How can I perform git commit whenever I write a file in Vim?

Asked Jul 28 '20 at 07:58

Active Jul 28 '20 at 10:29

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I'd like to accomplish the following goals:

Whenever I perform a writing file action in Vim, like :w, I'd like to add the snapshot of that file to the staging area and commit it to the local repo, just like I manually execute the commands git add file.name && git commit -m 'some msg'.
The local repo is not a problem, I'll initiate it manully, or better this vimscript will initiate the repo automatically for me when necessary.

How can I do this? Please advice, thanks!

edited Jul 28 '20 at 10:29

dtip

asked Jul 28 '20 at 07:58

pbkdyy

I'd like to write some vimscripts to accomplish this, but I don't know how. – pbkdyy Jul 28 '20 at 08:00
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well, start by looking at `:h autocmd` or more specifically `:h BufWritePost` – Doktor OSwaldo Jul 28 '20 at 08:04
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Why would you want to do this? Committing each tiny change to every individual file in your repo with a generic commit message isn't the right way to use Git. – dtip Jul 28 '20 at 09:13
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bvim%5D+commit+save – phd Jul 28 '20 at 09:22
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Don't. If you want a versioning filesystem, use one. – William Pursell Jul 28 '20 at 10:52

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