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

[Ken Takata]

Hi,

2017/6/6 Tue 16:19:18 UTC+9 Christian Brabandt wrote:
> 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("$") |
> +  \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&  !~# '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("$") | 
> exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
> +   :au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&
> +\  !~# 'commit' | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
>  
>  line2byte({lnum})  *line2byte()*
> Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line

I write the following setting in my .vimrc to avoid the problem:

  augroup vimrc-git
autocmd!
autocmd BufRead {COMMIT_EDITMSG,MERGE_MSG,git-rebase-todo,NOTES_EDITMSG}
  \ delmarks \" | 1
  augroup END


Another option is changing the setting of Git to always open the first line:

  $ git config --global core.editor "vim +1"


Regards,
Ken Takata

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

[Bram Moolenaar]

Christian Brabandt wrote:

> 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("$") |
> +  \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&  !~# '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("$") | 
> exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
> +   :au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&
> +\  !~# 'commit' | exe "normal! g`\"" | endif
>  
>  line2byte({lnum})  *line2byte()*
> Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line

I suppose that this is better in most cases.  There might be some other
filetypes that only apply to temp files.

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

[Christian Brabandt]

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("$") |
+  \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&  !~# '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("$") | exe 
"normal! g`\"" | endif
+   :au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") &&
+\  !~# '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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Re: Cursor isn't at right position for Commit message

[Christian Brabandt]

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

It could be, that your system sources defaults.vim which sets up the 
last-position-jump (see :h last-position-jump) autocommand.

Read :h defaults.vim how to prevent loading it (it is usually only 
loaded, when no vimrc has been found)

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

[Eric Christopherson]

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 

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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