From 3a807afedd53033c5e26c05014fd26f9e0e36de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurynas Lazauskas <8823448+lawrence-laz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 00:08:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md with nvim --listen and --server

The provided instructions help to set up an environment where pressing the key `e` on a file in `lazygit` will edit the file in the same nvim instance.
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 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 405d05e..515eecf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ If you have `neovim-remote` and don't want `lazygit.nvim` to use it, you can dis
 let g:lazygit_use_neovim_remote = 0
 ```
 
+**Using nvim --listen and nvim --server to edit files in same process**
+
+You can use vanilla nvim server to edit files in the same nvim instance when you use `e` inside `lazygit`.
+
+1. You have to start nvim with the `--listen` parameter. An easy way to ensure this is to use an alias:
+```bash
+# ~/.bashrc
+alias vim='nvim --listen /tmp/nvim-server.pipe'
+```
+
+2. You have to modify lazygit to attempt connecting to existing nvim instance on edit:
+```yml
+# ~/.config/jesseduffield/lazygit/config.yml
+os:
+  editCommand: 'nvim'
+  editCommandTemplate: '{{editor}} --server /tmp/nvim-server.pipe --remote-tab "$(pwd)/{{filename}}"'
+```
+
 ### Telescope Plugin
 
 The Telescope plugin is used to track all git repository visited in one nvim session.