diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index c19a345..5d6a205 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -5797,6 +5797,8 @@
 				something readable.
 		  "save_last"	Number of the last file write.  Zero when no
 				write yet.
+		  "save_cur"	Number of the current position in the undo
+				tree.  
 		  "synced"	Non-zero when the last undo block was synced.
 				This happens when waiting from input from the
 				user.  See |undo-blocks|.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/undo.txt b/runtime/doc/undo.txt
index 1ed2ecd..d1433d5 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/undo.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/undo.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@
 :earlier {N}s		Go to older text state about {N} seconds before.
 :earlier {N}m		Go to older text state about {N} minutes before.
 :earlier {N}h		Go to older text state about {N} hours before.
+:earlier {N}d		Go to older text state about {N} days before.
+
+:earlier {N}f		Go to older text state {N} file writes before.
+			When changes were made since the laste write
+			":earlier 1f" will revert the text to the state when
+			it was written.  Otherwise it will go to the write
+			before that.
+			When at the state of the first file write, or when
+			the file was not written, ":earlier 1f" will go to
+			before the first change.
 
 							*g+*
 g+			Go to newer text state.  With a count repeat that many
@@ -154,6 +164,11 @@
 :later {N}s		Go to newer text state about {N} seconds later.
 :later {N}m		Go to newer text state about {N} minutes later.
 :later {N}h		Go to newer text state about {N} hours later.
+:later {N}d		Go to newer text state about {N} days later.
+
+:later {N}f		Go to newer text state {N} file writes later.
+			When at the state of the last file write, ":later 1f"
+			will go to the newest text state.
 
 
 Note that text states will become unreachable when undo information is cleared
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
index 2e49781..6cd4b4f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_02.txt
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 
 The "U" command is a change by itself, which the "u" command undoes and CTRL-R
 redoes.  This might be a bit confusing.  Don't worry, with "u" and CTRL-R you
-can go to any of the situations you had.  More about that in section |32.1|.
+can go to any of the situations you had.  More about that in section |32.2|.
 
 ==============================================================================
 *02.6*	Other editing commands
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
index 02669b0..e6cfd4d 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_32.txt
@@ -9,16 +9,40 @@
 change you create a branch in the undo tree.  This text is about moving
 through the branches.
 
-|32.1|	Numbering changes
-|32.2|	Jumping around the tree
-|32.3|	Time travelling
+|32.1|	Undo up to a file write
+|32.2|	Numbering changes
+|32.3|	Jumping around the tree
+|32.4|	Time travelling
 
      Next chapter: |usr_40.txt|  Make new commands
  Previous chapter: |usr_31.txt|  Exploiting the GUI
 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt|
 
 ==============================================================================
-*32.1*	Numbering changes
+*32.1*	Undo up to a file write
+
+Sometimes you make several changes, and then discover you want to go back to
+when you have last written the file.  You can do that with this command: >
+
+	:earlier 1f
+
+The "f" stands for "file" here.
+
+You can repeat this command to go further back in the past.  Or use a count
+diferent from 1 to go back faster.
+
+If you go back too far, go forward again with: >
+
+	:later 1f
+
+Note that these commands really work in time sequence.  This matters if you
+made changes after undoing some changes.  It's explained in the next section.
+
+Also note that we are talking about text writes here.  For writing the undo
+information in a file see |undo-persistence|.
+
+==============================================================================
+*32.2*	Numbering changes
 
 In section |02.5| we only discussed one line of undo/redo.  But it is also
 possible to branch off.  This happens when you undo a few changes and then
@@ -66,7 +90,7 @@
 when moving up in the tree, so that you know which change was just undone.
 
 ==============================================================================
-*32.2*	Jumping around the tree
+*32.3*	Jumping around the tree
 
 So how do you get to "one two" now?  You can use this command: >
 
@@ -114,7 +138,7 @@
 You can type a count before |g-| and |g+| to repeat them.
 
 ==============================================================================
-*32.3*	Time travelling
+*32.4*	Time travelling
 
 When you have been working on text for a while the tree grows to become big.
 Then you may want to go to the text of some minutes ago.
@@ -133,10 +157,10 @@
 	:earlier 10s
 
 Depending on how much time you took for the changes you end up at a certain
-position in the tree.  The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes
-and "h" for hours.  To go all the way back use a big number: >
+position in the tree.  The |:earlier| command argument can be "m" for minutes,
+"h" for hours and "d" for days.  To go all the way back use a big number: >
 
-	:earlier 10h
+	:earlier 100d
 
 To travel forward in time again use the |:later| command: >
 
@@ -144,6 +168,11 @@
 
 The arguments are "s", "m" and "h", just like with |:earlier|.
 
