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purge_undodir.vim : Purging useless undofile on exit

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created by
Jia Sui
 
script type
utility
 
description
Inspired by https://blog.debiania.in.ua/posts/2012-07-31-purging-vim-undodir.html
Implement it with pure vimscript for multiple platform support.

vim persistent-undo feature is very useful, but it will always keep the undofile in undodir, even the original file was already deleted.
This plugin will purge these undofile for you. 😄

Tested in vim/neovim on Windows/Linux/macOS

This plugin will running on VimLeave.
You can also run it manually by :call purge_undodir#purge()

You can always get the latest version on github
https://github.com/jsfaint/purge_undodir.vim
 
install details
1. Plugin Manager

Use your favorite plugin and add "jsfaint/purge_undodir.vim"

2. Traditional method

Unzip the zip file under your .vim (*nux) or vimfiles(windows) directory.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
purge_undodir.vim-1.0.zip v1.0 2017-09-15 7.3 Jia Sui Initial upload
ip used for rating: 18.191.171.235

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