https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit
A lightweight bundle of commands focussed on swift and streamlined git operations.
https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit
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A lightweight bundle of commands focussed on swift and streamlined git operations.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit
- Owner: chrisgrieser
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-09-20T09:19:39.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-31T14:23:25.000Z (20 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-04T16:36:13.583Z (16 days ago)
- Topics: commit-message, conventional-commits, git-client, nvim-plugin
- Language: Lua
- Homepage:
- Size: 664 KB
- Stars: 180
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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README
# nvim-tinygit
Bundle of commands focused on swift and streamlined git operations.
## Breaking changes in v1.0
- `dressing.nvim` and `nvim-notify` are **no longer dependencies**.
- `telescope.nvim` is now a **required dependency**.
- The `commit.insertIssuesOnHashSign` feature has been removed. Better issue
insertion via plugins like [cmp-git](https://github.com/petertriho/cmp-git) or
[blink-cmp-git](https://github.com/Kaiser-Yang/blink-cmp-git) now work there.
- `smartCommit` was overhauled. Among other improvements, it now supports a
commit body.
> [!NOTE]
> If you want to keep using the previous version, without these breaking
> changes, you can pin the tag `v0.9`:
>
> ```lua
> -- lazy.nvim
> {
> "chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit",
> tag = "v0.9"
> dependencies = "stevearc/dressing.nvim",
> },
> ```
## Feature overview
Interactive staging
Smart commit
File history
- **Interactive staging** of hunks (parts of a file). Displays hunk diffs with
syntax highlighting, and allows resetting or navigating to the hunk.
- **Smart-commit**: Open a popup to enter a commit message with syntax highlighting,
commit preview, and commit title length indicators. If there are no staged
changes, stages all changes before doing so (`git add -A`). Optionally trigger
a `git push` afterward.
- Convenient commands for **amend, stash, fixup, or undoing** commits.
- Search **issues & PRs**. Open the selected issue or PR in the browser.
- Open the **GitHub URL** of the current file, repo, or selected lines. Also
supports opening GitHub's blame view.
- **Explore file history**: Search the git history of a file for a string ("git
pickaxe"), or examine the history of a function or line range. Displays the
results in a diff view with syntax highlighting, correctly following file
renamings.
- **Status line components:** `git blame` of a file and branch state.
- **Streamlined workflow:** operations are smartly combined to minimize
friction. For instance, the smart-commit command combines staging, committing,
and pushing, and searching the file history combines unshallowing, searching,
and diff navigation.
## Table of contents
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Commands](#commands)
* [Interactive staging](#interactive-staging)
* [Smart commit](#smart-commit)
* [Amend and fixup commits](#amend-and-fixup-commits)
* [Undo last commit/amend](#undo-last-commitamend)
* [GitHub interaction](#github-interaction)
* [Push & PRs](#push--prs)
* [File history](#file-history)
* [Stash](#stash)
- [Status line components](#status-line-components)
* [git blame](#git-blame)
* [Branch state](#branch-state)
- [Credits](#credits)
## Installation
**Requirements**
- nvim 0.10+
- [telescope.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim)
- `curl` for GitHub-related features
- *optional*: Treesitter parser for syntax highlighting: `TSInstall gitcommit`
```lua
-- lazy.nvim (automatically takes care of dependencies)
{ "chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit" },
-- packer
use {
"chrisgrieser/nvim-tinygit",
requires = "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
}
```
## Configuration
The `setup` call is optional.
```lua
-- default config
require("tinygit").setup {
stage = { -- requires `telescope.nvim`
contextSize = 1, -- larger values "merge" hunks. 0 is not supported.
