Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request

[Jason McCarty]

Brian May wrote:
> IMHO, these .*.swp files need to be classified ass either junk files
> or backup files. Otherwise you can't commit if a file is opened in
> vim, because vim creates these temp files when it opens the file, and
> deletes them when closing the file.

I believe the intention is to prevent accidentally committing a file
which has unsaved changes in it. Personally, this is worth the
inconvenience of having to exit vim when I want to commit.

Jason McCarty