Re: batch swap file recovery

On So, 15 Okt 2017, shawn wilson wrote:

> I lost some work in a git repo (it was deleted - I've recovered a
> point in time - but vim has newer data). So, is there a way to give
> vim a list of files and try to recover the newest version in the swap
> file and close? I know, it may give old data, but this should be
> pretty easy to pick out in git (based on additions/subtractions)?
>
> something like:
> find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -i{} vim ..... {}

Do you have those swapfiles still around?

Christian
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