2.9. Vim Fugitive

vim-fugitive vimcast

When to use it

git commands which generate little or no output.

git log is better in the shell. :Git checkout -b experimental is good to use vim-fugitive.

Git and fugitive commands

:help cmdline-special
:help :Gread

git	fugitive	action
:Git add %	:Gwrite	Stage the current file to the index
:Git checkout %	:Gread	Revert current file to last checked in version
:Git rm %	:Gremove	Delete the current file and th corresponding Vim buffer
:Git mv % target_path	:Gmove	Rename the current file and the corresponding Vim buffer

Gremove and Gmove

:Gremove does a git rm on a file and simultaneously deletes the buffer.

:Git rm % 
:bwipeout # need to clean up buffer

:Gmove does a git mv on a file and simultaneously renames the buffer.

git mv original/path destination/path
:bwipeout original/path
:edit destination/path

:Gmove target_path, destination is relative to the path of the current file.

:Gmove /target_path destination is relative to the root of the git repository.

Gcommit

After Gcommit, enter commit message without ".

For Autocomplete use Ctrl-n.

Alias in .gitconfig works with :Git

# from my .gitconfig
[alias]
co = checkout
ci = commit
st = status
br = branch
hist = log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short
type = cat-file -t
dump = cat-file -p
df = diff
dc = diff --cached
lg = log -p
who = shortlog -s --

You can use tab completion. If you have a branch called experimental, you can complete with tab.

:Git co -b exper<tab>