Neovim now prefers extmarks to signs about vim-gitgutter

[luukvbaal]

There is no need to rush to use the extmark API instead of the :sign commands (I doubt they will ever be deprecated). The point of neovim/neovim#25724 was to make sure that neovim uses extmarks internally to display signs placed using the :sign commands.

If you're making a neovim only plugin sure, the extmark API may be preferred. But I wouldn't bother maintaining both a :sign and extmark implementation :)

[airblade]

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

It seems clear that the :sign commands are regarded as legacy, so it wouldn't surprise me if sooner or later they were dropped. Even if they aren't, I'd prefer to use the recommended API.

As for maintaining both a :sign and extmark implementation, vim-gitgutter maintains compatibility with old / legacy APIs back to Vim 7.4 while using newer APIs if available. Backwards compatibility is tedious though :)

[airblade]

On second thoughts I'll follow your advice and leave this for now.