[PATCH][git] Add `spacemacs/magit-status` and set it to `SPC f e g`

[bryce-carson]

I am not fully up to date, so I created a patch for the content rather than mucking with my fork and whatnot. Please integrate this addition to the Magit/git layer.

0001-Add-spacemacs-magit-status-for-a-universal-helper-to.patch

From 73a7ac69f8009547e72ee904aa3a8a9d4c23e029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Carson <bcars268@mtroyal.ca>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:48:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add spacemacs/magit-status for a universal helper to update
 Spacemacs git

---
 layers/+source-control/git/funcs.el    | 5 +++++
 layers/+source-control/git/packages.el | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/layers/+source-control/git/funcs.el b/layers/+source-control/git/funcs.el
index cc26a8950..d770d940a 100644
--- a/layers/+source-control/git/funcs.el
+++ b/layers/+source-control/git/funcs.el
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 
 ;; magit
 
+(defun spacemacs/magit-status ()
+  "The magit status of the Spacemacs directory."
+  (interactive)
+  (magit-status (file-name-parent-directory spacemacs-core-directory)))
+
 (defun spacemacs/magit-toggle-whitespace ()
   "Toggle whitespace in `magit-diff-mode'."
   (interactive)
diff --git a/layers/+source-control/git/packages.el b/layers/+source-control/git/packages.el
index 76006e281..64da678d2 100644
--- a/layers/+source-control/git/packages.el
+++ b/layers/+source-control/git/packages.el
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
     ;; key bindings
     (spacemacs/declare-prefix "gf" "file")
     (spacemacs/set-leader-keys
+      "feg" 'spacemacs/magit-status
       "gb"  'spacemacs/git-blame-transient-state/body
       "gc"  'magit-clone
       "gfF" 'magit-find-file
-- 
2.51.0

[bcc32]

Is this just to have a faster way to git pull in ~/.emacs.d for new updates? I don't see a particularly compelling use case to have this defined as a special command, otherwise.