Modern Vim

Tip 28

Setting Buffer-Local Configuration Per Project

Autocommands and ftplugins allow you to apply settings to all files of a particular filetype. But what if you want to apply settings to files within a directory? Vim doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for this, but you can achieve this effect using the Projectionist plugin.

Preparation

In this tip, you’ll use two plugins: Projectionist by Tim Pope,^[57] and ALE by Andrew Wray.^[58] You can install these to your bundle package like this:

$ cd $VIMCONFIG/pack/bundle/start
$ git clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-projectionist.git
$ git clone https://github.com/w0rp/ale.git

Run :helptags ALL to index the documentation for these plugins.

The Projectionist plugin is the main ...