stagedIndicator = "",
keymaps = { -- insert & normal mode
stagingToggle = "", -- stage/unstage hunk
gotoHunk = "",
resetHunk = "",
},
moveToNextHunkOnStagingToggle = false,
-- accepts the common telescope picker config
telescopeOpts = {
layout_strategy = "horizontal",
layout_config = {
horizontal = {
preview_width = 0.65,
height = { 0.7, min = 20 },
},
},
},
},
commit = {
keepAbortedMsgSecs = 300,
border = getBorder(), -- `vim.o.winborder` on nvim 0.11, otherwise "rounded"
spellcheck = false, -- vim's builtin spellcheck
wrap = "hard", ---@type "hard"|"soft"|"none"
keymaps = {
normal = { abort = "q", confirm = "" },
insert = { confirm = "" },
},
subject = {
-- automatically apply formatting to the subject line
autoFormat = function(subject) ---@type nil|fun(subject: string): string
subject = subject:gsub("%.$", "") -- remove trailing dot https://commitlint.js.org/reference/rules.html#body-full-stop
return subject
end,
-- disallow commits that do not use an allowed type
enforceType = false,
-- stylua: ignore
types = {
"fix", "feat", "chore", "docs", "refactor", "build", "test",
"perf", "style", "revert", "ci", "break",
},
},
body = {
enforce = false,
},
},
push = {
preventPushingFixupCommits = true,
confirmationSound = true, -- currently macOS only, PRs welcome
-- If pushed commits contain references to issues, open them in the browser
-- (not used when using force-push).
openReferencedIssues = false,
},
github = {
icons = {
openIssue = "🟢",
closedIssue = "🟣",
notPlannedIssue = "⚪",
openPR = "🟩",
mergedPR = "🟪",
draftPR = "⬜",
closedPR = "🟥",
},
},
history = {
diffPopup = {
width = 0.8, -- between 0-1
height = 0.8,
border = getBorder(), -- `vim.o.winborder` on nvim 0.11, otherwise "rounded"
},
autoUnshallowIfNeeded = false,
},
appearance = {
mainIcon = "",
backdrop = {
enabled = true,
blend = 40, -- 0-100
},
},
statusline = {
blame = {
ignoreAuthors = {}, -- hide component if from these authors (useful for bots)
hideAuthorNames = {}, -- show component, but hide names (useful for your own name)
maxMsgLen = 40,
icon = "ﰖ",
},
branchState = {
icons = {
ahead = "",
behind = "",
diverge = "",
},
},
},
}
```
## Commands
All commands are available via lua function or sub-command of `:Tinygit`, for
example `require("tinygit").interactiveStaging()` and `:Tinygit
interactiveStaging`. However, do note that the lua function is preferable,
since the `:Tinygit` does not accept command-specific options and does not
trigger visual-mode specific changes to the commands.
### Interactive staging
- This command stages hunks, that is, *parts* of a file instead of the
full file. It is roughly comparable to `git add -p`.
- Use `` to (un)stage the hunk, `` to go to the hunk, or `ga", function() require("tinygit").interactiveStaging() end, { desc = "git add" })
vim.keymap.set("n", "gc", function() require("tinygit").smartCommit() end, { desc = "git commit" })
vim.keymap.set("n", "gp", function() require("tinygit").push() end, { desc = "git push" })
```
1. Stage some changes via `ga`.
2. Use `gc` to enter a commit message.
3. Repeat 1 and 2.
4. When done, `gp` to push the commits.
Using `pushIfClean = true` allows you to combine staging, committing, and
pushing into a single step, when it is the last commit you intend to make.
### Amend and fixup commits
**Amending**
- `amendOnlyMsg` just opens the commit popup to change the last commit message,
and does not stage any changes.
- `amendNoEdit` keeps the last commit message; if there are no staged changes,
stages all changes (`git add --all`), like `smartCommit`.
- Optionally runs `git push --force-with-lease` afterward, if the branch has
diverged (that is, the amended commit was already pushed).
```lua
-- values shown are the defaults
require("tinygit").amendOnlyMsg { forcePushIfDiverged = false }
require("tinygit").amendNoEdit { forcePushIfDiverged = false, stageAllIfNothingStaged = true }
```
**Fixup commits**
- `fixupCommit` lets you select a commit from the last X commits and runs `git
commit --fixup` on the selected commit.
- If there are no staged changes, stages all changes (`git add --all`), like
`smartCommit`.
- `autoRebase = true` automatically runs rebase with `--autosquash` and
`--autostash` afterward, confirming all fixups and squashes **without opening a
rebase to do editor**. Note that this can potentially result in conflicts.
