", { pattern = "diff", group = laststatus_au, callback = set_status })
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("WinEnter", { group = laststatus_au, callback = set_status })

[echasnovski]

I'll mark this as an answer, since laststatus=3 (i.e. "global statusline") indeed looks like the best suggestion here.

I'd adjust the code, though:

• The whole eventignore in set_status is probably too much and might be harmful in long term. I would go with something like this:

  local target_laststatus = vim.wo.diff and 3 or 2
  if vim.o.laststatus ~= target_laststatus then vim.o.laststatus = target_laststatus end

• Not sure about if these events are enough. The BufWinEnter event might be also needed. And I haven't worked with built-in diff split, so don't know if OptionSet pattern=diff is enough here (it might be).