vimrc: set undo file path to be in user's home directory

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
vim
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the vimrc configuration in the repository and inspect its current undo settings. Configure the undo directory under the user's home directory, enable persistent undo, and verify that undo files no longer appear in the repository directory.

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Description

Avoid saving things in the repository directory to make version control a mess:

set undodir=~/.vim/undo-dir
set undofile
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Shell
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7d 10h
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