Opening file present in another folder which has same relative path as current opened file in vim using vertical diffsplit?

Question

Say I have following 2 similar files in 2 different workspace on same linux machine.

/user1/ws1/ip/src/ip_main.c 
/user1/ws2/ip/src/ip_main.c

Now I did,

cd user1/ws1/ 
vim ip/src/ip_main.c

then I press ESC then executed

:cd ../ws2

which shows my pwd as "user1/ws2" Now I want to open ip/src/ip_main.c in pwd i.e "user1/ws2" using ESC

:vertical diffsplit "some logic to get to ws2/ip/src/ip_main.c"

note after :cd ../ws2

:pwd command show "user1/ws2" but :echo $PWD command still show "user1/ws1"

How can i do it,Can anyone help ?

your first `cd user1` would be `cd user1/ws1` right? otherwise later `:cd ../ws2` won't work. — Kent, Nov 16 '15 at 16:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '15 at 12:59

Diffing both files is easily done via shell globbing, e.g. in Bash:

$ vimdiff -O /user1/ws{1,2}/ip/src/ip_main.c

Withing Vim, you have to use relative paths (i.e. prepend ../.., then go down into the other hierarchy). <C-R>% on the command-line (cp. :help c_CTRL-R) inserts the current path; this may avoid retyping much of the similar path, especially when used with the command-line window (:help c_CTRL-F).

With my EditSimilar plugin, you can use this:

:DiffSplitSubstitute 1=2

Opening file present in another folder which has same relative path as current opened file in vim using vertical diffsplit?

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