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   1 About
   2 =====
   3
   4 `diff-hl-mode` provides IDE-like highlighting on the fringe to the left of the
   5 changed buffer lines, compared to current HEAD.
   6
   7 Since it uses the corresponding VC diff command, it's only accurate when a
   8 buffer is in saved state.
   9
  10 Tested with Git, Mercurial, and Bazaar. May work with other VC backends, too.
  11
  12 Usage
  13 =====
  14
  15 Ensure diff-hl.el is in a directory on your load-path, and add the following to
  16 your `~/.emacs` or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`
  17
  18     (require 'diff-hl)
  19
  20 and, to use it in all buffers
  21
  22     (global-diff-hl-mode)
  23
  24 or, for example, to use it in all `prog-mode` buffers
  25
  26     (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'turn-on-diff-hl-mode)