[johncoltrane]

It's worth noting that :vsplit can and should be shortened to :vs

Also, depending on how you like to work, keeping a stable working directory can be very useful:

    :vs **/bar<Tab>

is somehow less mentally taxing than:

    :vs ../../models/bar.php

[thedufer]

Can you point me to docs on in file searching? Those symbols are predictably hard to google. Based on a little messing around, it appears that * is what I expect from bash, and can also include directory separators.

[johncoltrane]

Google is not the right place to search for help: Vim comes with an extensive and easily searchable documentation.

    :h **

is all you need to get your answer.

[BostX]

Google helps when you don't exactly know what's the name of the thing you're looking for. That's in my case 85% of all searches.

[johncoltrane]

You could try :helpgrep foo next time.

[thedufer]

Wow. I did not think vim help would deal with symbols well, either. Thanks!

[johncoltrane]

    :h starstar

roughly means the same thing as -r or -R.