+If you want even more details, or want to manipulate the information, you can
+use the |undotree()| function.  To see what it returns: >
+
+	:echo undotree()
+
 ==============================================================================
 
 Next chapter: |usr_40.txt|  Make new commands
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
index 63242e3..0e3460f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_toc.txt
@@ -273,9 +273,10 @@
 		|31.5|	Various
 
 |usr_32.txt|  The undo tree
-		|32.1|	Numbering changes
-		|32.2|	Jumping around the tree
-		|32.3|	Time travelling
+		|32.1|	Undo up to a file write
+		|32.2|	Numbering changes
+		|32.3|	Jumping around the tree
+		|32.4|	Time travelling
 
 ==============================================================================
 Tuning Vim ~
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 105ba02..296efda 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -17735,12 +17735,13 @@
 	dict_T *dict = rettv->vval.v_dict;
 	list_T *list;
 
+	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "synced", (long)curbuf->b_u_synced, NULL);
 	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "seq_last", curbuf->b_u_seq_last, NULL);
+	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "save_last",
+					(long)curbuf->b_u_save_nr_last, NULL);
 	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "seq_cur", curbuf->b_u_seq_cur, NULL);
 	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "time_cur", (long)curbuf->b_u_time_cur, NULL);
-	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "save_last",
-					(long)curbuf->b_u_last_save_nr, NULL);
-	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "synced", (long)curbuf->b_u_synced, NULL);
+	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "save_cur", (long)curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur, NULL);
 
 	list = list_alloc();
 	if (list != NULL)
diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index 42c3993..d165305 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -8461,7 +8461,7 @@
     exarg_T	*eap UNUSED;
 {
     if (eap->addr_count == 1)	    /* :undo 123 */
-	undo_time(eap->line2, FALSE, TRUE);
+	undo_time(eap->line2, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
     else
 	u_undo(1);
 }
@@ -8507,6 +8507,7 @@
 {
     long	count = 0;
     int		sec = FALSE;
+    int		file = FALSE;
     char_u	*p = eap->arg;
 
     if (*p == NUL)
@@ -8519,13 +8520,16 @@
 	    case 's': ++p; sec = TRUE; break;
 	    case 'm': ++p; sec = TRUE; count *= 60; break;
 	    case 'h': ++p; sec = TRUE; count *= 60 * 60; break;
+	    case 'd': ++p; sec = TRUE; count *= 24 * 60 * 60; break;
+	    case 'f': ++p; file = TRUE; break;
 	}
     }
 
     if (*p != NUL)
 	EMSG2(_(e_invarg2), eap->arg);
     else
-	undo_time(eap->cmdidx == CMD_earlier ? -count : count, sec, FALSE);
+	undo_time(eap->cmdidx == CMD_earlier ? -count : count,
+							    sec, file, FALSE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 967f49e..cdbd01a 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -4879,6 +4879,7 @@
     {
 	unchanged(buf, TRUE);
 	u_unchanged(buf);
+	u_update_save_nr(buf);
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/normal.c b/src/normal.c
index e161d45..9ad32f7 100644
--- a/src/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -8294,7 +8294,7 @@
     case '-': /* "g+" and "g-": undo or redo along the timeline */
 	if (!checkclearopq(oap))
 	    undo_time(cap->nchar == '-' ? -cap->count1 : cap->count1,
-								FALSE, FALSE);
+							 FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
 	break;
 
     default:
diff --git a/src/proto/undo.pro b/src/proto/undo.pro
index daac377..40d166a 100644
--- a/src/proto/undo.pro
+++ b/src/proto/undo.pro
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 void u_read_undo __ARGS((char_u *name, char_u *hash, char_u *orig_name));
 void u_undo __ARGS((int count));
 void u_redo __ARGS((int count));
-void undo_time __ARGS((long step, int sec, int absolute));
+void undo_time __ARGS((long step, int sec, int file, int absolute));
 void u_sync __ARGS((int force));
 void ex_undolist __ARGS((exarg_T *eap));
 void ex_undojoin __ARGS((exarg_T *eap));
 void u_unchanged __ARGS((buf_T *buf));
+void u_update_save_nr __ARGS((buf_T *buf));
 void u_clearall __ARGS((buf_T *buf));
 void u_saveline __ARGS((linenr_T lnum));
 void u_clearline __ARGS((void));
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 36b0870..a95e1ba 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@
     visualinfo_T uh_visual;	/* Visual areas before undo/after redo */
 #endif
     time_t	uh_time;	/* timestamp when the change was made */
-    long_u	uh_save_nr;	/* counter for last time saved */
+    long	uh_save_nr;	/* set when the file was saved after the
+				   changes in this block */
 #ifdef U_DEBUG
     int		uh_magic;	/* magic number to check allocation */
 #endif
@@ -1371,9 +1372,10 @@
     int		b_u_numhead;	/* current number of headers */
     int		b_u_synced;	/* entry lists are synced */
     long	b_u_seq_last;	/* last used undo sequence number */
+    long	b_u_save_nr_last; /* counter for last file write */
     long	b_u_seq_cur;	/* hu_seq of header below which we are now */
     time_t	b_u_time_cur;	/* uh_time of header below which we are now */
-    long_u	b_u_last_save_nr; /* counter for last file write */
+    long	b_u_save_nr_cur; /* file write nr after which we are now */
 
