How do you exit vimdiff mode in vim, specifically, for Fugitive?

Question

I am using vim with the fugitive extension. It has a :Gdiff command which brings you into vimdiff mode, but what is the right/quick way to close/quit vimdiff mode?

I.e.,

Answer 1

noremap <leader>do :diffoff \| windo if &diff \| hide \| endif<cr>

Quite diff mode and close other diff windows. (Note: fugitive will auto delete its hidden buffers.)

Answer 2

This works fine for me, combining some of the existing ideas here:

function! MyCloseDiff()
  if (&diff == 0 || getbufvar('#', '&diff') == 0)
        \ && (bufname('%') !~ '^fugitive:' && bufname('#') !~ '^fugitive:')
    echom "Not in diff view."
    return
  endif

  " close current buffer if alternate is not fugitive but current one is
  if bufname('#') !~ '^fugitive:' && bufname('%') =~ '^fugitive:'
    if bufwinnr("#") == -1
      b #
      bd #
    else
      bd
    endif
  else
    bd #
  endif
endfunction
nnoremap <Leader>gD :call MyCloseDiff()<cr>

Answer 3

Check the vimdiff toggling between diffthis and diffoff here at this page.

The code:

nnoremap <silent> <Leader>df :call DiffToggle()<CR>

function! DiffToggle()
    if &diff
        diffoff
    else
        diffthis
    endif
:endfunction

Answer 4

Method 1:

• open a compare by:

:windo diffthis

• close it by:

:windo diffoff

Method 2:

I recommend just using the most simple command: :q<CR>

when you want to do it quickly, add the mapping:

" Set mapleader
let mapleader = ","
let g:mapleader = ","

and

" Quickly close the current window
nnoremap <leader>q :q<CR>

It works well for me. Exit vimdiff just by ,q, because normally your cursor in the old file.

Answer 5

You can execute windo set nodiff noscrollbind and then close the second window.

Update: there is a diffoff command. Use windo diffoff, not what I wrote in previous line.

Answer 6

this is what I have to leave the vimdiff windows after using :Gdiff

nnoremap gD :q!<CR> :Gedit!<CR>