What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open file of which the full path+filename is longer than the maximum
filename-length allowed by linux; in my case this is I think >134, because of
cryptfs module. Otherwise >255
2. alter something, hit save
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected, normal write, no problem
In stead:
E828: Cannot open undo file for writing:
/home/john/.vim/undodir/%home%john%projects%some_project%some_joomla_directory%c
omponents%com_jreviews%jreviews%cms_compat%joomla%models%everywhere%everywhere_c
om_content.php
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 2 2014 19:39:59)
Ubunbu linux with cryptfs
Please provide any additional information below.
in .vimrc:
set undofile
set undodir=/home/john/.vim/undodir/
I found out it is the filename length because I tried creating the file
manually, investigating what went wrong, and linux said the name was too long.
On searching documentation and forums I have come up with zero information
about this behaviour.
My suggestion for a clean fix for this is using a hash of path in stead of full
path.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
verders...@gmail.comon 22 Mar 2015 at 10:24