Re: Cursor isn't at right position for Commit message

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am currently using Vim 8.0. When I use vim as my preferred editor for
> git. 
>
> When I try to commit a change in git it open up vim to type the commit
> message. Most of the time the text cursor seems to be positioned
> somewhere in the middle of the commit template (the comments). As a
> result, I am unable to type in the commit message directly after
> switching to "insert" mode in vim. Any reasons for this misbehaviour ?
>
> Environments:
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
> Shell: bash
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>

Do you have an autocmd to resume the last position in a file when
opening that file later? I had one like that (I forget where I copied it
from), which I eventually modified to exclude gitcommit files. See the
solutions at
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2393671/vim-restores-cursor-position-exclude-special-files
.

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