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