How can I map `git next-hunk` to a key?

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I’d like to git gd to jump to the next diff. I imagine I could do something like this:

map global goto d ': git next-hunk<ret>`

But that doesn’t seem to work. I just get an error that says “No search pattern”. When I try : echo something as the binding instead, I get ho something\n inserted into my buffer, so I suspect the leading colon doesn’t do what I want in goto mode. Any ideas?

(BTW I’m not sure why I need the space after the colon but I’ve seen it in some examples in plugin repos… I’d love to know if someone can tell me why that’s necessary!)

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The space after the colon (": ") is to avoid having your custom command (“git next-hunk”) register in Kakoune’s command history (the history you can call in command mode by typing Ctrl-P or using the up arrow). As far as the mapping is concerned, though, everything works the same regardless of the space.

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you need to escape goto mode first, so try map global goto d '<esc>: git next-hunk<ret>

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sweet, that works perfectly. Thank you!