How do I use vim as 'git show' editor?

Question

all as described in How do I use vim as 'git log' editor? doesn't work for git show . I use often

git show HEAD

ctrl+z 

ps 

  PID TTY          TIME CMD
 7083 pts/8    00:00:06 bash
31758 pts/8    00:00:00 git
31759 pts/8    00:00:00 less
31762 pts/8    00:00:00 ps

Update I found the solution :

git config --global pager.color false
git config --global pager.show 'vim -R -'

Even better (2021-02-05)

git config --global core.pager 'vim -R -'

https://stackoverflow.com/a/16666055/778517

Answer 1

You can use the following command:

PAGER='vim -' git -c color.ui=false show

Answer 2

Here is a Twitter post to solve that problem.

https://twitter.com/oliviergay/status/179692941063888896

Using git show with vim and syntax highlighting: vimgitshow() { git show "$1" | vim - "+set filetype=${1##*.}"; }

Answer 3

This worked for me:

git config --global pager.show "vim -c '%sm/\\e.\\{-}m//g' -c 'set ft=diff' +1 -"

Crazy vim args found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17015531/610634