How do I configure an ultisnip to override an existing snippet?

Question

I use rails.vim but would like to override one or two snippets with my own using ultisnips.

I've created the snippets but since they're already defined by rails.vim a menu now appears when triggered. I'd like my snippets to override the existing one to avoid the menu.

Bondsman

Are you sure those snippets are defined by rails.vim? The only mention of snippets I see in the code is this line which enables every "rails" snippet UltiSnips will find. Maybe you should remove the default rails snippets from Honza's library? – Wareroom

@Wareroom You're right - they're defined in ~/.vim/bundle/snippets.vim/snippets/ruby.snippets. I'd like to selectively disable ones I override. Do you know of an easy way to achieve this? (I'd rather avoid editing/forking snippets.vim if I can help it). – Bondsman

No, I have no experience with UltiSnips or even the forked SnipMate but what is the point of a personal configuration is you refuse to personalize it? – Wareroom

@Wareroom You're misunderstanding me: I've added my own custom snippets. The problem is when I go to use some of them I'm getting a menu to choose between mine and some others with the same tab trigger. I want to override this behaviour so mine are used by default (ie no menu). I'd rather not edit or fork snippets.vim because I'd like to pull updates without added maintenance. I appreciate your input, but I suspect someone with ultisnips knowledge will be better placed to answer my question. – Bondsman

Yeah, or someone who read the documentation, as always. – Wareroom

Answer 1

The solution is to use priority directive. All snippets default to a priority of 0. Therefore, adding this to the top of my custom snippets solved the issue:

# top of custom snippets file
priority 1

Bondsman