Change the location of the persistent undo file to $HOME/.cache/vim [Closes: issue927]

[grml-etc-core.git] / etc / vim / vimrc

diff --git a/etc/vim/vimrc b/etc/vim/vimrc
index 79c7ab6..6b5121d 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/vim/vimrc
+++ b/etc/vim/vimrc
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 " set linebreak         " Don't wrap words by default
   set textwidth=0       " Don't wrap lines by default
   set nobackup          " Don't keep a backup file
-  set backupcopy=no     " grml: Overwrite files/links with w!
-" set backupcopy=yes    " Keep a backup file
   set viminfo='20,\"50  " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more than
                         " 50 lines of registers
   set history=50        " keep 50 lines of command line history
@@ -246,6 +244,20 @@ if version >= 700
   "  highlight PmenuThumb cterm=reverse  gui=reverse guifg=Black   guibg=#AAAAAA  " thumb of the scrollbar
 endif
 
+if version >= 703
+ " enable persistent-undo
+ set undofile
+
+ " store the persistent undo file in ~/.cache/vim
+ set undodir=~/.cache/vim/
+
+ " create undodir directory if possible and does not exist yet
+ let targetdir=$HOME . "/.cache/vim"
+ if isdirectory(targetdir) != 1 && getftype(targetdir) == "" && exists("*mkdir")
+  call mkdir(targetdir, "p", 0700)
+ endif
+endif
+
 " Source a global configuration file if available
 " Deprecated by Debian but still supported by grml
   if filereadable("/etc/vim/vimrc.local")