Bindings

Here's a collection of custom bindings you can easily add to your tigrc.

• Move in diff view with arrow keys: bind diff <Up> move-up and bind diff <Down> move-down

• Intent to add: bind status N !@git add -N %(file) (might be useful if you want to add-patch a newly created file)

• Stage a single line: bind stage 1 stage-update-line

• Interactive rebase: bind main B !git rebase -i %(commit)

• Revert: bind main ! !git revert %(commit)

• Create a new branch: bind refs n !@git branch "%(prompt Enter branch name: )"

• Add/edit notes for the current commit used during a review: bind generic T !git notes edit %(commit)

• less-like page scrolling: bind generic ^f scroll-page-down and bind generic ^b scroll-page-up

• Add verbose flag to git-commit: bind generic C !git commit -v

• Amend last commit: bind generic + !git commit --amend

• Drop the selected stash: bind stash D !?git stash drop %(stash)

• Apply the selected stash: bind stash A !?git stash apply %(stash)

• Stash the unstaged changes: bind status S !?git stash save --keep-index %(prompt)

• Delete a file: bind status D !@?rm %(file)

• Tag the selected commit: bind main T !@git tag %(prompt) %(commit)

• Push local changes to origin: bind status P !git push origin

• Open the commit on Github: bind generic B @sh -c "xdg-open 'https://'$(git remote -v | grep -Eo 'github.com[:/][^.]+' | head -1 | tr : /)'/commit/%(commit)'"

• *Patch the file under the cursor: bind status P !git add --patch %(file)

• Copy commit title to clipboard:

    bind generic 9 !@sh -c "git show -s --format=%s %(commit) | xclip -selection c" # Linux
    bind generic 9 !@sh -c "git show -s --format=%s %(commit) | pbcopy" # Mac
    bind generic 9 !@sh -c "git show -s --format=%s %(commit) > /dev/clipboard" # Cygwin
  

• Add selected file to .gitignore and open vim for additional changes: bind status <Ctrl-r> !sh -c "echo %(file) >> .gitignore && vi .gitignore"

Comparing commits and files in external diff tool (e.g Beyond Compare)

• Compare changed file in status view: bind status <F4> !sh -c "git difftool -y \"$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/%(file)\""

• Compare selected commit in log view (main view) with its parent: bind main <F4> !git difftool -d %(commit)^!

• Compare 2 different commits in log view - Select first commit, press F5, select second commit and press hotkey again: bind main <F5> @git tig-compare-commits %(commit) that requires the following alias in your .gitconfig:

    tig-compare-commits = "!f() { \
    	echo Checking branch existence; \
    	if [[ $(git branch --list temp-compare-base) != \"\" ]]; then\
    		echo Branch exists, comparing with $1; \
    		git difftool -d temp-compare-base..$1; \
    		git branch --delete temp-compare-base; \
    	else \
    		echo Creating initial branch at $1; \
    		git branch temp-compare-base $1; \
    	fi;\
    };"