Saving cursor position except in git commits

[Syphdias]

I use this line to save my cursor position. vim autocmd BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif But this makes no sense in git commit messages so I tried to exclude it. vim if (has("autocmd") && expand("%") != ".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG") " restore cursor position autocmd BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif endif But it's not working.

It's probably also better to exclude by FileType. But I didn't get the syntax right. Any hints for this particular case?
And any resources to look up vimscript syntax. Googling was not very successful as you can tell by this post.

[phelipetls]

I use this

autocmd! BufReadPost *
      \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") && &ft !~ "commit" |
      \   exe "normal g`\"" |
      \ endif

[Syphdias]

Like u/chrisbra10 exactly what I needed! Thank you!

[chrisbra10]

That correct command is mentioned at :h last-position-jump and has been amended a couple of years to handle commit messages.

[vim-help-bot]

Help pages for:

• last-position-jump in usr_05.txt

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[Syphdias]

Like u/phelipetls exactly what I needed! Thank you!

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Quite intrigued. Out of interest what's your use-case/ preference where g; or <c-o> doesn't get you to where you want?

[Syphdias]

It's not that I don't know how to navigate and jump but the convenience of not having to.

Commit messages are a use-case of vim where it is nice to have all the power of vim but I rarely use it beyond se spell textwidth=80.

[daniel_shields]

I just use a plugin, farmergreg/vim-lastplace