how to write a vimrc file that (automatically) applies only to a specific folder

Question

say that i have a project which lies in a folder called 'bin', and i want some specific vim configuration automatically loaded when i edit any file inside the project folder. how can i do that?

Answer 1

I think what you want is an autocommand. Perhaps something like this:

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile ~/bin/* call SetBinOptions()

function SetBinOptions() {
    setlocal number
    setlocal nowrap
    ...
}

If you need to do something complex with the path matching, you can take a slightly different approach, making the decision about whether to apply the options within the function. Suppose you had some regex the path had to match:

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile * call SetCustomOptions()

function SetCustomOptions() {
    if (match(expand("%:p"), /regex/) {
        setlocal number
        setlocal nowrap
        ...
    }
}

Answer 2

I use "set exrc" in ~/.exrc and a local .exrc in the directory.