Fugitive: Vim

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Shubham Shukla edited this page Oct 16, 2016 · 2 revisions

Vim's Fugitive Plugin: Git from the editor

####1. Git [args] : Runs any arbitrary git command

Commands that don't generate much output are easy to run with Git.
Aliases in .gitconfig would work with it.

Examples:
Git checkout -b example
Git rm %
Git mv % target_path
Git add %

####2. Fugitive provide several commands analogous to the Git commands:

Git rm %: Gremove
- Delete the current file and the corresponding Vim buffer
Git mv % target_path: Gmove target_path
- Rename the current file and the corresponding Vim buffer
- target_path is relative to current directory and /target_path will be relative to the root of the git repository.
Git add %: Gwrite
- Stage the current file to the index
Git checkout %: Gread
- Revert current file to last checked in version

####3. Gcommit

Opens a separate split window with the commit buffer.
Write the message into that and close the buffer to commit your changes.

Advantages of Gcommit:
- Auto-completion.
- As the auto completion picks up the contents of the open buffers, this helps to auto-complete the name of any functions present in the buffers.
- :help compl-generic