Switch to Files while in GFiles mode

[nrocco]

• I have fzf 0.23.0 or above
• I have read through https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim/blob/master/README.md
• I have read through https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/blob/master/README-VIM.md
• I have read through the manual page of fzf (man fzf)
• I have searched through the existing issues

First of all, thank you for this vim plugin, it is awesome!

Current Situation

• I have 2 key bindings
  • one that maps to Files and
  • another one that maps to GFiles.
• 90% of the time I use GFiles to quickly find and open a file I am looking for.
• Sometimes the file I am looking for is not in version control, but I used GFiles so there is no match.
• I hit esc
• Use my key binding to open Files and search again.

Desired situation

• For those 10% of cases
• I open GFiles, search for a file that is not under version control.
• GFiles show no matches
• I hit some magic key while in GFiles mode to switch to Files mode, while retaining the current search
• More results show up and I open the file I wanted to open

This way one can make a habit of always using GFiles, which is fast, and fallback to Files only if needed.

Is it possible to configure fzf.vim this way?

[strimmlarn]

I used this line from this thread on reddit for exactly that, it stopped working 30 mins ago though. that why I'm lurking here right now. But I have a feeling its my fault. So maybe it works for you.

map <expr> <C-p> fugitive#head() != '' ? ':GFiles --cached --others --exclude-standard<CR>' : ':Files<CR>'

[nrocco]

After reading https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#2-switch-between-sources-by-pressing-ctrl-d-or-ctrl-f and junegunn/fzf#1750

I have found a solution that works very well. I have defined these two environment variables

export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='fd --type file --follow --hidden'
export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="--bind 'ctrl-f:reload($FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND --no-ignore-vcs),ctrl-g:reload($FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND)'"

In my .vimrc I have the following mapping:

nnoremap <leader>f :Files<CR>

Whenever I am working on a project

• I bring up fzf in vim by pressing <leader>f
• I search for some class, for example NotesController
• The file happens to not be part of the git repository but part of a 3rd party module
• I press ctrl+f while fzf is still open
• fzf switches to fd in --no-ignore-vcs mode which now includes all files in the current directory
• NotesController now appears in the list and I can edit it

I will close this issue.