Example configurations

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• Show modified and untracked git files
• Use NERDTree bookmarks
• Display NERDTree bookmarks as a separate list
• Auto-save a session named from Git branch
• Create a custom header using figlet

Show modified and untracked git files

" returns all modified files of the current git repo
" `2>/dev/null` makes the command fail quietly, so that when we are not
" in a git repo, the list will be empty
function! s:gitModified()
    let files = systemlist('git ls-files -m 2>/dev/null')
    return map(files, "{'line': v:val, 'path': v:val}")
endfunction

" same as above, but show untracked files, honouring .gitignore
function! s:gitUntracked()
    let files = systemlist('git ls-files -o --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null')
    return map(files, "{'line': v:val, 'path': v:val}")
endfunction

let g:startify_lists = [
        \ { 'type': 'files',     'header': ['   MRU']            },
        \ { 'type': 'dir',       'header': ['   MRU '. getcwd()] },
        \ { 'type': 'sessions',  'header': ['   Sessions']       },
        \ { 'type': 'bookmarks', 'header': ['   Bookmarks']      },
        \ { 'type': function('s:gitModified'),  'header': ['   git modified']},
        \ { 'type': function('s:gitUntracked'), 'header': ['   git untracked']},
        \ { 'type': 'commands',  'header': ['   Commands']       },
        \ ]

See :h g:startify_lists for more information.

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Use NERDTree bookmarks

let g:startify_bookmarks = systemlist("cut -sd' ' -f 2- ~/.NERDTreeBookmarks")

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Display NERDTree bookmarks as a separate list

" Read ~/.NERDTreeBookmarks file and takes its second column
function! s:nerdtreeBookmarks()
    let bookmarks = systemlist("cut -d' ' -f 2- ~/.NERDTreeBookmarks")
    let bookmarks = bookmarks[0:-2] " Slices an empty last line
    return map(bookmarks, "{'line': v:val, 'path': v:val}")
endfunction

let g:startify_lists = [
        \ { 'type': function('s:nerdtreeBookmarks'), 'header': ['   NERDTree Bookmarks']}
        \]

Auto-save a session named from Git branch

This will save a unique session with the Git branch name, overwriting the session if the branch already exists. If not in a Git project, the session will be saved as "no-project".

function! GetUniqueSessionName()
  let path = fnamemodify(getcwd(), ':~:t')
  let path = empty(path) ? 'no-project' : path
  let branch = gitbranch#name()
  let branch = empty(branch) ? '' : '-' . branch
  return substitute(path . branch, '/', '-', 'g')
endfunction

autocmd VimLeavePre * silent execute 'SSave! ' . GetUniqueSessionName()

Create a custom header using figlet

This will generate a ascii art header using Figlet rather then having to create it by hand.

 let g:startify_custom_header =
       \ startify#pad(split(system('figlet -w 100 VIM2020'), \n))