# mbbill/undotree

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4,538 stars · 119 forks · Vim Script · BSD-3-Clause

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/mbbill/undotree
- Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4177
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mbbill-undotree.md

## Description

undotree is a Vim plugin that provides a tree-based interface for browsing and restoring non-linear edit states. It functions as an undo history visualizer and manager, allowing users to navigate diverging branches of a file's history.

The project enables the recovery of versions that were previously overwritten by switching between divergent edit paths. It renders the undo history as a directed graph to facilitate the restoration of specific historical document states.

The plugin also includes utilities for managing persistent undo files on disk, including a cleanup tool to identify and remove redundant data blocks to save storage space.

## Tags

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Non-Linear Undo Graphs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/change-tracking/state-tracking-utilities/action-based-state-tracking/undo-redo-state-history/non-linear-undo-graphs.md) — Renders non-linear undo history as a directed graph, allowing users to visualize and navigate between diverging file versions.
- [Undo Branch Switching](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/change-tracking/state-tracking-utilities/action-based-state-tracking/undo-redo-state-history/non-linear-undo-graphs/undo-branch-switching.md) — Allows switching between diverging branches of a file's history to restore changes that were previously overwritten. ([source](https://github.com/mbbill/undotree))
- [Non-Linear Version Recovery](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/non-linear-version-recovery.md) — Enables the recovery of overwritten versions by switching between divergent branches of a file's edit history.
- [Persistent Undo Histories](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/persistent-undo-histories.md) — Reads and interprets binary undo files from disk to reconstruct the editing history tree across different sessions.
- [Undo History Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/undo-history-managers.md) — Provides a tree-based interface for browsing and managing the non-linear history of file edits in Vim.
- [Vim Plugins](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/vim-plugins.md) — Integrates directly with the Vim editor to manipulate internal buffer states and restore historical versions of documents.
- [Disk Space Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/disk-space-management.md) — Manages disk space by cleaning up persistent undo files to remove unnecessary historical data.
- [Undo File Cleanups](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/disk-space-management/storage-cleanup-utilities/undo-file-cleanups.md) — Provides a cleanup tool to identify and remove redundant data blocks from persistent undo files on disk. ([source](https://github.com/mbbill/undotree/blob/master/README.md))

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [State Version Restoration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/document-state-managers/state-version-restoration.md) — Provides the ability to reconstruct and restore specific historical versions of a document by navigating a non-linear history tree.

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Undo History Pruning](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/performance-optimization-libraries/document-performance-optimizations/operation-history-pruning/undo-history-pruning.md) — Includes a utility to identify and remove redundant data blocks from persistent undo files to save disk space.