How to open magit-status in full window

Question

I am using Magit to work with git in emacs. I have bound magit-status to a key, but every time I hit the key it opens in a split in lower half of the window and i have to hit C-x 1 to get it into a full window. How can I make it open in a full window by default?

Answer 1

(setq magit-status-buffer-switch-function 'switch-to-buffer)

or via customize:

M-x customize-variable RET magit-status-buffer-switch-function RET

Answer 2

For newer versions of Magit you can use this sanctioned snippet:

(setq magit-display-buffer-function #'magit-display-buffer-fullframe-status-v1)

I combine it with this to get a zen-like full window Git status after switching projects:

(setq projectile-switch-project-action 'magit-status)

Answer 3

Here is another way to achieve this:

(add-to-list 'same-window-regexps "\*magit: .*\*")