git-messenger.el is Emacs port of git-messenger.vim.

git-messenger.el provides function that popup commit message at current line. This is useful when you want to know why this line was changed.

git-messenger is available on MELPA and MELPA stable

You can install git-messenger with the following command.

M-x package-install [RET] git-messenger [RET]

• popup

• Git
• Subversion
• Mercurial

Pop up last commit message at current line. Show detail message, Commit ID, Author, Date and commit message with C-u prefix

You can modify key bindings by customizing git-messenger-map.

Always show detail message if this value is t.

Handled VCS which git-messenger uses. Entries in this list will be tried in order to determine whether a file is under that sort of version control.

Use magit-show-commit for showing status/diff commands

Run before popup commit message. Hook function take one argument, commit message.

Run after popup commit message. Hook function take one argument, commit message.

Run after popup buffer.

You may be able to use these variables useful in commands of git-messenger-map.

Last popup-ed commit message

Last popup-ed commit ID

(require 'git-messenger) ;; You need not to load if you install with package.el
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x v p") 'git-messenger:popup-message)

(define-key git-messenger-map (kbd "m") 'git-messenger:copy-message)

;; Use magit-show-commit for showing status/diff commands
(custom-set-variables
 '(git-messenger:use-magit-popup t))