How do you enable persistent undo across sessions?

Q: How do you enable persistent undo across sessions?

`set undofile undodir=~/.vim/undo//` Enable `undofile` and set `undodir` to persist undo history to disk. You can undo changes even after closing and reopening a file.

Answer

set undofile undodir=~/.vim/undo//

Explanation

Enable undofile and set undodir to persist undo history to disk. You can undo changes even after closing and reopening a file.

category: config tags: #config #undo #persistent

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