Open (in vim) all modified files in a git repository
4 Alternatives + Submit Alt
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For editing files added to the index:
vim `git diff --name-only --cached`To edit all changed files:vim `git diff --name-only HEAD`To edit changed files matching glob:vim `git diff --name-only -- '*.html'`If the commands needs to support filenames with whitespace, it gets a bit hacky (see http://superuser.com/questions/336016/invoking-vi-through-find-xargs-breaks-my-terminal-why for the reason):git diff --name-only -z | xargs -0 bash -c '</dev/tty vim "$@"' xThe last part can be put in a script named e.g. vimargs, and used with any command outputting NUL separated filenames:git grep -lz foobar | vimargs5vim `git diff --name-only` -
The option --porcelain makes the output of git easier to parse. This one-liner may not work if there is a space in the modified file name.
4vim `git status --porcelain | sed -ne 's/^ M //p'` -
Opens all files in the index (modified plus not added yet) in tabs in vim.
0vim -p `git --porcelain | awk {print $2}` -
Works even with spaces in filenames. As an alias in .gitconfig: [alias] editchanged = "!git status --porcelain | sed -ne 's/^ M //p' | tr '\\n' '\\0' | tr -d '\"' | xargs -0 vim"
0git status --porcelain | sed -ne 's/^ M //p' | tr '\n' '\0' | tr -d '"' | xargs -0 vim
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git status | awk '/modified/{ print $3 }'