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The -v option, which the author is referring to when talking about writing commit messages in vim is much better: you get to author the commit message in the $E

by tams 6y ago

The -v option, which the author is referring to when talking about writing commit messages in vim is much better: you get to author the commit message in the $EDITOR of your choice and you can inspect the full diff while doing so. If you're using fzf [0] for history recall (ctrl+R) it also has the nice side-effect for not cluttering up your history. [0] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

roryrjb 6y ago
I pretty much always write my commit messages in Vim and never knew about -v, this is really nice thanks for the tip. Going to set it as default with: git config --global commit.verbose true
- da-x 6y ago
  It's useful, but makes you wonder why they haven't taken it one step forward and allow you to edit the diff too while you're at it.
  - tomjakubowski 6y ago
    That sounds positively radical. Like magit taken to its conclusion.
  - u801e 6y ago
    You could if you also have the output of git diff. Then you could stage and unstage hunks or parts of them using a combination of recountdiff and git apply --cached
Agentlien 6y ago
Another option, if you're using Vim, is to use Tim Pope's Git plugin, Fugitive[0] [0] https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive
- wadkar 6y ago
  And magit for the emacs folks. They provide a conceptual framework for developer to orient and frame their actions with (sort of) right information density in the “native” $EDITOR environment. I think VSCode has that git plugin which is very popular but I can’t remember the name - gives great git log/blame interface.
  - sanketdasgupta 6y ago
    GitLens! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio....
- hibbelig 6y ago
  For me, personally, tig is the sweet spot. It shows me the output of "git status", I can select the files I want, and then commit them. There is also lazygit, it's kind of similar, but different. https://github.com/jonas/tig https://github.com/jonas/tig
  - Agentlien 6y ago
    What you describe sounds a lot like the :Git command of fugitive. I looked at tig and it does looks quite similar. Another feature I really like with fugitive is :Ggrep which runs a git grep and returns the result in the quickfix list.
krab 6y ago
Oh, thanks for it. On my computer, I usually commit using `git gui` (and CLI for everything else). Mostly because I can see the full changes I'm commiting. Now, I can do it with vim for the occasional commit from some server.
- sadfklsjlkjwt 6y ago
  `git diff --cached` will show you the changes staged. `git add -p` will give you a interactive way of committing partial changes.
  - kohtatsu 6y ago
    `git commit -p` works as well.
g-b-r 6y ago
Thanks, one of the myriad options for which I made a mental note to try after becoming proficient with git and then completely forgot

by tams 6y ago

roryrjb 6y ago

I pretty much always write my commit messages in Vim and never knew about -v, this is really nice thanks for the tip. Going to set it as default with: git config --global commit.verbose true

da-x 6y ago
It's useful, but makes you wonder why they haven't taken it one step forward and allow you to edit the diff too while you're at it.
- tomjakubowski 6y ago
  That sounds positively radical. Like magit taken to its conclusion.
- u801e 6y ago
  You could if you also have the output of git diff. Then you could stage and unstage hunks or parts of them using a combination of recountdiff and git apply --cached

Agentlien 6y ago

Another option, if you're using Vim, is to use Tim Pope's Git plugin, Fugitive[0] [0] https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive

wadkar 6y ago
And magit for the emacs folks. They provide a conceptual framework for developer to orient and frame their actions with (sort of) right information density in the “native” $EDITOR environment. I think VSCode has that git plugin which is very popular but I can’t remember the name - gives great git log/blame interface.
- sanketdasgupta 6y ago
  GitLens! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio.gitlens https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eamodio....
hibbelig 6y ago
For me, personally, tig is the sweet spot. It shows me the output of "git status", I can select the files I want, and then commit them. There is also lazygit, it's kind of similar, but different. https://github.com/jonas/tig https://github.com/jonas/tig
- Agentlien 6y ago
  What you describe sounds a lot like the :Git command of fugitive. I looked at tig and it does looks quite similar. Another feature I really like with fugitive is :Ggrep which runs a git grep and returns the result in the quickfix list.

krab 6y ago

Oh, thanks for it. On my computer, I usually commit using `git gui` (and CLI for everything else). Mostly because I can see the full changes I'm commiting. Now, I can do it with vim for the occasional commit from some server.

sadfklsjlkjwt 6y ago
`git diff --cached` will show you the changes staged. `git add -p` will give you a interactive way of committing partial changes.
- kohtatsu 6y ago
  `git commit -p` works as well.

g-b-r 6y ago

Thanks, one of the myriad options for which I made a mental note to try after becoming proficient with git and then completely forgot