From cf2e947d4315a17a728f01598232266e4ca7df5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FaultyBranches <contact@faultybranches.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:58:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Adding a gradient to the border between the
 statuscolumn and the text body

---
 nvim/lua/statuscolumn.lua | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nvim/lua/statuscolumn.lua b/nvim/lua/statuscolumn.lua
index b8ac179..57e8a31 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/statuscolumn.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/statuscolumn.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
 local statuscolumn = {}
 
+statuscolumn.setHL = function ()
+    local colors = {
+        '#888cd8',
+        '#8081cd',
+        '#7877c2',
+        '#706cb7',
+        '#6862ad',
+        '#6057a2',
+        '#584d97',
+        '#50438d',
+        '#493a82',
+        '#413078',
+    }
+    for i, color in ipairs(colors) do
+        vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, 'Gradient_' .. i, { fg = color })
+    end
+end
+
 statuscolumn.border = function()
-    return '│'
+    if vim.v.relnum < 9 then
+        return '%#Gradient_' .. (vim.v.relnum + 1) .. '#│'
+    else
+        return '%#Gradient_10#│'
+    end
 end
 
 statuscolumn.folds = function()
@@ -37,6 +59,8 @@ end
 statuscolumn.statusColumn = function()
     local column_text = ''
 
+    statuscolumn.setHL()
+
     column_text = table.concat({
         '%s',
         statuscolumn.numbers(),