Even without the plugin, you can spawn a diff in vim via git&#x27;s difftool settings.  Here&#x27;s a basic version that can be used in one&#x27;s .gitconfig:<p><pre><code>    [diff]
      tool = customvim
    [difftool &quot;customvim&quot;]
      cmd = vim -R -f -d \&quot;$LOCAL\&quot; \&quot;$REMOTE\&quot;</code></pre>