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Vim stores changes made to a buffer on disk to a swap file, so that any unsaved changes can be recovered in case of a crash.
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How do you view the diff of a swap file without quitting Vim?
Here is the vim commands you need to view the diff, resolve any differences, and save the file. All done without quitting vim or using plugins.
From the command line, open the file, there will be a co …
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How do you view the diff of a swap file without quitting Vim?
I have a way to handle swap files.
And it works but it takes a while.
Here goes:
First I try to find the original vim session
-- track down if the PID is still alive
-- and if the PID is still al …