path: root/plugin/redact_pass.vim

"
" redact_pass.vim: Switch off the 'viminfo', 'backup', 'writebackup',
" 'swapfile', and 'undofile' globally when editing a password in pass(1).
"
" This is to prevent anyone being able to extract passwords from your Vim
" cache files in the event of a compromise.
"
" Author: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
" License: Same as Vim itself
"
if exists('loaded_redact_pass') || &compatible
  finish
endif
if v:version < 700
  finish
endif
let loaded_redact_pass = 1

" Check whether we should set redacting options or not
function! s:CheckArgsRedact()

  " Ensure there's one argument and it's the matched file
  if argc() != 1 || fnamemodify(argv(0), ':p') !=# expand('<afile>:p')
    return
  endif

  " Disable all the leaky options globally
  set nobackup
  set nowritebackup
  set noswapfile
  set viminfo=
  if has('persistent_undo')
    set noundofile
  endif

  " Tell the user what we're doing so they know this worked, via a message and
  " a global variable they can check
  echomsg 'Editing password file--disabled leaky options!'
  let g:redact_pass_redacted = 1

endfunction

" Auto function loads only when Vim starts up
augroup redact_pass
  autocmd!
  autocmd VimEnter
        \ /dev/shm/pass.?*/?*.txt
        \,$TMPDIR/pass.?*/?*.txt
        \,/tmp/pass.?*/?*.txt
        \ call s:CheckArgsRedact()
augroup END