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title: Vimdiff
category: Vim
updated: 2018-12-06
weight: -10
intro: |
  [Vim](https://www.vim.org/) is a very efficient text editor. This reference was made for Vim 8.0.
---

Getting started
---------------
{: .-three-column}

### Navigating
{: .-prime}

| Shortcut       | Description                      |
| ---            | ---                              |
| `]c`           | Next difference                  |
| `[c`           | Previous difference              |
{: .-shortcuts}

### Editing

| Shortcut | Description                         |
| ---            | ---                              |
| `do`           | Diff Obtain! <br>Pull the changes to the current file. |
| `dp`           | Diff Put! <br>Push the changes to the other file. |
| ---            | ---                              |
| `:diffupdate`  | Re-scan the files for differences.                    |
| `ZQ`           | Quit without checking changes    |
{: .-shortcuts}

### Folds

| Shortcut      | Description                  |
| ---           | ---                          |
| `zo` _/_ `zO` | Open                         |
| `zc` _/_ `zC` | Close                        |
| `za` _/_ `zA` | Toggle                       |
| ---           | ---                          |
| `zv`          | Open folds for this line     |
| ---           | ---                          |
| `zM`          | Close all                    |
| `zR`          | Open all                     |
| ---           | ---                          |
| `zm`          | Fold more _(foldlevel += 1)_ |
| `zr`          | Fold less _(foldlevel -= 1)_ |
| ---           | ---                          |
| `zx`          | Update folds                 |
{: .-shortcuts}


Also see
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- [Vim cheatsheet](https://vim.rtorr.com/) _(vim.rotrr.com)_
- [Vim documentation](https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/) _(vimdoc.sourceforge.net)_
- [Interactive Vim tutorial](https://openvim.com/) _(openvim.com)_