Zshell aliases like !gst inside vim?

Question

Is there a way to run my zshell aliases inside vim, with the output going to a new split?

I'm using oh-my-zsh's git aliases like gst, and I am unable to do :!gst inside vim.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try

:set shell=zsh\ -l

And put the alias setting to ~/.zshenv

Here is the similar question terminal vim not loading .zshrc.

Answer 2

@tim-green is right!

As the man page says:

Commands are then read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv. If the shell is a login shell, commands are read from /etc/zprofile and then $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. Then, if the shell is interactive, commands are read from /etc/zshrc and then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc.

Since you don't want interactive shell in vim (using ! at least), your only solution is to add (or source) your aliases inside ~/.zshenv.

As simple as that!

EDIT: no other modification is required, except to put:

set shell=/bin/zsh

in your vimrc.