Navigate between commits in log -p

[rcdailey]

When I use git log -p with delta, the n/N navigation keys jump between files in each commit. But there's no way to jump to ONLY next and previous commits in the tree. Basically, I want to skip all the files in a diff until I find the commit I'm looking for, then start jumping between files in that diff.

A good way to do this would be a separate key combination (e.g. j/J) for commit navigation, then the usual n/N for file/diff navigation.

I assume this feature does not exist since I couldn't find anything related to it in the docs or the issues/discussion here.

[dandavison]

Hi @rcdailey, the challenge is that the user interface we're interacting with is provided by the pager (less), not delta. You can see the n and N keybindings described in the less manpage linked there. They work by delta seeding less with certain regexes, that n and N then visit. But delta is an executable that transforms unified diff input into prettified diff output with ANSI escapes; it is not a TUI.

So, it's a good challenge to work out what we can do here! You can definitely seed less with different regexes. The delta CLI options already provide some control there; and new functionality can be proposed and made in the delta Rust codebase.