mhinz/gist:6967b2d10ad0ade491c0e5fc69e95cf6

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Raw

:edit ~/.vim/vimrc
:cd

:echo expand('%:.')    ->  .vim/vimrc
:echo expand('%:~')    ->  ~/.vim/vimrc
:echo expand('%:~:.')  ->  .vim/vimrc

:cd /etc

:echo expand('%:.')    ->  /Users/mhi/.vim/vimrc
:echo expand('%:~')    ->  ~/.vim/vimrc
:echo expand('%:~:.')  ->  ~/.vim/vimrc

Result:

In the first case, :. is shorter and :~:. will give you the shortest output. In the second case, :~ is shorter and :~:. will still give you the shortest output.