3 I'm not going to lie to you; fugitive.vim may very well be the best
4 Git wrapper of all time. Check out these features:
6 Bring up an enhanced version of `git status` with `:G` (also known as
7 `:Gstatus`). Press `g?` to bring up a list of maps for numerous operations
8 including diffing, staging, committing, rebasing, and stashing.
10 View any blob, tree, commit, or tag in the repository with `:Gedit` (and
11 `:Gsplit`, `:Gvsplit`, `:Gtabedit`, ...). Edit a file in the index and
12 write to it to stage the changes. Use `:Gdiffsplit` to bring up the staged
13 version of the file side by side with the working tree version and use
14 Vim's diff handling capabilities to stage a subset of the file's
17 Commit, merge, and rebase with `:Gcommit`, `:Gmerge`, and `:Grebase`, using
18 the current Vim instance to edit commit messages and the rebase todo list.
19 Use `:Gpush`, `:Gfetch`, and `:Gpull` to send and retrieve upstream changes.
21 `:Gblame` brings up an interactive vertical split with `git blame`
22 output. Press enter on a line to edit the commit where the line
23 changed, or `o` to open it in a split. When you're done, use `:Gedit`
24 in the historic buffer to go back to the work tree version.
26 `:Gmove` does a `git mv` on a file and simultaneously renames the
27 buffer. `:Gdelete` does a `git rm` on a file and simultaneously deletes
30 Use `:Ggrep` to search the work tree (or any arbitrary commit) with
31 `git grep`, skipping over that which is not tracked in the repository.
32 `:Gclog` and `:Gllog` load all previous commits into the quickfix or location
33 list. Give them a range (e.g., using visual mode and `:'<,'>Gclog`) to
34 iterate over every change to that portion of the current file.
36 `:Gread` is a variant of `git checkout -- filename` that operates on the
37 buffer rather than the filename. This means you can use `u` to undo it
38 and you never get any warnings about the file changing outside Vim.
39 `:Gwrite` writes to both the work tree and index versions of a file,
40 making it like `git add` when called from a work tree file and like
41 `git checkout` when called from the index or a blob in history.
43 Use `:Gbrowse` to open the current file on the web front-end of your favorite
44 hosting provider, with optional line range (try it in visual mode). Plugins
45 are available for popular providers such as [GitHub][rhubarb.vim],
46 [GitLab][fugitive-gitlab.vim], [Bitbucket][fubitive.vim], and
47 [Gitee][fugitive-gitee.vim].
49 [rhubarb.vim]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-rhubarb
50 [fugitive-gitlab.vim]: https://github.com/shumphrey/fugitive-gitlab.vim
51 [fubitive.vim]: https://github.com/tommcdo/vim-fubitive
52 [fugitive-gitee.vim]: https://github.com/linuxsuren/fugitive-gitee.vim
54 Add `%{FugitiveStatusline()}` to `'statusline'` to get an indicator
55 with the current branch in your statusline.
57 Last but not least, there's `:Git` for running any arbitrary command.
59 For more information, see `:help fugitive`.
63 * [A complement to command line git](http://vimcasts.org/e/31)
64 * [Working with the git index](http://vimcasts.org/e/32)
65 * [Resolving merge conflicts with vimdiff](http://vimcasts.org/e/33)
66 * [Browsing the git object database](http://vimcasts.org/e/34)
67 * [Exploring the history of a git repository](http://vimcasts.org/e/35)
71 If you don't have a preferred installation method, one option is to install
72 [pathogen.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen), and then copy
76 git clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git
77 vim -u NONE -c "helptags vim-fugitive/doc" -c q
81 > Why don't any of the commands exist?
83 Fugitive cares about the current file, not the current working directory.
84 Edit a file from the repository. To avoid the blank window problem, favor
85 commands like `:split` and `:tabedit` over commands like `:new` and `:tabnew`.
87 > Why can't I enter my password when I `:Gpush`?
89 It is highly recommended to use SSH keys or [credentials caching][] to avoid
90 entering your password on every upstream interaction. If this isn't an
91 option, the official solution is to use the `core.askPass` Git option to
92 request the password via a GUI. Fugitive will configure this for you
93 automatically if you have `ssh-askpass` or `git-gui` installed; otherwise it's
94 your responsibility to set this up.
96 As an absolute last resort, you can invoke `:Git --paginate push`. Fugitive
97 recognizes the pagination request and fires up a `:terminal`, which allows for
98 interactive password entry.
100 [credentials caching]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git
104 Like fugitive.vim? Follow the repository on
105 [GitHub](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) and vote for it on
106 [vim.org](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2975). And if
107 you're feeling especially charitable, follow [tpope](http://tpo.pe/) on
108 [Twitter](http://twitter.com/tpope) and
109 [GitHub](https://github.com/tpope).
113 Copyright (c) Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.