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feat(scm): use gitoxide by default in Neovim - #977
Neovim uses gitoxide by default for repository discovery, Git status, ignore checks, and commit history. libgit2 is optional in Neovim and remains the default for the Rust SDK. Single-backend builds select the implementation at compile time and store the repository handle directly.
Neovim builds
Build
Command
Git behavior
gitoxide
make build-nvim
Uses gitoxide for all Git operations.
libgit2
make build-nvim NVIM_FEATURES=zlob,libgit2
Uses libgit2 for all Git operations.
Both
make build-nvim NVIM_FEATURES=zlob,gitoxide,libgit2
Defaults to gitoxide. If a repository-wide scan fails, libgit2 handles that scan and subsequent repository-wide scans in the process.
For a dual-backend build, set FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2 before starting Neovim to select libgit2 for all Git operations. Run :FFFHealth to see the configured backend.
Binary size
Local macOS arm64 release builds from the development checkout, with the zlob walker enabled.
Neovim native library
Both backends
gitoxide only
Installed size
8.36 MiB
7.61 MiB
Full status refresh
Gitoxide keeps clean paths in the Git index and combines staged and unstaged changes by repository-relative path. The picker converts each entry to its status flags as it iterates.
Tracked files
Modified files
Neovim refresh before → after
Rust allocations per refresh before → after
65
1
2.26 → 2.24 ms
2,683 → 2,549
2,049
1
6.39 → 5.96 ms
26,638 → 22,535
2,049
1,024
17.30 → 16.81 ms
32,865 → 26,717
Times are medians of eight alternating before/after pairs on macOS arm64, with eight warm full refreshes per Neovim release process. Commit recency was disabled. Only the 2,049-file fixture with one modification showed a consistent timing improvement. Allocation counts are medians of six full refreshes from a separate Rust debug harness with a counting allocator.
Prototype benchmark
Median of five warm runs on one large macOS checkout. The standalone probe measured status scans and path output with a different thread budget from the Neovim plugin.
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The change introduces an SCM abstraction, adds an optional Gitoxide status backend with libgit2 fallback, and updates file discovery, status processing, and filesystem watchers to use the selected backend.
Changes: SCM backend and Gitoxide status scanning
Layer / File(s)
Summary
SCM contracts and libgit2 backend crates/fff-core/src/scm/mod.rs, crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/*, crates/fff-core/src/lib.rs
Gitoxide status scanning crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/gitoxide.rs, crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/mod.rs, crates/fff-core/Cargo.toml, crates/fff-nvim/Cargo.toml, README.md
Adds the optional Gitoxide scanner and libgit2 fallback for scan errors or unsupported statuses. Adds feature wiring, backend-selection documentation, and tests comparing status results.
Picker, scan, and status-worker integration crates/fff-core/src/file_picker.rs, crates/fff-core/src/scan.rs, crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/worker.rs, crates/fff-core/src/shared.rs
Updates picker setup, scan jobs, status refreshes, recency queries, and worker control to use SCM workspaces and interfaces.
Filesystem traversal and watcher integration crates/fff-core/src/walk/*, crates/fff-core/src/watcher/*
Walkers use backend metadata paths and optional SCM context. The watcher uses SCM interfaces for repository access, metadata watches, ignore checks, and status updates. Tests use SCM workspaces and workers.
sequenceDiagram
participant FilePicker
participant ScmWorkspace
participant GitOxide
participant LibGit2
FilePicker->>ScmWorkspace: Open selected backend
ScmWorkspace->>GitOxide: Open repository with configured scanner
GitOxide->>LibGit2: Read status if scan fails or status is unsupported
GitOxide-->>FilePicker: Return status cache
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Merge Risk: Low · up to c6ff3
The change is mergeable with follow-up: remove the prohibited module comment and clarify how Windows users select their newly built DLL. Otherwise, an existing DLL may leave Gitoxide inactive after following the build instructions.
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The title says gitoxide is the default in Neovim. The changeset and PR objectives say libgit2 remains the default build. Gitoxide is enabled only through the optional gitoxide feature, and the README states libgit2 is the default. The title misstates the main change, so it is misleading.
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Retitle to describe the actual change, for example: "feat(scm): select Git status backend at runtime" or "feat(scm): add optional gitoxide status backend for Neovim". Alternatively, change the default backend to gitoxide if that was the intent.
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crates/fff-core/src/file_picker.rs
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crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/gitoxide.rs
crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/mod.rs
crates/fff-core/src/scm/git/worker.rs
crates/fff-core/src/scm/mod.rs
crates/fff-core/src/shared.rs
crates/fff-core/src/walk/mod.rs
crates/fff-core/src/walk/ripgrep.rs
crates/fff-core/src/walk/zlob.rs
crates/fff-core/src/watcher/background_watcher.rs
crates/fff-core/src/watcher/rescan_tests.rs
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crates/fff-core/src/lib.rs
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--- "a/crates/fff-core/src/lib.rs"+++ "b/crates/fff-core/src/lib.rs"@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@
pub use dbs::*;
pub mod git;
-/// Git status caching and repository detection utilities.
mod scm;
pub mod git_recency;
pub use git_recency::GitRecencyConfig;
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/// Git status caching and repository detection utilities.
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Minor · Start the fixture's SCM worker. · rescan_tests.rs:661-790
crates/fff-core/src/watcher/rescan_tests.rs:661-790 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Start the fixture's SCM worker.
