Can I use local .swp files with neovim-qt?

Question

I've found that neovim-qt is storing my .swp files in AppData/Local/nvim-data/swap and I was wondering if it's possible to change this to get the standard vim behaviour of creating them locally.

Answer 1

One of the goals of Neovim is to provide defaults that work for the majority of its users, and to avoid users disabling swap files, they changed their default location. You can go back to the Vim default with set directory=.

BTW you may want to consult :help nvim-defaults which lists all default changes that Neovim introduced