Also in the situation where the recovered swapfile turns out to be identical to the real file, there is no need for the diffing. I use a shellscript to help deal with swapfiles, before starting Vim:. I have created a modified version of this function using vimdiff and shortened the command to DiffSwap to be handier:. When the swap prompt comes and you're not sure what to do, simply hit r and then run :DiffSwap , which will initiate a vim diff of the file on disk and swapfile.
For goodness sake, if the swapfile is identical to the file on disk, then Vim should just automatically drop it for us, and not give us a prompt at all I sometimes get lots of swap files when my laptop loses power whlie vim is open.
Using the above tips I created a bash function to help. It checks to see if the swap file is being used by an active vim process and if it isn't, it recovers the swap file into a recovery file leaving the original file in place. It then compares the original file against recovered file; if they are identical it automatically removes the recovered file and swap file.
If the recovered file and original file aren't the same, but the original file is newer than the swap file it asks if the user if they want to just delete the recovered file, or if they want to view a diff.
If the swap file is newer than the original file and the recovered file is different than the original file, then vimdiff is opened so you can move any differences into the original file. When vimdiff is exited the function cleans up the old swap file and recovered file. Usage is simple: vim-process-swap file [swapfile [recoverfile]] swapfile and recoverfile are optional. Quit, or continue with caution.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r notes" to recover the changes see ":help recovery". If you did this already, delete the swap file ". Swap file ". Improve this question. Der Hochstapler 83k 57 57 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. James James 4, 5 5 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. When I encounter this message I first think about whether I am editing this file in another terminal window or tab, as I normally operate with several terminal windows with several tabs each: If I realize that I am editing in another place, and can return to it , I then press the q key to Q uit this additional session, and return to editing via the original vim session.
Buffer contents equals file contents. You may want to delete the. Press ENTER or type command to continue If, on the other hand, I am no longer faced with those options, because I am at the shell prompt, then I run vim with the -r option, as follows: vim -r notes The resultant message will be similar: Using swap file ". Next, compare the two files: diff notes notes2 If the diff returns nothing , that means there is no difference, and it is safe to remove both the swap file and the second file: rm.
Since those changes are captured in the second file you are safe to delete the swap file and overwrite the original file with the second one: rm. Improve this answer. Can't believe this isn't the accepted answer. It's perfect. It's not always the case that the message is useful. If I'm editing a file, I care if the file has changed since I started editing , at the moment I try saving it , not whether I'm also editing it in another vim window.
It's perfectly fine for me to open a file in two terminals, so long as saves to the file don't interleave. Vim only really needs to nag me when I try to save, not when I open it.
Unfortunately this doesn't answer the question, it only says that I should not ignore the nag screen. In this case, I actually do want to know how to open a file readonly in Vim and have it ignore the swap file.
Excellent answer. One wants to skip around but the sequence of troubleshooting is important. Thank you. Would double up-vote such elegant answer. Show 1 more comment. It would be a good idea to read through " :help recover. Heptite Heptite 18k 5 5 gold badges 55 55 silver badges 68 68 bronze badges. I almost lost all my work messing around with VIM.
Copy your code before you try anything. I strongly suggest readers review the answer by user This message is actually pretty important Community Bot 1. Brad Parks Brad Parks 2, 3 3 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges.
I wouldn't recommend always running without a swapfile, but "-n" is actually precisely what I needed. I use a swap file, normally. However, when using Vim as a diff tool, I'd like to be able to view diffs of files I'm editing without those diffs giving me this message or interfering with my swap file.
If you only have a single swap space then the priority is irrelevant of course. The priority of this swap space has been elevated to Cutting through the exposition and explanation, we can create a new swap file as easily and quickly as this:. Use Google Fonts in Word.
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