Fixture::feed enqueues Git status paths, but Fixture::git_worker never calls spawn_once. The picker therefore keeps stale statuses, and status tests cannot observe updates.
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Update `Fixture::index` to start `git_worker` with `spawn_once` when
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The default build uses libgit2. Build with `cargo build --release -p fff-nvim --features gitoxide` to use gitoxide for repository-wide status scans. Set `FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2` before starting Neovim to switch back without rebuilding. Gitoxide can reduce scan time on large repositories but can increase peak memory. It shares Git discovery, targeted status updates, ignore rules, and commit history with the libgit2 backend. If a gitoxide scan fails or encounters an unsupported status, FFF retries with libgit2.
nl -ba crates/fff-nvim/Cargo.toml | sed -n '1,55p'printf'%s\n''--- lua/fff/download.lua:1-145 ---'
nl -ba lua/fff/download.lua | sed -n '1,145p'printf'%s\n''--- lua/fff/download.lua:220-285 ---'
nl -ba lua/fff/download.lua | sed -n '220,285p'printf'%s\n''--- lua/fff/rust/init.lua:1-80 ---'
nl -ba lua/fff/rust/init.lua | sed -n '1,80p'printf'%s\n''--- README build context ---'
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Document the Windows DLL replacement.
On Windows, close Neovim and remove target/release/libfff_nvim.dll before restarting. The loader checks this downloaded DLL before Cargo's target/release/fff_nvim.dll, so the Gitoxide build can remain inactive.
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--- "a/README.md"+++ "b/README.md"@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
### Git status highlighting
-The default build uses libgit2. Build with `cargo build --release -p fff-nvim --features gitoxide` to use gitoxide for repository-wide status scans. Set `FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2` before starting Neovim to switch back without rebuilding. Gitoxide can reduce scan time on large repositories but can increase peak memory. It shares Git discovery, targeted status updates, ignore rules, and commit history with the libgit2 backend. If a gitoxide scan fails or encounters an unsupported status, FFF retries with libgit2.+The default build uses libgit2. Build with `cargo build --release -p fff-nvim --features gitoxide` to use gitoxide for repository-wide status scans. On Windows, close Neovim and remove `target/release/libfff_nvim.dll` before restarting so the new `target/release/fff_nvim.dll` is selected. Set `FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2` before starting Neovim to switch back without rebuilding. Gitoxide can reduce scan time on large repositories but can increase peak memory. It shares Git discovery, targeted status updates, ignore rules, and commit history with the libgit2 backend. If a gitoxide scan fails or encounters an unsupported status, FFF retries with libgit2.
Sign-column indicators are on by default. To color filename text by git status, set `git.status_text_color = true` and adjust the `hl.git_*` groups. See `:help fff.nvim` for the full list.
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The default build uses libgit2. Build with `cargo build --release -p fff-nvim --features gitoxide` to use gitoxide for repository-wide status scans. Set `FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2` before starting Neovim to switch back without rebuilding. Gitoxide can reduce scan time on large repositories but can increase peak memory. It shares Git discovery, targeted status updates, ignore rules, and commit history with the libgit2 backend. If a gitoxide scan fails or encounters an unsupported status, FFF retries with libgit2.
The default build uses libgit2. Build with `cargo build --release -p fff-nvim --features gitoxide` to use gitoxide for repository-wide status scans. On Windows, close Neovim and remove `target/release/libfff_nvim.dll` before restarting so the new `target/release/fff_nvim.dll` is selected. Set `FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2` before starting Neovim to switch back without rebuilding. Gitoxide can reduce scan time on large repositories but can increase peak memory. It shares Git discovery, targeted status updates, ignore rules, and commit history with the libgit2 backend. If a gitoxide scan fails or encounters an unsupported status, FFF retries with libgit2.
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Review comment at @README.md at line 607:
Update the README build guidance to document the Windows DLL replacement
requirement: tell users to close Neovim and remove
target/release/libfff_nvim.dll before restarting so the newly built
target/release/fff_nvim.dll is loaded. Preserve the existing Gitoxide and
backend-switching guidance.
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Make libgit2 optional and select the backend at compile time in single-backend builds. Dual-backend builds keep the runtime override and the libgit2 fallback for repository-wide scans.
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feat(scm): add opt-in gitoxide status scans
feat(scm): use gitoxide by default in Neovim
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Neovim uses gitoxide by default for repository discovery, Git status, ignore checks, and commit history. libgit2 is optional in Neovim and remains the default for the Rust SDK. Single-backend builds select the implementation at compile time and store the repository handle directly.
Neovim builds
make build-nvimmake build-nvim NVIM_FEATURES=zlob,libgit2make build-nvim NVIM_FEATURES=zlob,gitoxide,libgit2For a dual-backend build, set
FFF_SCM_BACKEND=libgit2before starting Neovim to select libgit2 for all Git operations. Run:FFFHealthto see the configured backend.Binary size
Local macOS arm64 release builds from the development checkout, with the zlob walker enabled.
Full status refresh
Gitoxide keeps clean paths in the Git index and combines staged and unstaged changes by repository-relative path. The picker converts each entry to its status flags as it iterates.
Times are medians of eight alternating before/after pairs on macOS arm64, with eight warm full refreshes per Neovim release process. Commit recency was disabled. Only the 2,049-file fixture with one modification showed a consistent timing improvement. Allocation counts are medians of six full refreshes from a separate Rust debug harness with a counting allocator.
Prototype benchmark
Median of five warm runs on one large macOS checkout. The standalone probe measured status scans and path output with a different thread budget from the Neovim plugin.