NeoVim install deletes original Vim undo files
The gist
A computer scientist says installing NeoVim deleted his Vim undo files and lost the data.
The dispute is whether tools owe users a duty of care for stored data.
How it unfolded
- 2000David Chisnall began using vim, around this year.
- date unknownChisnall tried NeoVim when it was quite new; the first thing he noticed was that undo didn't work, and opening the file in vim showed undo didn't work there either.
- date unknownAccording to the account, Neovim had changed the format of the undo files, had not upgraded the old one, had not used a different name for its undo files, and deleted the existing vim undo file, losing all of the data in it and replacing it with one vim couldn't read.