vim-commands.md

Commonly used vim commands

For basic vim commands, run vimtutor in your terminal. It is recommended to go over this before you read further. Below are more advanced commands

In normal mode

Commands	Shortcuts
toggle NerdTree	\
toggle NerdTree and jump to the current file	`
quickly search for a file	<ctrl>p
quickly search for a file that was opened recently	<ctrl>pf
split the view horizontally	:sp
split the view vertically	:vs
comment / uncomment	,c<space>
indent	>
unindent	<
select same words	<ctrl>n
select a block, excluding the parent wrapper	vii
select a block, including the the parent wrapper	vai
go to the next character 'x' in the same line	fx
go to the previous character 'x'in the same line	Fx
capitalize/uncapitalize a character or a block	~
go to the right pane	<ctrl>l
go to the left pane	<ctrl>h
go to the upper pane	<ctrl>k
go to the lower pane	<ctrl>j
search for the word under cursor	,vv
replace the word under cursor	,vr
search in working directory	Grep <string/regex>
replace in working directory	Replace <string/regex>
go to the corresponding opening / closing braces	%
find the word under the cursor in the current file	*
show/hide highligts after searching	<space>
fold all code blocks to the root level	zM
fold all code blocks for 1 level	zm
unfold all code blocks for 1 level	zr
unfold all code blocks	zR
unfold the code block under cursor for only 1 level	zo
unfold the code block under cursor for all levels	zO
quickly jump to a string by first 2 characters of the string	s<first 2 chars>
go back to the recent file	^

working with Git

Commands	Shorcuts
go to the next change in the file	]c
go to the previous change in the file	[c
git status	:Gstatus
git commit	:Gcommit
git push	:Gpush
git blame	:Gblame
other git commands	:Git <command>

In NerdTree

Commands	Shorcuts
show available commands	?
go to the next GIT change in the tree	]c
go to the previous GIT change in the tree	[c