debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/development/projections.md

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Projections

Projections are a way to define relations between files. Every file can have a "related" or "alternate" file. It's common to consider spec files to be "alternate" files to source files.

How to use it

• Install an editor plugin that consumes projections
• Copy .projections.json.example to .projections.json

How to customize it

You can find a basic list of projection options in projectionist.txt

Which plugins can you use

• vim
  • vim-projectionist
• VS Code
  • Alternate File
  • projectionist
  • jumpto
• Atom
  • projectionist-atom
• Command-line
  • projectionist

History

This started as a plugin for vim by tpope It has since become editor-agnostic and ported to most modern editors.