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# fugitive.vim
I'm not going to lie to you; fugitive.vim may very well be the best
Git wrapper of all time. Check out these features:
View any blob, tree, commit, or tag in the repository with `:Gedit` (and
`:Gsplit`, `:Gvsplit`, `:Gtabedit`, ...). Edit a file in the index and
write to it to stage the changes. Use `:Gdiff` to bring up the staged
version of the file side by side with the working tree version and use
Vim's diff handling capabilities to stage a subset of the file's
changes.
Bring up the output of `git status` with `:Gstatus`. Press `-` to
`add`/`reset` a file's changes, or `p` to `add`/`reset` `--patch` that
mofo. And guess what `:Gcommit` does!
`:Gblame` brings up an interactive vertical split with `git blame`
output. Press enter on a line to edit the commit where the line
changed, or `o` to open it in a split. When you're done, use `:Gedit`
in the historic buffer to go back to the work tree version.
`:Gmove` does a `git mv` on a file and simultaneously renames the
buffer. `:Gremove` does a `git rm` on a file and simultaneously deletes
the buffer.
Use `:Ggrep` to search the work tree (or any arbitrary commit) with
`git grep`, skipping over that which is not tracked in the repository.
`:Glog` loads all previous revisions of a file into the quickfix list so
you can iterate over them and watch the file evolve!
`:Gread` is a variant of `git checkout -- filename` that operates on the
buffer rather than the filename. This means you can use `u` to undo it
and you never get any warnings about the file changing outside Vim.
`:Gwrite` writes to both the work tree and index versions of a file,
making it like `git add` when called from a work tree file and like
`git checkout` when called from the index or a blob in history.
Use `:Gbrowse` to open the current file on GitHub, with optional line
range (try it in visual mode!). If your current repository isn't on
GitHub, `git instaweb` will be spun up instead.
Add `%{fugitive#statusline()}` to `'statusline'` to get an indicator
with the current branch in (surprise!) your statusline.
Last but not least, there's `:Git` for running any arbitrary command,
and `Git!` to open the output of a command in a temp file.
## Screencasts
* [A complement to command line git](http://vimcasts.org/e/31)
* [Working with the git index](http://vimcasts.org/e/32)
* [Resolving merge conflicts with vimdiff](http://vimcasts.org/e/33)
* [Browsing the git object database](http://vimcasts.org/e/34)
* [Exploring the history of a git repository](http://vimcasts.org/e/35)
## Installation
If you don't have a preferred installation method, I recommend
installing [pathogen.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen), and
then simply copy and paste:
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git
Once help tags have been generated, you can view the manual with
`:help fugitive`.
If your Vim version is below 7.2, I recommend also installing
[vim-git](https://github.com/tpope/vim-git) for syntax highlighting and
other Git niceties.
## FAQ
> I installed the plugin and started Vim. Why don't any of the commands
> exist?
Fugitive cares about the current file, not the current working
directory. Edit a file from the repository.
> I opened a new tab. Why don't any of the commands exist?
Fugitive cares about the current file, not the current working
directory. Edit a file from the repository.
> Why is `:Gbrowse` not using the right browser?
`:Gbrowse` delegates to `git web--browse`, which is less than perfect
when it comes to finding the right browser. You can tell it the correct
browser to use with `git config --global web.browser ...`. On OS X, for
example, you might want to set this to `open`. See `git web--browse --help`
for details.
> Here's a patch that automatically opens the quickfix window after
> `:Ggrep`.
This is a great example of why I recommend asking before patching.
There are valid arguments to be made both for and against automatically
opening the quickfix window. Whenever I have to make an arbitrary
decision like this, I ask what Vim would do. And Vim does not open a
quickfix window after `:grep`.
Luckily, it's easy to implement the desired behavior without changing
fugitive.vim. The following autocommand will cause the quickfix window
to open after any grep invocation:
autocmd QuickFixCmdPost *grep* cwindow
## Self-Promotion
Like fugitive.vim? Follow the repository on
[GitHub](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) and vote for it on
[vim.org](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2975). And if
you're feeling especially charitable, follow [tpope](http://tpo.pe/) on
[Twitter](http://twitter.com/tpope) and
[GitHub](https://github.com/tpope).
## License
Copyright (c) Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
See `:help license`.
