From e6f4cd8694781d5afd8d10e8bd74e58192cc59ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anonfunc <anonfunc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:49:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use vared in zsh instead of read.

This change seems to do what you want.  It passes ! and \ untouched, it gets history from the shell and it uses the zsh line editor for arrow keys and home/end.
---
 lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh b/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
index 0471c60..63dbda4 100644
--- a/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
+++ b/lib/git/status_shortcuts.sh
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ theirs(){ _git_resolve_merge_conflict "their" "$@"; }
 git_commit_prompt() {
   local commit_msg
   if [[ $shell == "zsh" ]]; then
-    # zsh 'read' is weak. If you know how to make this better, please send a pull request.
-    # (Bash 'read' supports prompt, arrow keys, home/end, up through bash history, etc.)
-    echo -n "Commit Message: "; read commit_msg
+    vared -h -p "Commit Message: " commit_msg
   else
     read -r -e -p "Commit Message: " commit_msg
   fi