[e button] in [diff files tab] should open file at a chosen commit

[7flash]

Currently when I press "e" while focused on a file within a specific commit in "diff" tab, then it executes a command

bash -c vim -- "App.tsx"

It would be more useful if it would actually open file at corresponding chosen revision.

git show a1b35:./file.txt

[stefanhaller]

I very much disagree. But this is a duplicate of #3902, see the longer discussion there.

[Luigi31415]

I agree with @7flash. Sometimes, I go back to old commits to modify and copy certain pieces of content. It would be really convenient to handle this directly in my code editor. Perhaps we could introduce this functionality under a separate command—maybe something like “E” instead of “e.”

[stefanhaller]

@Luigi31415 Here's a suggestion for how to achieve this with a custom command. You can bind this to E if you want (and need to adapt it to other editors if you are not using VS Code). I'm really not sure we need to add this to lazygit itself.

[Luigi31415]

Thanks @stefanhaller

[ChrisMcD1]

/close

Closing as duplicate of #3902