3 Fugitive is the premier Vim plugin for Git. Or maybe it's the premier Git
4 plugin for Vim? Either way, it's "so awesome, it should be illegal". That's
5 why it's called Fugitive.
7 The crown jewel of Fugitive is `:Git` (or just `:G`), which calls any
8 arbitrary Git command. If you know how to use Git at the command line, you
9 know how to use `:Git`. It's vaguely akin to `:!git` but with numerous
12 * The default behavior is to directly echo the command's output. Quiet
13 commands like `:Git add` avoid the dreaded "Press ENTER or type command to
15 * `:Git commit`, `:Git rebase -i`, and other commands that invoke an editor do
16 their editing in the current Vim instance.
17 * `:Git diff`, `:Git log`, and other verbose, paginated commands have their
18 output loaded into a temporary buffer. Force this behavior for any command
19 with `:Git --paginate` or `:Git -p`.
20 * `:Git blame` uses a temporary buffer with maps for additional triage. Press
21 enter on a line to view the commit where the line changed, or `g?` to see
22 other available maps. Omit the filename argument and the currently edited
23 file will be blamed in a vertical, scroll-bound split.
24 * `:Git mergetool` and `:Git difftool` load their changesets into the quickfix
26 * Called with no arguments, `:Git` opens a summary window with dirty files and
27 unpushed and unpulled commits. Press `g?` to bring up a list of maps for
28 numerous operations including diffing, staging, committing, rebasing, and
29 stashing. (This is the successor to the old `:Gstatus`.)
30 * This command (along with all other commands) always uses the current
31 buffer's repository, so you don't need to worry about the current working
34 Additional commands are provided for higher level operations:
36 * View any blob, tree, commit, or tag in the repository with `:Gedit` (and
37 `:Gsplit`, etc.). For example, `:Gedit HEAD~3:%` loads the current file as
38 it existed 3 commits ago.
39 * `:Gdiffsplit` (or `:Gvdiffsplit`) brings up the staged version of the file
40 side by side with the working tree version. Use Vim's diff handling
41 capabilities to apply changes to the staged version, and write that buffer
42 to stage the changes. You can also give an arbitrary `:Gedit` argument to
43 diff against older versions of the file.
44 * `:Gread` is a variant of `git checkout -- filename` that operates on the
45 buffer rather than the file itself. This means you can use `u` to undo it
46 and you never get any warnings about the file changing outside Vim.
47 * `:Gwrite` writes to both the work tree and index versions of a file, making
48 it like `git add` when called from a work tree file and like `git checkout`
49 when called from the index or a blob in history.
50 * `:Ggrep` is `:grep` for `git grep`. `:Glgrep` is `:lgrep` for the same.
51 * `:GMove` does a `git mv` on the current file and changes the buffer name to
52 match. `:GRename` does the same with a destination filename relative to the
53 current file's directory.
54 * `:GDelete` does a `git rm` on the current file and simultaneously deletes
55 the buffer. `:GRemove` does the same but leaves the (now empty) buffer
57 * `:GBrowse` to open the current file on the web front-end of your favorite
58 hosting provider, with optional line range (try it in visual mode). Plugins
59 are available for popular providers such as [GitHub][rhubarb.vim],
60 [GitLab][fugitive-gitlab.vim], [Bitbucket][fubitive.vim],
61 [Gitee][fugitive-gitee.vim], [Pagure][pagure],
62 [Phabricator][vim-phabricator], [Azure DevOps][fugitive-azure-devops.vim],
63 and [sourcehut][srht.vim].
65 [rhubarb.vim]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-rhubarb
66 [fugitive-gitlab.vim]: https://github.com/shumphrey/fugitive-gitlab.vim
67 [fubitive.vim]: https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-fubitive
68 [fugitive-gitee.vim]: https://github.com/linuxsuren/fugitive-gitee.vim
69 [pagure]: https://github.com/FrostyX/vim-fugitive-pagure
70 [vim-phabricator]: https://github.com/jparise/vim-phabricator
71 [fugitive-azure-devops.vim]: https://github.com/cedarbaum/fugitive-azure-devops.vim
72 [srht.vim]: https://git.sr.ht/~willdurand/srht.vim
74 Add `%{FugitiveStatusline()}` to `'statusline'` to get an indicator
75 with the current branch in your statusline.
77 For more information, see `:help fugitive`.
81 * [A complement to command line git](http://vimcasts.org/e/31)
82 * [Working with the git index](http://vimcasts.org/e/32)
83 * [Resolving merge conflicts with vimdiff](http://vimcasts.org/e/33)
84 * [Browsing the git object database](http://vimcasts.org/e/34)
85 * [Exploring the history of a git repository](http://vimcasts.org/e/35)
89 Install using your favorite package manager, or use Vim's built-in package
92 mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
93 cd ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
94 git clone https://tpope.io/vim/fugitive.git
95 vim -u NONE -c "helptags fugitive/doc" -c q
99 > What happened to the dispatch.vim backed asynchronous `:Gpush` and
102 This behavior was divisive, confusing, and complicated inputting passwords, so
103 it was removed. Use `:Git! push` to use Fugitive's own asynchronous
104 execution, or retroactively make `:Git push` asynchronous by pressing
107 > Why am I getting `core.worktree is required when using an external Git dir`?
109 Git generally sets `core.worktree` for you automatically when necessary, but
110 if you're doing something weird, or using a third-party tool that does
111 something weird, you may need to set it manually:
113 git config core.worktree "$PWD"
115 This may be necessary even when simple `git` commands seem to work fine
118 > So I have a symlink and...
120 Stop. Just stop. If Git won't deal with your symlink, then Fugitive won't
121 either. Consider using a [plugin that resolves
122 symlinks](https://github.com/aymericbeaumet/symlink.vim), or even better,
123 using fewer symlinks.
127 Like fugitive.vim? Follow the repository on
128 [GitHub](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) and vote for it on
129 [vim.org](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2975). And if
130 you're feeling especially charitable, follow [tpope](http://tpo.pe/) on
131 [Twitter](http://twitter.com/tpope) and
132 [GitHub](https://github.com/tpope).
136 Copyright (c) Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.