Re: Persistent undo and swapfile

Manfred Lotz wrote:

> I have persistent undo configured and it helped me a lot in various situations
> over the last 5 or so years.
>
> I also have swapfile configured but I am actually not sure if it is really
> required if persistent undo is active.
>
> Any thoughts?

You do need both.

The persistent undo is great to be able to back in time, even when you
unload the buffer, quit Vim and come back another day. I especially use
it to add debugging commands, try lots of things, and finally just undo
the changes. No version control system needed.

The swapfile is a safety net for the unexpected. Vim might crash. I
know, for normal users this hardly ever happens, still I keep fixing
crashes all the time (fuzzers try just about any random input to look
for these problems). Or your computer might die. Hopefully that
doesn't happen either. But still, it happens when you least expect it.

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