Helix doesn't need "Git integration", just use the following keymap.

[nik-rev]

1. install lazygit
2. add this to your configuration

[keys.normal]
C-g = [
    ":write-all", 
    ":new", 
    ":insert-output lazygit", 
    ":buffer-close!", 
    ":redraw", 
    ":reload-all"
]

Explanation

1. write-all: save all buffers so that the changes can be shown in lazygit and commited right away
2. new: create new empty buffer
3. insert-output lazygit: runs the lazygit command and inserts it's output into the new buffer
4. when you exit lazygit, buffer-close! will kill the previously empty buffer and send you pack to where you were previously
5. redraw is necessary to re-render the UI to show the buffers
6. reload-all because if e.g. you commit everything, helix will still show the symbols indicating that lines were changed / deleted on the left of the line numbers. This will prevent that

[David-Else]

On testing this I am afraid the input is messed up when trying to type into lazygit, this is me pressing the delete key:

Now I can't exit the window.

Any suggestions? I use Kitty and this has been working perfectly:

[keys.normal.C-t]
l = ":sh kitty @ launch --no-response --cwd=current --type=overlay --copy-env lazygit"

[mattkang]

I'm also getting similar behaviour with foot. I also cannot use <c-j> and <c-k> to move commits around. Seems like something is eating modifiers

[raphaelmso]

Same thing happening with ghostty and kitty here.

Edit: Wezterm works fine

[structwafel]

@David-Else
For kitty you can fix this by using remote-control.:

"C-g" = [
    ":write-all",
    ":run-shell-command kitty @ launch --type=overlay --cwd=current lazygit",
    ":redraw",
    ":reload-all",
]

Note you need allow_remote_control enabled for it to work.

[David-Else]

@structwafel Thanks for the info, but I am afraid this does not solve the reloading Helix after exiting Lazygit problem. I was already using the remote functionality like this:

l   = ":sh kitty @ launch --no-response --cwd=current --type=overlay --copy-env lazygit"

(--no-response will stop the window number return code being returned to Helix which needs dismissing every time)

Your suggestion does not actually reload-all, I made a thread #12077 about it, if you can solve it you will be truly awesome :)

[nikhilmaddirala]

Hi, I'm having the same issue with Ghostty

[ngasull]

I love what I'm reading here: combining tools that greatly do their purpose together. Thanks for sharing such ideas.

One issue I'm facing though is disabled mouse support after execution. Some open issues refer to the same problem, for example #11853. Seems like Helix doesn't check if the sub-command stole mouse support.

In the meanwhile, here is my work around:

[keys.normal]
C-g = [
    ":write-all", 
    ":new", 
    ":insert-output lazygit", 
    ":set mouse false", # First disable mouse to hint helix into activating it
    ":set mouse true",
    ":buffer-close!", 
    ":redraw", 
    ":reload-all"
]

[leonlonsdale]

Working fine in Ghostty.

Would something similar work with Yazi? I guess the problem would be piping back a file to a buffer after creating & opening a new file. Of course, the standard picker for existing files

[nouritsu]

Please continue from #12934

[azarmadr]

had to use C-l in zellij, as it conflicts with C-g (lock) of zellij

[Chris44442]

This doesn't work for me because after quitting Helix, the terminal doesn't get redrawn properly and is cluttered with the remnants of lazygit. Tested with Alacritty and Konsole.

[MrRobotMan]

I have a similar issue. Tested with Alacritty / powershell, Windows Terminal with powershell and cmd, CMD, and powershell. All have the same isseue where the terminal does not get redrawn after exiting Helix and all I see are the editor remnants.

[hholst80]

What does this do this spawns lazygit? Eh, why? How would that be useful? The whole thing of an integration is to have it integrated into the editor not shell out to another tool?

[nouritsu]

Both tools are good at their own jobs. The "integration" allows you to switch to it faster than C-z into typing the command out.

I (and I'm sure the other participants in this thread) don't want my text editor to be shipped with an entire version control GUI. This way I get to keep my LazyGit config and also quickly spawn it into my text editor.

