unable to override <leader>M mapping

[mpareja]

Short description of the problem

The plugin maps <leader>M without checking if it was already mapped. This prevents users from easily overriding the mapping. I, for instance, would like to override the mapping to open in a new tab.

Steps to reproduce

1. Update vmrc to include: map <silent> <Leader>M :tabnew +MagitOnly<CR>
2. Restart VIM and hit <leader>M
3. Unexpected: magit is not opened in a tab

Environment

I am using pathogen, so .vim/after/ftplugin doesn't work to easily address this.

• vim: 8.0
• current vimagit version: bf7b16e
• ubuntu
• terminal

[Amparose]

It would be better if users had more control over mapping this plugin. I would like to remove the default <leader>M mapping and set my own. Opening in a new tab, as above, would really useful. Others want this also.

[mckellygit]

I've forked vimagit and hacked it up a bit to get all the things I like.
But would something like this work, maybe ?

autocmd FileType magit noremap <buffer> <Leader>M :tabnew +MagitOnly<CR>