I have this in my .vimrc and it names the swap files with full path names and percent signs just as you describe: ” Store swap files in fixed location, not current directory. set dir=~/.vimswap//,/var/tmp//,/tmp//,. The key is the // at the end of the directories. See this note from :help dir: For Unix and … Read more
You can set the directory option to the location that you want vim to store its swap files, e.g.: mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/swapfiles # this dir must exist vi does not create it ” $HOME/.vimrc :set directory=$HOME/.vim/swapfiles// I use trailing double path separators because, from the help docs: For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends … Read more
Looks like you have an open git commit or git merge going on, and an editor is still open editing the commit message. Two choices: Find the session and finish it (preferable). Delete the .swp file (if you’re sure the other git session has gone away). Clarification from comments: The session is the editing session. … Read more