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# Verbose Commits With Fugitive

Let's say you are using [fugitive.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive). You've staged some changes within the git index buffer using `:Ge:` and now you want to make a commit. From the git index buffer, you can hit `cvc` to pop open the commit message window in verbose mode. The verbose part means that all the staged changes are shown below as a reference for composing the commit message.