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Asked: 2026-05-30T18:59:19+00:00

I’m looking for a method to map :q to :bwipeout only for SVN blame

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I’m looking for a method to map :q to :bwipeout only for SVN blame buffers, as generated by vcscommand.vim and :VCSBlame so that my motor memory of :q takes hold when I want to eliminate those short-lived read-only buffers.

The buffer names begin with SVN\ annotate <filename>, and so I hoped this would match:

autocmd BufNew SVN\ annotate* cmap q bwipeout

However, the buffer name doesn’t match this pattern. How can I make this mapping happen locally for buffers like SVN\ annotate*?

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  1. Editorial Team

    VCSCommand (which I recommend) gives its buffers special filetypes. For :VCSBlame it’s svnannotate if you use Subversion or gitannotate if you use Git.

    From my limited trial, this line does exactly what you want:

    autocmd FileType svnannotate cmap <buffer> q bwipeout

    I’ve added <buffer> just in case but I think you can remove it safely.

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