Why VIM backup filenames are not correct? 'backupdir' option not performing as expected

Question

I\'m building a custom vimrc to improve my workflow, and I really liked the idea of setting a centralized directory to keep all backup, swap and undo files together, like th

Answer 1

In addition to the answer of Victor Schröder, I suggest using this autocommand instead :

autocmd BufWritePre * if filereadable(@%) | :call SaveBackups() | endif

Unless this, it won't work in the case you are openning a new file directly with vim. And it doesn't make sense to save an empty backup...