Neogit / Magit or Jujutsu in Zed

[theherk]

Zed has great git integration. However, sometimes one wants something a little different or something that can be used outside Zed as well.

You may have seen the Lazygit tasks that have popped up in a few places. In fact, it has just appeared in the new Hidden Gems: Team Edition Part 1, though this has been around for quite a while. see #8485.

Anyway, if you're a lover of Neogit (much like Magit), you can use Neogit directly in Zed. You can also run Jujutsu UI for those of you working with Jujutsu.

Neogit

Neovim configuration

First, you'll need an autocmd to spawn neogit directly (assuming you have the extension installed). I do this in my config like this

  if vim.env.NVIM_NEOGIT == "1" then
    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("VimEnter", {
      callback = function()
        require("neogit").open()
      end,
    })
    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
      pattern = "NeogitStatus",
      callback = function()
        vim.defer_fn(function()
          vim.keymap.set("n", "q", "<cmd>qa<cr>", { buffer = true, desc = "quit neovim" })
        end, 100) -- Delay to ensure Neogit sets its mapping first.
      end,
    })
  end

Then you can use this anywhere you want for just the git interface.

NVIM_NEOGIT=1 nvim

Zed Configuration

Then, you need a task and optionally a keymap to run it.

~/.config/zed/tasks.json

  {
    "label": "neogit",
    "env": { "NVIM_NEOGIT": "1" },
    "command": "nvim",
    "hide": "on_success",
    "use_new_terminal": true,
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
    "shell": {
      "program": "bash"
    }
  },

~/.config/zed/keymap.json

      "space g n": [
        "task::Spawn",
        { "task_name": "neogit", "reveal_target": "center" }
      ],

Jujutsu

Assuming you have Jujutsu and jjui installed, you simply need the task and optionally the keymap.

~/.config/zed/tasks.json

  {
    "label": "jjui",
    "command": "jjui",
    "hide": "on_success",
    "use_new_terminal": true,
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
    "shell": {
      "program": "bash"
    }
  },

~/.config/zed/keymap.json

      "space u": [
        "task::Spawn",
        { "task_name": "jjui", "reveal_target": "center" }
      ],