add a lil guy who provides git information on the current buffer

lua/conf/opts.lua

@@ -141,6 +141,33 @@ do -- statusline
       return out
     end
 
+    --- get git status information
+    ---@return string out git status information or nothing
+    local function gitsigns()
+      local reset = "%#StatusLine#"
+      local hl = reset
+      local lil_guy = "o/"
+
+      ---@type table
+      local status = vim.b.gitsigns_status_dict
+      if not status then
+        return ""
+      end
+
+      if status.removed and status.removed > 0 then
+        hl = "%#GitSignsDelete#"
+        lil_guy = "<o>"
+      elseif status.changed and status.changed > 0 then
+        hl = "%#GitSignsChange#"
+        lil_guy = "o7"
+      elseif status.added and status.added > 0 then
+        hl = "%#GitSignsAdd#"
+        lil_guy = "\\o/"
+      end
+
+      return hl..lil_guy..reset
+    end
+
     return table.concat {
       "%t", -- file name
       " %h", -- help buffer tag
@@ -148,6 +175,8 @@ do -- statusline
       "%r", -- readonly flag
       "%=", -- seperate left and right side
 
+      -- print out git status information in the form of a lil guy
+      gitsigns(), " ",
       -- print out the number of lsp clients attached with nice colors :)
       lsp_servers(), " ",