Default Magit commit state in Evil

Question

I use evil. Normally, when I commit, I'd like to immediately start typing, but evil starts the buffer in evil-normal-state. I used to set

(evil-set-initial-state #'git-commit-mode 'insert)

But that no longer works, as Magit uses text-mode for its commit buffers.

How can I have Magit commits default to evil-insert-state?

I'm using git-commit-mode-hook and that (still) works for me — Croad Langshan, Jun 12 '16 at 16:53

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '15 at 08:45

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Here's a workaround:

(add-hook 'with-editor-mode-hook 'evil-insert-state)

I'm not sure why the initial state system was chosen as it either means you have a huge whitelist of states or do lookup of derived modes, the hooks system is a much more natural fit for Evil IMO.

answered Jul 16 '15 at 08:45

wasamasa

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Cool, this works perfectly! – PythonNut Jul 16 '15 at 13:36
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If you are using spacemacs, which does use git-commit-mode, you can be more specific with `(add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'evil-insert-state)` – Aaron Jensen Dec 02 '15 at 06:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 16:06

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(add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'evil-insert-state) works

answered Mar 10 '16 at 16:06

David

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Default Magit commit state in Evil

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