diff --git a/apps/de/bspwm/config b/apps/de/bspwm/config
index 6ead26d..bb94ef4 100755
--- a/apps/de/bspwm/config
+++ b/apps/de/bspwm/config
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ NUM_DESKTOPS="$(xrq bspwm.num_desktops)"
 REVERSE_DESKTOP_ORDERING="$(xrq bspwm.reverse_desktop_ordering)"
 REVERSE_MONITOR_DESKTOPS="$(xrq bspwm.reverse_monitor_desktops)"
 BSPWM_MONITORS=$(bspc query -M)
-MONITOR_COUNT=$(<<< "$BSPWM_MONITORS" wc -w | awk '{ printf $1 }')
+MONITOR_COUNT=$(echo "$BSPWM_MONITORS" | wc -w | awk '{ printf $1 }')
 PER_MONITOR=$((NUM_DESKTOPS / MONITOR_COUNT))
 DESKTOPS=$(seq "$NUM_DESKTOPS")
 
-[ "$REVERSE_MONITOR_DESKTOPS" -eq 1 ] && BSPWM_MONITORS=$(<<< "$BSPWM_MONITORS" tac)
+[ "$REVERSE_MONITOR_DESKTOPS" -eq 1 ] && BSPWM_MONITORS=$(echo "$BSPWM_MONITORS" | tac)
 
 bspc config normal_border_color       "$(xrq bspwm.normal_border_color)"
 bspc config focused_border_color      "$(xrq bspwm.focused_border_color)"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bspc rule -a "*" split_dir=right
 i=1
 for mon in $BSPWM_MONITORS; do
   max=$((i + PER_MONITOR - 1))
-	screens=
+	screens=""
 	for j in $(seq $i $max); do
 		screens="${screens}${j} "
 	done
diff --git a/apps/git/config b/apps/git/config
index 9130934..7678bf7 100644
--- a/apps/git/config
+++ b/apps/git/config
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@
 	followRedirects = true
 
 [diff]
-	tool = cat
+	tool = nvimdiff
 
 [difftool]
 	prompt = false
 
-[multidiff]
-	tool = nvimdiff -f
-
 [alias]
 	d = difftool
 	s = status
@@ -52,20 +49,10 @@
 [mergetool "nvimdiff"]
 	cmd = nvimdiff $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE $MERGED -c '$wincmd w' -c '$wincmd J'
 
-[mergetool "cat"]
-	cmd = cat $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE $MERGED
-
-[mergetool "echo"]
-	cmd = echo $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE $MERGED
-
-[mergetool "vimmultidiff"]
-	cmd = vim-multi-diff-builder $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE $MERGED
-
 [pager]
 	branch = false
 	# remove ansi codes, pad each file's diff with newlines, show as diff, remove top padding
-	# diff = vimpager -c 'silent %sm/\\e[^mK]*[mK]//g' -c 'silent %s/^diff/\\r\\rdiff/' -c 'silent set ft=diff' -c 'silent execute \"normal gg2dd\"'
-	diff = less
+	diff = vimpager -c 'silent %sm/\\e[^mK]*[mK]//g' -c 'silent %s/^diff/\\r\\rdiff/' -c 'silent set ft=diff' -c 'silent execute \"normal gg2dd\"'
 
 [url "git@github.com:postmates"]
 	insteadOf = https://github.com/postmates
diff --git a/apps/neovim/plugins.vim b/apps/neovim/plugins.vim
index 187ffa8..f15beb4 100644
--- a/apps/neovim/plugins.vim
+++ b/apps/neovim/plugins.vim
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let g:polyglot_disabled = ['cue', 'cuesheet']
 " let g:fzf_layout = { 'window': 'enew' }
 
 " check if we're using vim as the manpage viewer before loading session plugins
-if exists('asmanviewer')
+if exists('asmanviewer') || exists('nosession')
 	let g:prosession_dir = '/dev/null'
 else
 	Plug 'tpope/vim-obsession'        " session ease-of-use
diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish b/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
index 805f318..85cce3f 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/aliases.fish
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function g
 	end
 end
 alias gs "git status"
-alias gd "git d"
+alias gd "git diff"
 alias gds "gd --staged"
 # alias gdv "git dv" # TODO: what is this?
 alias gpl "git pull"
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ alias wifi "sudo nmtui"
 alias year 'cal (date +%Y)'
 alias y year
 alias pa pulsemixer
+alias vd vdiff
 
 # games aliases
 # this sometimes fixes steam dynamic library issues?
diff --git a/bin/vdiff b/bin/vdiff
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..91f9ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/vdiff
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+pushd "$repo_root" &> /dev/null || ( echo "Repo doesn't exist!"; exit 2 )
+td="$(mktemp -p "$pdir" -d "vdiff.XXXXXXXX")"
+trap "rm -rf \"$td\"" EXIT
+files="$(git diff --name-only "$@")"
+
+args=()
+vcmd=""
+for f in $files; do
+	d="$(dirname "$td/$f")"
+	rfn="$(basename "$f")"
+	fn="$rfn._@HEAD"
+	cfn="$rfn"
+
+	mkdir -p "$d"
+	git --no-pager show HEAD:"$f" > "$d/$fn" 2>/dev/null || \
+		echo "<FILE CREATED>" > "$d/$fn"
+	cp "$f" "$d/$cfn" 2>/dev/null || echo "<FILE DELETED>" > "$d/$cfn"
+
+	if [ -z "$args" ]; then
+		args+=($d/$fn -c)
+		vcmd="vert diffsplit $d/$cfn"
+	else
+		vcmd="$vcmd | tabnew | e $d/$fn | vert diffsplit $d/$cfn"
+	fi
+done
+
+remaps="nnoremap <leader>k :tabnext<CR> | nnoremap <leader>j :tabprev<CR>"
+nvim "${args[@]}" "$vcmd | tabnext | $remaps"
+
+rm -rf "$td"
+popd &> /dev/null || ( echo "Could not return to original directory" && exit 4 )
diff --git a/bin/vim-multi-diff-builder b/bin/vim-multi-diff-builder
deleted file mode 100755
index 746437e..0000000
--- a/bin/vim-multi-diff-builder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-td="$(mktemp -p "$pdir" -d "tmp_vim_git_multi_diff.XXXXXXXX")"
-trap "rm -rf \"$td\"" EXIT
-
-files="$(git diff --name-only "$@")"
-
-for f in $files; do
-	d="$(dirname "$td/$f")"
-	rfn="$(basename "$f")"
-	fn="$rfn._@HEAD"
-	cfn="$rfn._@DISK"
-	mkdir -p "$d"
-	git --no-pager show HEAD:"$f" > "$d/$fn" 2>/dev/null || \
-		echo "<NO FILE>" > "$d/$fn"
-	cp "$f" "$d/$cfn"
-	nvim -d "$d/$fn" "$d/$cfn"
-	exit 3
-done
-
-ls -R "$td"
-rm -rf "$td"
diff --git a/bin/vimpager b/bin/vimpager
index f7af268..106fd04 100755
--- a/bin/vimpager
+++ b/bin/vimpager
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 nvim \
+	-c 'let nosession=1' \
 	-c 'silent setlocal nobuflisted buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe noswapfile' \
 	"$@" \
 	-