     /*
      * variables for "U" command in undo.c
diff --git a/src/testdir/test61.in b/src/testdir/test61.in
index 7ce72e6..f9a1574 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test61.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test61.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Tests for undo tree.
 Since this script is sourced we need to explicitly break changes up in
 undo-able pieces.  Do that by setting 'undolevels'.
+Also tests :earlier and :later.
 
 STARTTEST
 :" Delete three characters and undo
@@ -50,6 +51,35 @@
 obbbb:set ul=100
 :undojoin
 occccu:.w >>test.out
+:e! Xtest
+ione one one:set ul=100
+:w!
+otwo:set ul=100
+otwo:set ul=100
+:w
+othree:earlier 1f
+:" expect "one one one\ntwo\ntwo"
+:%yank a
+:earlier 1f
+:" expect "one one one"
+:%yank b
+:earlier 1f
+:" expect empty line
+:%yank c
+:later 1f
+:" expect "one one one"
+:%yank d
+:later 1f
+:" expect "one one one\ntwo\ntwo"
+:%yank e
+:later 1f
+:" expect "one one one\ntwo\ntwo\nthree"
+ggO---:0put e
+ggO---:0put d
+ggO---:0put c
+ggO---:0put b
+ggO---:0put a
+ggO---:w >>test.out
 :qa!
 ENDTEST
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test61.ok b/src/testdir/test61.ok
index 020dd53..6e25e3b 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test61.ok
+++ b/src/testdir/test61.ok
@@ -22,3 +22,22 @@
 123456abc
 aaaa
 aaaa
+---
+one one one
+two
+two
+---
+one one one
+---
+
+---
+one one one
+---
+one one one
+two
+two
+---
+one one one
+two
+two
+three
diff --git a/src/undo.c b/src/undo.c
index ddd3111..33ca01e 100644
--- a/src/undo.c
+++ b/src/undo.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 #define U_ALLOC_LINE(size) lalloc((long_u)(size), FALSE)
 static char_u *u_save_line __ARGS((linenr_T));
 
+/* used in undo_end() to report number of added and deleted lines */
 static long	u_newcount, u_oldcount;
 
 /*
@@ -932,7 +933,7 @@
     /* Optional fields. */
     putc(4, fp);
     putc(UF_LAST_SAVE_NR, fp);
-    put_bytes(fp, (long_u)buf->b_u_last_save_nr, 4);
+    put_bytes(fp, (long_u)buf->b_u_save_nr_last, 4);
 
     putc(0, fp);  /* end marker */
 
@@ -1444,17 +1445,6 @@
     /* Undo must be synced. */
     u_sync(TRUE);
 
-    /* Increase the write count, store it in the last undo header, what would
-     * be used for "u". */
-    ++buf->b_u_last_save_nr;
-    uhp = buf->b_u_curhead;
-    if (uhp != NULL)
-	uhp = uhp->uh_next.ptr;
-    else
-	uhp = buf->b_u_newhead;
-    if (uhp != NULL)
-	uhp->uh_save_nr = buf->b_u_last_save_nr;
-
     /*
      * Write the header.
      */
@@ -1849,7 +1839,7 @@
     curbuf->b_u_seq_last = seq_last;
     curbuf->b_u_seq_cur = seq_cur;
     curbuf->b_u_time_cur = seq_time;
-    curbuf->b_u_last_save_nr = last_save_nr;
+    curbuf->b_u_save_nr_last = last_save_nr;
 
