undo-tree
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Feb 17, 2026first mention
Jun 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“There's also a plugin to show a visualization of the tree”
“I find it impossible to use without a plugin. I use https://github.com/mbbill/undotree and map it to `U`”
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“I use undo-tree plugin to use this in a nicer way. It's such a gem!”
Caveats and dissent
“I had occasional problems with undo-tree (the tree broke occasionally)”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Undo in Vi and Its Successors 3 mentions
- Emacs Appearances in Pop Culture 1 mention
Also written as undotree. Data: undo-tree.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 4
“There's also a plugin to show a visualization of the tree”
“I find it impossible to use without a plugin. I use https://github.com/mbbill/undotree and map it to `U`”
“I use undo-tree plugin to use this in a nicer way. It's such a gem!”
“I had occasional problems with undo-tree (the tree broke occasionally)”