This is a simple vim plugin that stores each save vim makes to a git repo. I wrote this because I miss the excellent local history built into Eclipse. Originally I tried vimlocalhistory but we (www.clock.co.uk) are a PHP/JavaScript house and don't have Ruby on all our environments. So I have created a plugin that has as few dependencies as possible.
- git
- bash
Create a backup of the last save for the current file. If the file hasn't changed then no backup will be made
:HistoricBackup
Show available revisions for file
:HistoricList
(Incomplete) Compare the current buffer with a historic version. If you omit revision the latest revision will be used
:HistoricCompare <Revision>
(Incomplete) Replace the current buffer with a historic version. If you omit revision the latest revision will be used
:HistoricReplace <Revision>
By default Historic will bind to the save (BufWritePost) of every filetype and run :HistoricBackup. If you would like to disable this function and action the backup manually do the following in you .vimrc.
let g:historicBackupOnSave = 0
By default Historic will create the backup repo in ~/.vim.backup you can change by defining the location in your .vimrc as below
let g:historicBackupRepoLocation = "~/mycustomlocation"
Licenced under the New BSD License