<s>
fugitive.vim	B-Application
,	O
also	O
called	O
vim-fugitive	B-Application
or	O
just	O
fugitive	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
wrapper	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Vim	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Tim	O
Pope	O
,	O
who	O
still	O
maintains	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
plugins	B-Application
by	O
Tim	O
Pope	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
obliquely	O
refers	O
to	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
fugitive.vim	B-Application
"	O
contains	O
the	O
substring	O
"	O
git	B-Application
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
wrapper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
later	O
wrote	O
rhubarb.vim	O
,	O
whose	O
name	O
contains	O
the	O
substring	O
"	O
hub	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
provides	O
the	O
:Gbrowse	O
command	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
fugitive.vim	B-Application
"	O
is	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
's	O
filename	B-Device
,	O
while	O
"	O
vim-fugitive	B-Application
"	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
name	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
the	O
package	O
name	O
in	O
several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
commit	O
to	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
repository	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
fugitive.vim	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
Debian	O
's	O
unstable	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
provides	O
standard	O
Git	B-Application
commands	O
from	O
inside	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
:Gstatus	O
for	O
git	B-Application
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allows	O
an	O
interactive	O
vertical	O
split	O
for	O
git	B-Application
blame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
fugitive.vim	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
around	O
30	O
Vim	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
to	O
have	O
its	O
own	O
package	O
in	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
package	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
16	O
Vim	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
in	O
the	O
official	O
Fedora	O
package	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
packages	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
distributions	O
including	O
spf13	O
and	O
Janus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drew	O
Neil	O
of	O
Vimcasts	O
covered	O
fugitive.vim	B-Application
favorably	O
in	O
a	O
multi-part	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scripts	O
page	O
for	O
fugitive.vim	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Vim	B-Application
website	O
shows	O
that	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
has	O
been	O
downloaded	O
almost	O
13,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
's	O
repository	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
nearly	O
8,000	O
stars	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
most	O
popular	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
by	O
number	O
of	O
stars	O
.	O
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