commit 4533c40786a68d57b878babd46ea70e761392cf0
parent 4281a514e9b751a5a83b29659bdcc9dd8fcd5d06
Author: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:23:12 +0800
vim-patch:9.1.1194: filetype: false positive help filetype detection
Problem: filetype: false positive help filetype detection
Solution: Only detect a file as help if modeline appears either at start
of line or is preceded by whitespace (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#16845
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6763b0ee95e7e66ab7992653fbba48691e803e70
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ local pattern = {
['^%.?gtkrc'] = starsetf('gtkrc'),
['/doc/.*%.txt$'] = function(_, bufnr)
local line = M._getline(bufnr, -1)
- local ml = line:find('vim:')
+ local ml = line:find('^vim:') or line:find('%svim:')
if ml and M._matchregex(line:sub(ml), [[\<\(ft\|filetype\)=help\>]]) then
return 'help'
end
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -1628,11 +1628,22 @@ func Test_help_file()
call assert_equal('help', &filetype)
bwipe!
+ call writefile(['some text', 'Copyright: |manual-copyright| vim:ft=help:'],
+ \ 'doc/help1.txt', 'D')
+ split doc/help1.txt
+ call assert_equal('help', &filetype)
+ bwipe!
+
call writefile(['some text'], 'doc/nothelp.txt', 'D')
split doc/nothelp.txt
call assert_notequal('help', &filetype)
bwipe!
+ call writefile(['some text', '`vim:ft=help`'], 'doc/nothelp1.txt', 'D')
+ split doc/nothelp1.txt
+ call assert_notequal('help', &filetype)
+ bwipe!
+
filetype off
set modeline&
endfunc