Posts tagged with "vim"

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Git Evolution: How did we get Here?

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In a large long-lived git repository there is a lot of history behind the current state of things. git blame lets you scratch the surface, while git log lets you dig deeper. The use of git evolution provides a succient and yet comprhensive approach to understanding the evolution of a range of lines within a git repository.

Enhanced Vim Searching

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Vanilla vim offers fairly powerful searching capabilities within a buffer. It is possible to _enhance_ vim's searching capabilities even further with vim plugins. Using several plugins, keymappings and settings, we can improve upon vim's search.

Vim Substitution Feedback Using vim-over

2 min read

Vim substitutions offer little affordance in whether the search will match the desired text. vim-over is a vim plugin that provides visual feedback while working with substitutions.

Project-Wide Search and Replace with Vim

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There are many instances where you might want to perform a mass search and replace in Vim. The following are two commands that can help out with such a task.