Nvim Git

Another Git plugin for Neovim.

Need to solve

I created this plugin as I did not find any plugin which handle well the git add -p command. Most of these that I found allow to:

• commit a whole file
• maybe commit a hunk

But I haven't found any which allow to easily edit hunks to stage.

I therefore created this plugin.

Features

Stage changes

Changes can only be staged through a patch view phase (with possibility to edit the patch, similar to git add -p -> edit).

Changes can be staged in 3 commands:

• :NGitStage: Opens a patch file with all the local changes. Useful to pick changes from different files at once.
• :NGitStageFile: Opens a patch file with all the changes of the current file.
• :NGitStageNextHunk: Opens a patch file with only the first available hunk after the cursor in the current file.

Committing

The plugin handle commit operations.

The :NGitCommit command opens in a new tab a vertical split with:

• on one side an empty buffer to write the commit message,
• on the other side a buffer containing the staged changes.

Mappings

The following mappings are available:

• ga (overrides native Vim mapping): Executes :NGitStage to start staging changes.
• gc: Executes :NGitCommit To commit changes.

Bugs/Limitations

The plugin is probably heavily tailored to my needs, and lacks in features (I might add some as I use it).

Reported bugs are available on Github: https://github.com/padawin/nvim-git/issues