Quick and dirty git integration (lazygit)

[smpallen99]

I just found tasks in zed last night. That make lazygit integration a breeze. Great feature zed.dev team! I'm probably addressing the folks that are using the vim bindings.

LazyGit as a terminal based Git client that uses vim bindings for navigation and control.

Once that's installed, here is the zed task that will open it. You might need to install a zed version from the preview channel to get the Tasks feature.

Open tasks with zed::OpenTasks action ("zed: open tasks" in the command palette) and add the following:

[
   {
      "label": "Lazygit",
      "command": "lazygit",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "use_new_terminal": true,
      "allow_concurrent_runs": false
  }
]

I have it mapped to <leader>gg as is fairly standard in neovim.

[
  {
     "context": "Editor && vim_mode == normal && vim_operator == none && !VimWaiting", 
     "bindings": {
         // ...
        "space g g": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "alt-shift-t enter"]
   }
]

This solution isn't perfect. Here are a couple issues:

• I can't figure out how to send a command after the terminal opens with the binding above. I would like to have the terminal open with LazyGit and zoom it. There is a limit with executing an async task and sending a command afterward. The workaround is to manually type shift-escape after space g g.
• When you quit LazyGit, the empty terminal tab must be manually closed. The workaround is to use cmd-w to close the active pane.

[jamesgecko]

Is there a way to open a specific task from a key binding? It seems like there must be, as the docs mention $ZED_ROW and others. But I can't get it to work with "space l": ["task::Spawn", "Lazygit"],, it always opens the task runner.

[jamesgecko]

Wow, thank you!

[osiewicz]

Here we go: #9064

[baldwindavid]

This is great. The workaround I am using for that currently is using the send keystrokes command...

      "space t": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": task:spawn enter Test Under Cursor enter"
      ],

This will be much cleaner. Thanks!

[failable]

@osiewicz Can we have an option to not to show the terminal when running a task? I setup a task to run magit in Emacs and I don't run Emacs in terminal but in another GUI. So the popup terminal is useless for me in this situation and I have to close it every time.

"ctrl-x m": [
        "task::Spawn",
        {
          "task_name": "Magit"
        }
      ]

{
    "label": "Magit",
    "command": "osascript",
    "args": [
      "-e",
      "'activate application \"Emacs\"'",
      "-e",
      "'do shell script \"/usr/local/bin/emacsclient -n -u -e \\\"(magit-status)\\\"\"'"
    ],
    "use_new_terminal": true
  }

[ivanlauhk]

As Tasks works now, I can setup a keybind to launch a specific task.
There is a use_new_terminal option in Tasks, but is it possible to make it open the way like workplace: new center terminal?
I want it to open in the main window instead of having to drag it from the bottom.

[baldwindavid]

@smpallen99 I posted some similar experiences in #9067 - Great to see these options available now.

[thuvasooriya]

I can't get space g g keybinding to work in zed, what could I possibly do wrong.

  {
    "context": "Editor && vim_mode == normal && !VimWaiting && !menu",
    "bindings": {
      // put key-bindings here if you want them to work only in normal mode
      "space g g": ["task:spawn", "lazygit"]
    }
  }

[floriansenat]

Does this work?

 "bindings": {
      // put key-bindings here if you want them to work only in normal mode
      "space g g": ["task::Spawn", { "task_name": "Lazygit" }]
 }

[thuvasooriya]

yes indeed! thanks. i just recently checked the docs also, seems they've updated it.

i wish there was a easy config to open lazygit as in Toggle zoom and it ends the task automatically and closed when i press q.
current process looks like ,

1. spawning the task with space g g
2. shift esc to zoom
3. do your thing and press q
4. close the terminal window with cmd w, if you have multiple terminals running good luck or you press ctrl ` i guess

it's kind of messed up ig. i looked around to find if there is any way to

1. open a task in a new window
2. a task terminal to exit automatically
   or just
3. chain zed actions in general to do these things
   but i haven't found any. let me know if there is something i missed. thanks again.

edit: anyway to do this with SendKeystrokes?

[baldwindavid]

Tasks are great for one-off tests and such, but just not quite well-suited to this sort of thing. I use SendKeystrokes for a center terminal...

      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit enter"
      ],

This is adapted from my attempts to leverage a netrw-ish file explorer in #9067

You can then use the tab switcher to access as needed if it's in the same pane.

[thuvasooriya]

so cool works awesome! thanks!

[schoblaska]

I tweaked this to ": new center terminal enter lazygit space && space exit enter" so that the terminal pane closes itself after I exit lazygit.

[mdrahiem]

For anyone looking for step by step implementation,

#4367 (comment)

by @baldwindavid

[thuvasooriya]

For anyone looking for step by step implementation,

#4367 (comment)

by @baldwindavid

i recommend you check out other implementations in this chat, having lazy git in a tiny terminal window is not ideal (at least for me), there are better implementations above than this

[mdrahiem]

Sorry, I didn't understand which other implementations you are talking about. Could you please redirect me to specific message/implementation you are referring to? I see the whole thread has lazyGit implementation but nothing else.

Also I see #8485 (reply in thread) but this doesn't work for me. When I press space g g the text :newcenterterminallazygit is pasted at my cursor but nothing else. Am I missing something here?

