on unix vim --version tells you the various locations of the vim config files, system vimre file: “$VIM/vimre user vimrc file: "SHOME/vimre 2nd user vimre file: "=/.vim/vimre user exrc file: "SHOME/.exrc” defaults file: “SVIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim" fallback for $VIM; "/usr/share/vim Sharelmprove this answerFollow edited Nov 4, 2019 at 5:54 answered Jun 22, 2019 at 1242 ae] SebMa droid192 83528 38 19012242 Can verify that this works with the VIM that bundles with Git for Windows. (Noting this only because so much that an SO answer might presume that DOESN'T work in Git Bash) ~ Janet Jul 2, 2019 at 13:00 | prefer this answer, since it will always provide updated and authentic information regarding the valid vimec file paths for a given system and vim installation, ~ Semnodime Jan 30 at 18:15 een Vim, and in normal mode type: 16 ches Sharelmprove this answerFollow ‘edited Mar 27, 2019 at 9:18 answered Feb 19, 2018 at 2:14 wW Peter Mortensen user4640261 a 31k 27 105 126 a Underrated answer - Flpf, Apr 3, 2018 at 18:13, For me it outputs only /ust/share/vim . Version 8.2.100, Arch Linux, ~ Yaroslav Nikitenko Jan 28, 2020 at 741 This tells you the directory your system vimrc is located in, but it doesn't tell you where your user vimre should go, or what its name should be. ~ Laurence Gonsalves Feb 4, 2020 at 22:51 ‘Well, the question "where" is the vimrc file. Where user vimre should go? Put it into ~/vimre or ~/vim/vimre , notice that latter don't have dot in front of it. - user4640261 Feb 5, 2020 at 124 @Peter Mortensen this must be the accepted answer. Thanks a lot! ~ Ramiro Hum-Sah Jan 22, 2022 at 1623