Vim swapfile location #18

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opened 2025-12-08 17:59:46 +01:00 by yestax · 2 comments

yestax commented

2025-12-08 17:59:46 +01:00

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Vim swapfile can be useful but is annoying when in the same directory (git detection for instance)

:help swapfile give information on how to change the directory
:help directory

set-= is preferred

Vim swapfile can be useful but is annoying when in the same directory (git detection for instance) :help swapfile give information on how to change the directory :help directory set-= is preferred

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yestax commented

2026-04-21 22:27:39 +02:00

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see :h directory

set-= is preferred but here we override the entire list so i think classic set is preferred.

use // at the end to use the file fullname so if 2 files of the same name are edited there is no conflict

To create the directories
call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/swap', 'p', 0700)
call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/backup', 'p', 0700)
call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/undo', 'p', 0700)

Also possible to set

undofile/undodir
backupfile/backupdir

writebackup option seems on. It backups only just before write.

see :h directory set-= is preferred but here we override the entire list so i think classic set is preferred. use // at the end to use the file fullname so if 2 files of the same name are edited there is no conflict To create the directories call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/swap', 'p', 0700) call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/backup', 'p', 0700) call mkdir($HOME.'/.vim/undo', 'p', 0700) Also possible to set - undofile/undodir - backupfile/backupdir writebackup option seems on. It backups only just before write.

yestax added this to the Setup v1.2.X milestone

2026-04-21 23:16:06 +02:00

yestax commented

2026-04-21 23:16:21 +02:00

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Implemented

yestax closed this issue

2026-04-21 23:16:21 +02:00