Spontaneous cd

[wincent]

Sometimes, Vim's :pwd mysteriously sets itself to ~/code/masochist/app.

When this happens, :echo $PWD still prints the old (expected working directory).

No idea what's happening here, but it's always that Masochist directory. Can't see how it could be an interaction with tmux, as this is a running Vim process that started off in the right place and later switched (ie. not associated with a new pane being created).

[wincent]

I think I've found a reliable repro:

1. :set verbose=15
2. :set verbosefile=vlog
3. <Leader>t in dotfiles repo.
4. Open, say, roles/dotfiles/files/.vim/autoload/autocomplete.vim (must be inside a dot directory).
5. :NERDTreeFind.

Log shows this:

function autocmds#blur_statusline returning #0

continuing in WinLeave Auto commands for "*"

Executing WinLeave Auto commands for "?*"
autocommand if autocmds#should_mkview() | mkview | endif

line 0: if autocmds#should_mkview() | mkview | endif
calling function autocmds#should_mkview()

line 1:   return &buftype == '' && index(g:WincentMkviewFiletypeBlacklist, &filetype) == -1 && !exists('$SUDO_USER') " Don't create root-owned files.
function autocmds#should_mkview returning #1

continuing in WinLeave Auto commands for "?*"

line 0:  mkview | endif
line 0:  endif
chdir(/Users/glh/code/masochist/app)
Executing WinEnter Auto commands for "*"
autocommand :call loupe#private#cleanup()

line 0: :call loupe#private#cleanup()
calling function loupe#private#cleanup()

line 1:   if !v:hlsearch
line 2:     call loupe#private#clear_highlight()
line 3:   endif
function loupe#private#cleanup returning #0

continuing in WinEnter Auto commands for "*"

Still doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but we're getting close!

Even simpler repro:

vim -V15vlog -c :NERDTree roles/dotfiles/files/.vim/autoload/autocomplete.vim

(Produces a 7M logfile...)

[wincent]

Geez, line 77829 holds the key:

line 0: sourcing "/Users/glh/.vim/tmp/view/~=+code=+wincent=+roles=+dotfiles=+files=+.vim=+autoload=+autocomplete.vim="

And that file contains...

lcd ~/code/masochist/app

And ag -ul lcd ~/.vim/tmp/view reveals 38 files with that line in them...

[wincent]

Gotta jump off the bus, but I think I know how to fix this. Yay.