[mnpqraven]

There's a similar integration with yazi (a cli file manager) but with both settings I've come across the same issue where when you exit helix, the whole editor screen stays on the terminal and doesn't disappear like this. This happens with multiple terminal (im using both wezterm and alacritty) so i'm not sure if this is a helix issue with redrawing

another note is that if you're committing in lazygit and you select "open in editor" in the commit message window then the terminal will freeze, i have to either type out by hand or type in another terminal then copy paste the contents

[zapatoche]

For me, things are getting stucked when i try to commit.
I'm using Ghostty on Mac. In order to have Helix Meta key working, i had to remap the macos-option-as-alt

macos-option-as-alt = left
keybind = alt+left=unbind
keybind = alt+right=unbind

When trying to commit with the LazyGit UI (c) I cannot save the commit with <Alt-enter>.
If i try to bypass the UI with C, hellix freezes over.

Removing the macos-option-as-alt makes Helix unusable.
Maybe there's an alternative.

[zapatoche]

I've remapped to and it's still not working.
I also tried to launch gitui with the same command but nothing happens.

Has anyone tried this integration with gitui?

[ndonkersloot]

I've remapped to and it's still not working. I also tried to launch gitui with the same command but nothing happens.

Has anyone tried this integration with gitui?

This works for me:

C-g = [
    ":write-all", 
    ":new", 
    ":insert-output gitui >/dev/tty", 
    ":set mouse false", 
    ":set mouse true",
    ":buffer-close!", 
    ":redraw", 
    ":reload-all"
]

[p4vook]

Helix does need a VCS integration, as the whole point of having a good editor expierience is not jumping between different editors all the time.

When you need to stage/restore individual lines/hunks (and in big projects you need to do that often!) switching to another tool for this simple task feels very awkward.

[nouritsu]

Both tools do their jobs very well, if you want a VCS integration there is always NeoVim + bloat. Besides this method is basically just a single keypress to get in and another to get out, it works 100% seamlessly for me.

[izhrs]

Both tools do their jobs very well, if you want a VCS integration there is always NeoVim + bloat. Besides this method is basically just a single keypress to get in and another to get out, it works 100% seamlessly for me.

Even nano does the job of editing just fine. What's even your point? The idea of keeping a tool "bloat-free" is ridiculous and makes zero sense. Bloat is subjective, just because you don't use a feature doesn't mean others won't. If you don't want to use something, then don't. Why gatekeep it?

It's been over four goddamn decades since vi was launched, and we still have only three types of CLI editors:

1. Integrate ten external tools just to make it barely usable, and half of them probably won't work right
2. Throw in fifty plugins to duct-tape together a usable setup, and at least one will break every other day
3. Completely unusable forever, no matter what you do

[Frestein]

Unable to get it to work with gitu. Helix continues to be displayed.

[gloaysa]

Adding to this, I created three scripts to have my most common used git operations inline under g.

They allow me to have this on the config:

• Inline blame, with extra info like the commit hash and name, and the line change.
• Hunk changes under the cursor.
• Full file changes of the last commit under the cursor.

[keys.normal.space.g]
f = "changed_file_picker"
r = ":reset-diff-change"
# inline blame
b = ":run-shell-command ~/.config/helix/utils/blame_line_pretty.sh %{buffer_name} %{cursor_line}"
# full file changes of last commit under cursor
B = ':open %sh{~/.config/helix/utils/blame_file_pretty.sh %{buffer_name} %{cursor_line}}'
# inline hunk changes
h = ':run-shell-command ~/.config/helix/utils/git-hunk.sh %{buffer_name} %{cursor_line} 3' 

I place the following scripts in a folder inside `~/.config/helix/utils`. I tried to leave them well documented.

You can find the scripts here: https://gist.github.com/gloaysa/828707f067e3bb20da18d72fa5d4963a

And how they look in the editor:
https://freeimage.host/i/KHS17at
https://freeimage.host/i/KHS1A6N