Do not change undo history when auto updating metadata

[champignoom]

Issues

• I have checked existing issues and there are no existing ones with the same request.

Feature description

Normally, u followed by <ctrl-r> should be a no-op.

But if I save the file in between, that is u then :w then <ctrl-r>, the saving action modifies the timestamp and creates a new undo branch, which prevents redo.

It would be nice if the undo status can somehow remain unaffected upon saving.

Help

Yes

Implementation help

No response

[max397574]

if we'd just set vim.o.ul=vim.o.ul that'll create a new "undo break" or however you want to call that. Then you can undo the change and switch to a different undo branch (idk how but somehow it's possible in vanilla, otherwise use e.g. undotree.vim) and you're able to redo the change.

[champignoom]

Never mind. We just have to replace <ctrl-r> with g-, so u then :w then g- does the job.

[kflak]

Not sure if this is even the same issue, but using metadata makes undo unusable for me... It only happens when the updated field exists, otherwise no problem.

2024-01-08_12.12.31.mp4

System:
Arch linux latest,
❯ nvim -v
NVIM v0.10.0-dev-741+g996dd36c77
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.1702233742
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

Neorg commit: 5432be2

Best, and thanks for an awesom plugin!

[benlubas]

@kflak this is b/c you have an autosave plugin. I use one too, just spent a little time solving it. but the way that I went about doing it seems like a hack, and requires that you remap your u/<c-r> keys for the best experience. see the PR that just got linked.

[kflak]

aaaah... makes sense! Had similar issues with autosave and Oil.nvim now that you mention it. Thanks for the PR!