How do I use vim as 'git show' editor?

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all as described in How do I use vim as 'git log' editor? doesn't work for git show . I use often

git show HEAD

ctrl+z 

ps 

  PID TTY          TIME CMD
 7083 pts/8    00:00:06 bash
31758 pts/8    00:00:00 git
31759 pts/8    00:00:00 less
31762 pts/8    00:00:00 ps

Update I found the solution :

git config --global pager.color false
git config --global pager.show 'vim -R -'

Even better (2021-02-05)

git config --global core.pager 'vim -R -'

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16666055/778517

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '15 at 23:34

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You can use the following command:

PAGER='vim -' git -c color.ui=false show

answered Jan 20 '15 at 23:34

manzur

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I guess he chose his update of his own post as the accepted answer – Santi Mar 01 '18 at 12:26

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 20 '15 at 16:03

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Here is a Twitter post to solve that problem.

https://twitter.com/oliviergay/status/179692941063888896

Using git show with vim and syntax highlighting: vimgitshow() { git show "$1" | vim - "+set filetype=${1##*.}"; }

edited Jan 20 '15 at 16:03

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answered Jan 20 '15 at 14:52

René Höhle

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also that is a bash function like an alias , not solve the original problem just workaround it . – Sérgio Jan 20 '15 at 15:58
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@Sérgio you put this into `~/.bashrc` so that it will be defined whenever you open a new terminal. then you can use `vimgitshow` instead of `git show` – lucidbrot Nov 07 '17 at 08:26
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What exactly does `+set filetype?${1##*.}";}` do? – lucidbrot Nov 07 '17 at 08:27
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(fix typo) where I put that piece of code ? thanks lucidbrot – Sérgio Nov 07 '17 at 11:43

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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This worked for me:

git config --global pager.show "vim -c '%sm/\\e.\\{-}m//g' -c 'set ft=diff' +1 -"

Crazy vim args found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17015531/610634

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Jan 20 '15 at 18:41

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I see `Error detected while processing command line: E486: Pattern not found: \e.\{-}m` – Vitaly Zdanevich Mar 16 '17 at 09:16
You can suppress such warnings with the `/e` flag. – henrebotha Feb 22 '18 at 10:43

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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You might also want to use a better diff than just patch syntax highlighting. It allows you to use git show and see the diff for each file in vimdiff. See this answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Feb 12 '17 at 19:38

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OverSang · Answer 5 · 2021-02-03T06:56:43.527

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can simply use git show bf9f84042 | vim - in edit mod, or git show bf9f84042 | vim -R - in read only mod, without changing gitconfig

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git config --global diff.tool vimdiff using vimdiff as diff.tool, and then git difftool bf9f042 232wf2f to diff

edited Feb 03 '21 at 06:56

answered Feb 03 '21 at 06:38

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How do I use vim as 'git show' editor?

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