How can I commit files currently displayed in Vim with fugitive?

Question

I am editing files opened split into three windows. I want to commit those into the repository. Is there any commands to do that?

Kerstin

Answer 1

There are a few ways to accomplish this task. I will outline the most interactive method which uses :Git.

• Open up the status window via :Git
• Move between files via <c-n>/<c-p>
• Stage/unstage files via -
• Start committing via cc whilst in the status window
• Create commit message and save and close window. (I prefer :x)
• You can also use zj and zk to move between sections
• Using - on a section will stage/unstage all the files in that section

For more help with :Git see :h :Git or :G when in the :Git buffer.

Can use :Gwrite or :Gw and :windo to skip the :Git window to make this a bit faster.

:windo Gw
:Git commit

You can also skip the whole commit window by using the -m flag. e.g. :Git commit -m "A short message"

I recommend official repo on GitHub and Vimcasts videos on Fugitive: The Fugitive Series - a retrospective

To learn more see:

:h fugitive
:h :Git
:h :Gw
:h :Git commit
:h :windo
:h :x

Fibroid

Very helpful. The one complaint I have is that after doing :x to save the commit message, the status window closes too. But I often have both the status window open and the index and working copy diffed. I'm adding changes piecemeal using diffget (the improved version of the --patch workflow described in the 2nd vimcast). So what I really want is to be able to commit (and I do want to use the full window to compose my possibly multi-line message), but I don't want the status window to close after saving. Is this possible? – Zumwalt

You may wan to do verbose commit cvc in the :Gstatus window or :Gcommit --verbose. It will open a commit message in a new tab with more your commit details – Fibroid

Answer 2

Without fugitive:

:windo !git add %
:!git commit -m "My message goes here"

The last command could be replaced with:

:!git commit --interactive

Lengthways