Tip #149: Automatically update your diff upon writing.
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October 29, 2001 12:00 |
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intermediate |
author: |
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Douglas Potts |
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6.0 |
When trying to reconcile differences between files, and using the new
'diff' functionality in Vim 6.0 you may want to automatically update
the differences as you are working along. A convienent time is when you
write out either of the files you are diff'ing. This autocmd will take
care of doing that for you.
" If doing a diff. Upon writing changes to file, automatically update the
" differences
au BufWritePost * if &diff; == 1
au BufWritePost * :diffupdate
au BufWritePost * endif
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