How to write a keybind to open current file in mini.files and how to use show_at_cursor() on git diff command to go to buffer which is already open.

[231tr0n]

Hi @echasnovski! I had two issues when using mini.files and mini-git in my workflow.

1. How do I open current file location in mini.files instead of opening pwd and navigating to it?
2. When using MiniGit.show_at_cursor() on :Git diff commands diffs, it opens up a new window instead of navigating to the existing one. Also the new window does not have an Lspattached to it and hence I will have to manually open the file again. How do you think I can solve this issue.

[echasnovski]

1. How do I open current file location in mini.files instead of opening pwd and navigating to it?

It is in documentation of the main open() function.

2. When using MiniGit.show_at_cursor() on :Git diff commands diffs, it opens up a new window instead of navigating to the existing one. Also the new window does not have an Lspattached to it and hence I will have to manually open the file again. How do you think I can solve this issue.

Only showing in split is supported. Showing in the same window is not clean enough because returning to the :Git diff buffer is an extra hustle as the buffer is not listed. This won't be supported.

LSP server is not attached because opened buffer is not actually a file from disk, but a "snapshot" of it (which is reflected in the name). This is deliberate.

[echasnovski]

@echasnovski Also just a small query, like i meant not showing in the same window I mean navigating to an existing buffer or basically opening the buffer newly and normally instead of snapshot and not touching the git diff buffer. Can this be achieved in any way.

This information is in the next comment in the issue I linked earlier.

[231tr0n]

Cool let me try it out! Thank you for the reply!!!

[231tr0n]

The solution you suggested works like a charm. Thank you soo much. This fixes all my workflow issues with mini.files and mini-git.

[231tr0n]

@echasnovski just wanted to inform you about my findings since the initial issue was regarding navigating back to the git diff buffer. I used tabe instead of vertical split in your given example and I could navigate back to the diff source by closing the buffer opened with tabe. I just wanted to ask if this functionality can be included in mini-git with a different option as part of MiniGit.show_diff_source({opts}) or to that matter as a different function.

[echasnovski]

MiniGit.show_diff_source does support showing in separate tab. It would still be not the file from disk, but special 'mini.git' buffer with the same content and possibly highlighting. No other approach in showing 'mini.git' output (be it show_at_cursor(), :Git, show_diff_source(), and others) apart from already implemented is not planned.