A Vim plugin for executing operations on the files in the quickfix list.
If the current window has a local quickfix list (a location list), then it's used instead of the global quickfix list, otherwise the global quickfix list is used.
The plugin adds a :Qdo
command, which executes a command once for each file in the quickfix list.
Usage example:
:GitGrep foo.*bar
:Qdo %s/foo.*bar/baz/g | update
This will replace text and save the buffers for each file found by GitGrep in the previous search.
The plugin also adds a :Qargs
command, which populates the argument list from the files in the quickfix list. Each file is only added once, even if there are multiple lines for the same file in the quickfix list.
Usage example:
:args *.txt
:vimgrep /foo/g ##
:Qargs
:argdo %s/foo/bar/ge
:argdo update
For an step-by-step guide and explanation, refer to the article Project Wide Search And Replace In Vim With Qdo.
For a video tutorial of search and replace strategies, and the original code which this plugin is based on, refer to Project-wide find and replace.
For a description of the need and the approach used by this solution, refer to the question Search & replace using quickfix list in Vim.