Subvert with Vim Across Multiple files

1. Open one of the files you want to be included in your find and replace search.

2. Add that open file to your args list with :argadd % or :arga %

3. Repeat 1-2 above for all the files you want to include. You can do things like include all .js files with :argadd *.js

4. You can check that you have all the files by typing :arg You will get a list that looks something like this.

1. Run your Subvert (or normal substitution) on the arglist with :argdo. For example, if you want to perform a Subvert use :argdo %:Subvert/find/replace/gce If you don’t have Subvert you could do the built in substitute with :argdo %:substitute/find/replace/gce or more compactly, :argdo %:s/find/replace/gce The ‘e’ means you want to ignore errors. The ‘c’ means to confirm each.

1. If you included ‘c’ then you will have to confirm each change which will present you with the following dialog. The confirmation would look something like this.

similar to :argdo, check out using :bufdo and :windo