Auto-jump to last known cursor position when buffer is re-opened

9 years ago

Jumps to the last known position, but only when that position is deemed "sane". For instance, ignores git buffers, since they generally represent transient files such as commit messages and rebase scripts.

function! s:JumpToLastKnownCursorPosition()
    if line("'\"") <= 1 | return | endif
    if line("'\"") > line("$") | return | endif
    " Ignore git commit messages and git rebase scripts
    if expand("%") =~# '\(^\|/\)\.git/' | return | endif
    execute "normal! g`\"" |
endfunction

autocmd BufReadPost * call s:JumpToLastKnownCursorPosition()