From: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:24:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: runtime(xdg): Move viminfofile storage to state dir
X-Git-Tag: v9.2.0026~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2e9e7cb8e0959441215fbddbeeed6dbd9c6e11b9;p=thirdparty%2Fvim.git

runtime(xdg): Move viminfofile storage to state dir

fixes: #19456

Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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diff --git a/runtime/xdg.vim b/runtime/xdg.vim
index 1dfeccdb90..cc5ae9fb4f 100644
--- a/runtime/xdg.vim
+++ b/runtime/xdg.vim
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ if isdirectory(s:config .. '/vim')
     exe $"set packpath+={s:data}/vim/after"
   endif
 
-  " Use Data for the viminfo file
-  let &viminfofile = s:mkvimdir(s:data .. '/vim') .. '/viminfo'
-
   " These options are not set by default because they change the behavior of
   " where files are saved. Uncomment them if you want to fully move all
   " transient/persistent files to XDG directories.
@@ -37,6 +34,7 @@ if isdirectory(s:config .. '/vim')
   " call s:mkvimdir(s:data .. '/vim/spell')
 
   " Transient State:
+  let &viminfofile = s:mkvimdir(s:state .. '/vim') .. '/viminfo'
   " let &directory = s:mkvimdir(s:state .. '/vim/swap')   .. '//'
   " let &backupdir = s:mkvimdir(s:state .. '/vim/backup') .. '//'