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Diego
Diego

Reputation: 17140

VIM:: Undo changes on or around the specified text

In VIM is it possible to undo changes on or around a specific block of text? Lets say I make change A right above "if yes", then do changes B, C, D and E in other places on the file. Is it possible to tell vim "undo changes that were done with in +/- 10 lines from if yes?

I've come across another question that suggest this isn't possible, or at least in vanilla vim. Does any know of any plugins that would allow for this behavior?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2705

Answers (2)

sehe
sehe

Reputation: 392893

@Zsolt's answer is probably very interesting, I'd have to get acquainted with that.

What I usually do is, doing something like

100g- (go back to history snapshot that contained the thing you want to restore)

yank your 'rescue' text using some method, e.g.

:12,17yank

999g+ (return to the tip of history)

use regular edit actions to restore the yanked lines into place.

Upvotes: 12

Zsolt Botykai
Zsolt Botykai

Reputation: 51593

With this plugin: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3304 you can easily move around the undo tree.

  1. So just go back to the original section (around if yes), mark it with ma,
  2. Go back to it's previous state on the tree (even if it undoes other changes).
  3. Copy (yank) the region you want to keep to a register (e.g. select visual lines - V5j"by).
  4. Get back to the actual state (last item on the Gundo tree).
  5. Jump back to the section you want to change ('a)
  6. Deleted the section you want to revert, and replace it with the contents of b register.

Upvotes: 4

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