How to prevent vim from creating (and leaving) temporary files?

Question

Why does vim create ~ files? Is there a way to disable that?

If it\'s for backup (or something), I use git for that.

Also, thes

Answer 1

I'd strongly recommend to keep working with swap files (in case Vim crashes).

You can set the directory where the swap files are stored, so they don't clutter your normal directories:

set swapfile
set dir=~/tmp

See also

:help swap-file