Add session_default_overwrite option (see readme for details)

See also issue #62 on GitHub:
  #62

Author: xolox

README.md

@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ This option controls the location of your session scripts. Its default value is
 
 The name of the default session without directory or filename extension (you'll never guess what the default is).
 
+### The `g:session_default_overwrite` option
+
+If you set this to true (1), every Vim instance without an explicit session loaded will overwrite the default session (the last Vim instance wins).
+
 ### The `g:session_extension` option
 
 The filename extension of session scripts. This should include the dot that separates the basename from the extension. Defaults to '.vim'.
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ Recently this plug-in switched from reimplementing [:mksession][mksession] to ac
 <!-- Start of generated documentation -->
 
 The documentation of the 34 functions below was extracted from
-1 Vim scripts on July  4, 2013 at 00:27.
+1 Vim scripts on July  4, 2013 at 01:25.
 
 ### Public API for the vim-notes plug-in
 

autoload/xolox/session.vim

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 " Last Change: July 4, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/session/
 
-let g:xolox#session#version = '2.4.5'
+let g:xolox#session#version = '2.4.6'
 
 " Public API for session persistence. {{{1
 
@@ -430,18 +430,23 @@ function! xolox#session#auto_save() " {{{2
   let name = xolox#session#find_current_session()
   " If no session is active and the user doesn't have any sessions yet, help
   " them get started by suggesting to create the default session.
-  if empty(name) && empty(xolox#session#get_names())
+  if empty(name) && (empty(xolox#session#get_names()) || g:session_default_overwrite)
     let name = g:session_default_name
   endif
-  " Prompt the user to save the active or first session?
+  " Prompt the user to save the active/first/default session?
   if !empty(name)
     let is_tab_scoped = xolox#session#is_tab_scoped()
     let msg = "Do you want to save your %s before quitting Vim?"
     if s:prompt(printf(msg, xolox#session#get_label(name, is_tab_scoped)), ['&Yes', '&No'], 'g:session_autosave') == 1
+      if g:session_default_overwrite && (name == g:session_default_overwrite)
+        let bang = '!'
+      else
+        let bang = ''
+      endif
       if is_tab_scoped
-        call xolox#session#save_tab_cmd(name, '', 'SaveTabSession')
+        call xolox#session#save_tab_cmd(name, bang, 'SaveTabSession')
       else
-        call xolox#session#save_cmd(name, '', 'SaveSession')
+        call xolox#session#save_cmd(name, bang, 'SaveSession')
       endif
     endif
   endif

doc/session.txt

@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ Contents ~
   1. The |sessionoptions| setting
   2. The |g:session_directory| option
   3. The |g:session_default_name| option
-  4. The |g:session_extension| option
-  5. The |g:session_autoload| option
-  6. The |g:session_autosave| option
-  7. The |g:session_autosave_periodic| option
-  8. The |g:session_verbose_messages| option
-  9. The |g:session_default_to_last| option
-  10. The |g:session_persist_globals| option
-  11. The |g:session_restart_environment| option
-  12. The |g:session_command_aliases| option
-  13. The |g:loaded_session| option
+  4. The |g:session_default_overwrite| option
+  5. The |g:session_extension| option
+  6. The |g:session_autoload| option
+  7. The |g:session_autosave| option
+  8. The |g:session_autosave_periodic| option
+  9. The |g:session_verbose_messages| option
+  10. The |g:session_default_to_last| option
+  11. The |g:session_persist_globals| option
+  12. The |g:session_restart_environment| option
+  13. The |g:session_command_aliases| option
+  14. The |g:loaded_session| option
  5. Compatibility with other plug-ins |session-compatibility-with-other-plug-ins|
  6. Known issues                                         |session-known-issues|
  7. Function reference                             |session-function-reference|
@@ -304,6 +305,12 @@ The *g:session_default_name* option
 The name of the default session without directory or filename extension (you'll
 never guess what the default is).
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The *g:session_default_overwrite* option
+
+If you set this to true (1), every Vim instance without an explicit session
+loaded will overwrite the default session (the last Vim instance wins).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 The *g:session_extension* option
 
@@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ might take a while...)
 Function reference ~
 
 The documentation of the 34 functions below was extracted from 1 Vim scripts on
-July 4, 2013 at 00:27.
+July 4, 2013 at 01:25.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      *session-public-api-for-vim-notes-plug-in*

plugin/session.vim

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ if !exists('g:session_default_name')
   let g:session_default_name = 'default'
 endif
 
+" If you set this to 1 (true), every Vim instance without an explicit session
+" loaded will overwrite the default session (the last Vim instance wins).
+if !exists('g:session_default_overwrite')
+  let g:session_default_overwrite = 0
+endif
+
 " The file extension of session scripts.
 if !exists('g:session_extension')
   let g:session_extension = '.vim'