Source vimrc and use tags in a parent directory
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Tip 571 Previous Next Created: September 30, 2003 Complexity: basic Author: mosh Version: 5.7
" Source .../.vimrc and use .../tags in ancestor of source directory.
" useful when you have source tree eight fathom deep,
" an exercise in Vim loops.
let parent=1
let local_vimrc = ".vimrc"
let local_tags = "tags"
while parent <= 8
if filewritable(local_vimrc)
echomsg "sourcing " . local_vimrc
exe ":so " . local_vimrc
endif
let local_vimrc = "../". local_vimrc
let local_tags = "../". local_tags
exe ":set tags+=".local_tags
let parent = parent+1
" ToDo: stop at the root on windows and ~ on unix.
endwhile
unlet parent local_vimrc
See tip 727 for a way to handle local vimrc.
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There's a simpler way to do this for tags:
set tags+=tags;/
TO DO
Check above tip. It probably should be entirely replaced with the comment above.
Where is this documented in the :help?
:help 'tags' and :help file-searching
