On So, 04 Jun 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
Perhaps, we should disable the last-position jump for commit messages in
general. Here is a patch:
diff --git a/runtime/defaults.vim b/runtime/defaults.vim
index 6fd43db51..fdac666e6 100644
--- a/runtime/defaults.vim
+++ b/runtime/defaults.vim
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ if has("autocmd")
" Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
" (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
autocmd BufReadPost *
- \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
+ \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") && &ft !~# 'commit' |
\ exe "normal! g`\"" |
\ endif
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index a0cc971fe..b4b6bbfef 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -5460,7 +5460,8 @@ line({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the line number of the file
< *last-position-jump*
This autocommand jumps to the last known position in a file
just after opening it, if the '" mark is set: >
- :au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
+ :au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&
+ \ &ft !~# 'commit' | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()*
Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line
Best,
Christian
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