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diff --git a/vim/config/backup.vim b/vim/config/backup.vim new file mode 100644 index 00000000..718647fc --- /dev/null +++ b/vim/config/backup.vim @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +" Use backup features if on a UNIX-like system and not using sudo(8) +if !strlen($SUDO_USER) && has('unix') + + " Keep backups with a .bak extension in ~/.vim/backup; the double-slash at + " the end of the directory is supposed to prod Vim into keeping the full + " path to the file in its backup filename to avoid collisions, but I don't + " think it actually works for backups, just undo and swap files + set backup + set backupext=.bak + set backupdir^=~/.vim/backup// + + " This option already includes various temporary directories, but we + " append to it so that we don't back up anything in a shared memory + " filesystem either + set backupskip+=*/shm/* + + " Create the backup directory if necessary and possible + if !isdirectory($HOME . '/.vim/backup') && exists('*mkdir') + call mkdir($HOME . '/.vim/backup', 'p', 0700) + endif + +" Don't use backups at all otherwise +else + set nobackup + set nowritebackup +endif |