zovt / vim-dirvish

Directory viewer for Vim :zap:

dirvish.vim ⚡

Path navigator designed to work with Vim's built-in mechanisms and complementary plugins.

Features

• Simple: Each line is just a filepath
• Flexible: Mash up the buffer with :g, automate it with g:dirvish_mode
• Safe: Never modifies the filesystem
• Preserves the alternate buffer @# (and original buffer)
• Non-intrusive defaults
• 2x faster than netrw
• Visual selection opens multiple files
• :Shdo generates a shell script on selected files
• :Shdo! generates a shell script on the Vim arglist
• Less code, fewer bugs (96% smaller than netrw)
• Compatible with Vim 7.2+

Concepts

Each line is a filepath (hidden by conceal).

• Use plain old y to yank the path under the cursor, then feed it to :r or :e or whatever.
• Sort with :sort, filter with :global. Press R to reload.
• Instead of special "mark" commands, just add to the arglist, then :Shdo!.
  • Or add lines to quickfix (:'<,'>caddb) and iterate them (:cdo).
• :set ft=dirvish on any buffer to enable Dirvish features. Try this:

  git ls-files | vim +'setf dirvish' -
  

• Built-in commands like gf and CTRL-W f work.

Each Dirvish buffer name is the actual directory name, so commands and plugins that work with @% and @# do the Right Thing.

• Create directories: :!mkdir %foo
• Create files: :e %foo.txt
• Enable fugitive (so :Gstatus works): autocmd FileType dirvish call fugitive#detect(@%)

Credits

Dirvish was originally forked from filebeagle (and completely rewritten). Thanks to @jeetsukumaran.