```lua
-- values shown are the defaults
require("tinygit").fixupCommit {
selectFromLastXCommits = 15,
autoRebase = false,
}
```
### Undo last commit/amend
```lua
require("tinygit").undoLastCommitOrAmend()
```
- Changes in the working directory are kept, but unstaged. (In the background,
this uses `git reset --mixed`.)
- If there was a `push` operation done as a followup (such as `.smartCommit {
pushIfClean = false }`), the last commit is not undone.
### GitHub interaction
**Search issues & PRs**
- Requires `curl`.
```lua
-- state: all|closed|open (default: all)
-- type: all|issue|pr (default: all)
require("tinygit").issuesAndPrs { type = "all", state = "all" }
-- alternative: if the word under the cursor is of the form `#123`,
-- open that issue/PR
require("tinygit").openIssueUnderCursor()
```
**GitHub URL**
Creates a permalink to the current file/lines at GitHub. The link is opened in
the browser and copied to the system clipboard. In normal mode, uses the current
file, in visual mode, uses the selected lines. (Note that visual mode detection
requires you to use the lua function below instead of the `:Tinygit` ex-command.)
- `"file"`: code view
- `"blame"`: blame view
- `"repo"`: repo root
```lua
-- file|repo|blame (default: file)
require("tinygit").githubUrl("file")
```
### Push & PRs
- `push` can be combined with other actions, depending on the options.
- `createGitHubPr` opens a PR from the current branch browser. (This requires the
repo to be a fork with sufficient information on the remote.)
```lua
-- values shown are the defaults
require("tinygit").push {
pullBefore = false,
forceWithLease = false,
createGitHubPr = false,
}
require("tinygit").createGitHubPr()
```
### File history
Search the git history of the current file. Select from the matching commits to
open a popup with a diffview of the changes.
If the config `history.autoUnshallowIfNeeded` is set to `true`, will also
automatically un-shallow the repo if needed.
```lua
require("tinygit").fileHistory()
```
The type of history search depends on the mode `.fileHistory` is called from:
- **Normal mode**: search file history for a string (`git log -G`)
* Correctly follows file renamings, and displays past filenames in the
commit selection.
* The search input is case-insensitive and supports regex.
* Leave the input field empty to display *all* commits that changed the
current file.
- **Visual mode**: function history (`git log -L`).
* The selected text is assumed to be the name of the function whose history
you want to explore.
* Note that [`git` uses heuristics to determine the enclosing function of
a change](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38153309), so this is not
100% perfect and has varying reliability across languages.
* Caveat: for function history, git does not support to follow renamings of
the file or function name.
- **Visual line mode**: line range history (`git log -L`).
* Uses the selected lines as the line range.
* Caveat: for line history, git does not support to follow file renamings.
Note that visual mode detection requires you to use the lua function above
instead of the `:Tinygit` ex-command.
### Stash
Simple wrappers around `git stash push` and `git stash pop`.
```lua
require("tinygit").stashPush()
require("tinygit").stashPop()
```
## Status line components
### git blame
Shows the message and date (`git blame`) of the last commit that changed the
current *file* (not line).
```lua
require("tinygit.statusline").blame()
```
> [!TIP]
> Some status line plugins also allow you to put components into the tab line or
> win bar. If your status line is too crowded, you can add the blame-component
> to one of those bars instead.
The component can be configured with the `statusline.blame` options in the [plugin
configuration](#configuration).
### Branch state
Shows whether the local branch is ahead or behind of its remote counterpart.
(Note that this component does not run `git fetch` for performance reasons, so
the component may not be up-to-date with remote changes.)
```lua
require("tinygit.statusline").branchState()
```
## Credits
In my day job, I am a sociologist studying the social mechanisms underlying the
digital economy. For my PhD project, I investigate the governance of the app
economy and how software ecosystems manage the tension between innovation and
compatibility. If you are interested in this subject, feel free to get in touch.
I also occasionally blog about vim: [Nano Tips for Vim](https://nanotipsforvim.prose.sh)
- [Website](https://chris-grieser.de/)
- [Mastodon](https://pkm.social/@pseudometa)
- [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Grieser)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-grieser-ba693b17a/)
