Added CtrlP caching

init.vim

@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ runtime! init/*.vim
 
 " This sources a .vim/local.vim file in the current directory, if it exists.
 " This allows for project-specific settings, such as on-write autocmd's etc.
+" The silent! prevents it from showing an error if no local.vim file is found
 silent! source .vim/local.vim

init/ctrlp.vim

@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 " Remap CtrlP shortcut
 let g:ctrlp_map = '<leader>t'
 
-" Disable caching
+" Enable caching
-let g:ctrlp_use_caching = 0
+" I think this'll make it run just a bit faster
+let g:ctrlp_use_caching = 1
+" Don't clear the cache on exit, so it won't re-index every time we open the
+" project
+let g:ctrlp_clear_cache_on_exit = 0
+" Cache inside the project's .vim directory to keep things tidy
+let g:ctrlp_cache_dir = './.vim/cache/ctrlp'
 
-" Only show files in git repo, ignoring .gitignore content
+" You can define different listing commands for different version controls
-let g:ctrlp_user_command = ['.git', 'cd %s && git ls-files -co --exclude-standard']
+" systems etc.
+" I currently only have experience with Git, but I've written the config like
+" this to allow for easy expansion if needed.
+let g:ctrlp_user_command = {
+    \ 'types': {
+        \ 1: ['.git', 'git --git-dir=%s/.git ls-files -oc --exclude-standard']
+    \ },
+    \ 'fallback': 'find %s -type f'
+\ }
+
+" Limit max number of files
+" This prevents me from indexing my entire HOME by accident
+let g:ctrlp_max_files = 10000
+" Also limit recursion depth
+let g:ctrlp_max_depth = 40