git diff in my mvim

Question

I was used to doing

git diff | mate

but my new machine does not have mate and I use mvim. So I tried

git diff | mvim

and that did not work. What is the best way to see git diff in mvim editor.

I am using mac and I use mvim.

Answer 1

I don't know about mvim specifically, but with normal vim you have to give it a filename of - to make it read stdin:

git diff | vim -

Perhaps mvim works the same?

Answer 2

I do believe you might be seeking this... (obviously, with mvimdiff instead of vimdiff)