On 08/22/12 19:46, Simon Ruderich wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 06:49:06PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote:
>> [snip]
>> which modified file do you want. I'll often instruct Vim to ignore
>> the file on disk, yank the entire contents (":%y") and paste them in
>> a new buffer (":vnew", "PGdd"), go back to the original file and
>> force a reload of it (":e!") to get the other modified version, then
>> use Vim's diffing abilities to compare the two (":diffthis" in each
>> window). That allows me to have both versions and make sure I
>> eventually save what I really want.
>
> You might be interested in the :DiffOrig command from
> vimrc_example.vim which automates this task,
I'm familiar with :DiffOrig and even use it occasionally. But when
something unexpected happens, I tend to prefer to do each step
manually to make sure I know exactly what's happening at each point
along the way to ensure that all my data is safe.
-tim
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