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What is Vim backup?
Vim helps protect you from unintentionally losing data by letting you make a backup of the files you edit. For an edit session that has gone terribly wrong, this can be useful because you can recover your previous file. Backups are controlled by the settings of two options: backup and writebackup .
What are Vim UN files?
When you edit and save files, Vim creates a file with the same name as the original file and an un~ extension at the end. Note that, by default this option is turned off.
Where are my VIM files saved?
As said by others: by default it saves in the directory where you started it. But if you aren’t aware in which directory you started, then a way to find out is to use the :pwd com in vim. This will output the current directory. That’s where vim will store the file.
How to set backupdir and restoredir in Vim?
set backupdir=~/.vim/.backup//. set directory=~/.vim/.swp//. the “//” at the end of each directory means that file names will be built from the complete path to the file with all path separators substituted to percent “%” sign. This will ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
How to organize backups and swap files in Vim?
set backupdir=./.backup,.,/tmp set directory=.,./.backup,/tmp. This way, if you want your backups to be neatly grouped, just create a directory called ‘.backup’ in your working directory. Vim will stash backups there. The ‘directory’ option controls where swap files go.
How to disable the TMP stack in Vim?
The following lines in the _vimrc file put backup files into a temporary directory: The last line prevents the proliferation of undo files. Then, $HOME/_vimrc~ will hopefully be the last backup that vim makes! You can also use the _vimrc from $VIM. The _vimrc file from your home dir will be loaded later and the last setting wins.
What to do if Vim stops saving files?
Bad choice. You can put the above lines in the global gitignore file, and it works with all your repos in this operating system. Your working directory is still untidy. Put these lines in your .vimrc and Vim stops saving these files. Your working directory is clean, but you won’t be able to easily recover from a crash.