[thuvasooriya]

hmm that's strange. are you using vim mode?
cause the method you mentioned didn't work for me and yes i was mentioning this #8485 (reply in thread)
it works as i expect it to work as i'm using vim mode
maybe there is a better way to do this but i've put it in a bunch of places to make it work for me
keymap.json

  {
    "context": "EmptyPane || SharedScreen",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit space enter"
      ],
    }
  },
  {
    "context": "ProjectPanel && not_editing",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit space enter"
      ],
    }
  },
  {
    "context": "Editor && vim_mode == normal && !VimWaiting && !menu",
    "bindings": {
      // only in normal mode
      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit space enter"
      ],
...
    }
  },

tasks.json

[
{
  "label": "lazygit",
  "command": "lazygit",
  "args": [],
  "env": {},
  //"cwd": "/path/to/working/directory",
  "use_new_terminal": true,
  "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
  "reveal": "always"
}
]

[baldwindavid]

@mdrahiem That original message #8485 (comment) in which I'm attributed points to a message that is not written by me. The workflow I use is mentioned right in this discussion at #8485 (reply in thread)

  {
    "context": "Editor && VimControl && !VimWaiting && !menu",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit enter"
      ],

  },

fwiw, I also make it available for an empty screen...

  {
    "context": "EmptyPane || SharedScreen",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        ": new center terminal enter lazygit enter"
      ]
    }
  },

Note that there is no "task" involved here at all. I am just sending the keystrokes to open a center terminal and additional keystrokes to type the word lazygit followed by enter. This is the same as opening via a terminal outside Zed.

When I press space g g the text :newcenterterminallazygit is pasted at my cursor but nothing else. Am I missing something here?

From the sounds of it I suspect you have added as a global keybinding and kicked off perhaps from the terminal. 🤷

[mdrahiem]

hmm that's strange. are you using vim mode?

@thuvasooriya You're right. I didn't enable vim mode. When I did, it worked well. Thanks.

@baldwindavid Sorry for the wrong attribution. I see it's a different username. I got confused. Thanks for the clear explanation. I understand that to make key bindings work, I need to enable Vim mode.

[Blankeos]

How to change the open command of lazygit to open inside Zed?

[theherk]

You can do

os:
  edit: "zed {{filename}}"
  editAtLine: "zed {{filename}}:{{line}}"

in your ~/.config/lazygit/config.yml. You can surely do the same with the open command.

[theherk]

This is my current configuration for this combining all that I've learned here and bumps along the way. This is a bit more precise because it specifies bash. I use fish by default and that has problems here. Unclear why, see #20588. Also, it closes on q.

edit: This is updated based on two improvements present at 38c0aa3. First, users of fish no longer need to specify another shell. Even better, thanks to @mikayla-maki's awesome change in #22004, one can now run this in the center pane.

tasks.json

[
  {
    "label": "lazygit",
    "command": "lazygit",
    "working_directory": "${ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT}",
    "hide": "on_success",
    "use_new_terminal": true,
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false
  }
]

keymap.json

[
  {
    "context": "Editor && vim_mode == normal && !VimWaiting && !menu",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": ["task::Spawn", { "task_name": "lazygit", "target": "center"}]
    }
  }
]

[smedegaard]

I use fish. What precisely is not working with fish here?

[theherk]

This is working, but not with the shell as fish; at least not for me. You can see my explanation in the linked bug report. If it works for you with fish, let me know. You can peruse my configuration if you have ideas why at theherk/commons.

[pidanou]

Anyone knows how Lazygit integration on Neovim (LazyVim distro) https://github.com/folke/snacks.nvim can open the UI so fast? it seems like in this package that the terminal was already live (i can't see the fastfetch/neofetch text for example).

It seems like in the background there is always a terminal running, and it is just shown when needed

[pidanou]

After updating to 0.165.4, "space g g": [ "workspace::SendKeystrokes", ": new center terminal enter lazygit space && space exit enter" ], no longer works, it just opens the terminal and types nothing

[baldwindavid]

@pidanou fyi, this no longer works as of last week's preview release and looks like no plans for it to work again. See #21610 and #21584

Appears opening in the bottom pane via task is about the closest now.

[baldwindavid]

The task route works, but after this stopped working I have started to just manually open a center terminal, run lazygit, and then just keep the tab around. That this feature stopped working has been much more problematic for trying to use a center terminal for a netrw-like experience like #9067

[theherk]

@pidanou You're so right about Neovim. I'm an avid user too, but am working with Zed primarily for smooth scrolling. Wezterm, Ghostty, and Contour all have tasks open to implement smooth scrolling but no progress that I know of since it will be a complex task in terminals. But I'm testing Zed for other reasons too, like CRDT.

Anyway, on topic, the panel does close on quit. You're right it doesn't open full though. I actually open it then have ⌘ ⏎ set to full screen. But then hitting q does close the panel.

[baldwindavid]

Yup, maximizing is easy enough with a keyboard shortcut; just a flow thing. I think all of these issues would go away if we could target a task at a center terminal, but not sure if that will ever be a thing.

[theherk]

Would you look at what just landed; can't wait to try it out. #22004

[baldwindavid]

Yes, this is so awesome! Works perfect.