Fugitive Vim is a plugin by Tim Pope that provides access to git commands that you can execute without leaving vim.

Some common commands include:

:Gedit - edit a file in the index and write it to stage the the changes
:Gstatus - equivalent of git status
:Gblame - brings up vertical split of output from git blame
:Gmove - for git mv
:Gremove - for git rm
:Git - run any command

It also adds items to the statusline like indicating the current branch.

Please see their GitHub for more details and installation instructions.

NERD TREE is a plugin by scrooloose that allows you to explore the file system while using vim. You can open files and directories via a tree system that you can manipulate with the keyboard or the mouse.

Add this to your .vimrc to start NERDTree automatically when vim starts up:

autocmd vimenter * NERDTree

To automatically close NERDTree if it's the only window left add this to your .vimrc:

autocmd bufenter * if (winnr("$") == 1 && exists("b:NERDTree") && b:NERDTree.isTabTree()) | q | endif

It's recommended to map a key combination to the NERDTreeToggle command. Add this to your .vimrc (this example uses Ctrl + N)

map <C-n> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>

Full details and installation instructions can be view on their Github.