     curbuf->b_u_synced = TRUE;
     vim_free(uhp_table);
@@ -2001,13 +1991,15 @@
  * When "step" is negative go back in time, otherwise goes forward in time.
  * When "sec" is FALSE make "step" steps, when "sec" is TRUE use "step" as
  * seconds.
+ * When "file" is TRUE use "step" as a number of file writes.
  * When "absolute" is TRUE use "step" as the sequence number to jump to.
  * "sec" must be FALSE then.
  */
     void
-undo_time(step, sec, absolute)
+undo_time(step, sec, file, absolute)
     long	step;
     int		sec;
+    int		file;
     int		absolute;
 {
     long	    target;
@@ -2021,6 +2013,7 @@
     int		    nomark;
     int		    round;
     int		    dosec = sec;
+    int		    dofile = file;
     int		    above = FALSE;
     int		    did_undo = TRUE;
 
@@ -2044,8 +2037,45 @@
     {
 	/* When doing computations with time_t subtract starttime, because
 	 * time_t converted to a long may result in a wrong number. */
-	if (sec)
+	if (dosec)
 	    target = (long)(curbuf->b_u_time_cur - starttime) + step;
+	else if (dofile)
+	{
+	    if (step < 0)
+	    {
+		/* Going back to a previous write. If there were changes after
+		 * the last write, count that as moving one file-write, so
+		 * that ":earlier 1f" undoes all changes since the last save. */
+		uhp = curbuf->b_u_curhead;
+		if (uhp != NULL)
+		    uhp = uhp->uh_next.ptr;
+		else
+		    uhp = curbuf->b_u_newhead;
+		if (uhp != NULL && uhp->uh_save_nr != 0)
+		    /* "uh_save_nr" was set in the last block, that means
+		     * there were no changes since the last write */
+		    target = curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur + step;
+		else
+		    /* count the changes since the last write as one step */
+		    target = curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur + step + 1;
+		if (target <= 0)
+		    /* Go to before first write: before the oldest change. Use
+		     * the sequence number for that. */
+		    dofile = FALSE;
+	    }
+	    else
+	    {
+		/* Moving forward to a newer write. */
+		target = curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur + step;
+		if (target > curbuf->b_u_save_nr_last)
+		{
+		    /* Go to after last write: after the latest change. Use
+		     * the sequence number for that. */
+		    target = curbuf->b_u_seq_last + 1;
+		    dofile = FALSE;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
 	else
 	    target = curbuf->b_u_seq_cur + step;
 	if (step < 0)
@@ -2056,8 +2086,10 @@
 	}
 	else
 	{
-	    if (sec)
+	    if (dosec)
 		closest = (long)(time(NULL) - starttime + 1);
+	    else if (dofile)
+		closest = curbuf->b_u_save_nr_last + 2;
 	    else
 		closest = curbuf->b_u_seq_last + 2;
 	    if (target >= closest)
@@ -2092,9 +2124,14 @@
 	while (uhp != NULL)
 	{
 	    uhp->uh_walk = mark;
-	    val = (long)(dosec ? (uhp->uh_time - starttime) : uhp->uh_seq);
+	    if (dosec)
+		val = (long)(uhp->uh_time - starttime);
+	    else if (dofile)
+		val = uhp->uh_save_nr;
+	    else
+		val = uhp->uh_seq;
 
-	    if (round == 1)
+	    if (round == 1 && !(dofile && val == 0))
 	    {
 		/* Remember the header that is closest to the target.
 		 * It must be at least in the right direction (checked with
@@ -2123,7 +2160,10 @@
 	    /* Quit searching when we found a match.  But when searching for a
 	     * time we need to continue looking for the best uh_seq. */
 	    if (target == val && !dosec)
+	    {
+		target = uhp->uh_seq;
 		break;
+	    }
 
 	    /* go down in the tree if we haven't been there */
 	    if (uhp->uh_prev.ptr != NULL && uhp->uh_prev.ptr->uh_walk != nomark
@@ -2179,6 +2219,7 @@
 
 	target = closest_seq;
 	dosec = FALSE;
+	dofile = FALSE;
 	if (step < 0)
 	    above = TRUE;	/* stop above the header */
     }
@@ -2539,6 +2580,15 @@
 	 * work we compute this as being just above the just undone change. */
 	--curbuf->b_u_seq_cur;
 
+    /* Remember where we are for ":earlier 1f" and ":later 1f". */
+    if (curhead->uh_save_nr != 0)
+    {
+	if (undo)
+	    curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur = curhead->uh_save_nr - 1;
+	else
+	    curbuf->b_u_save_nr_cur = curhead->uh_save_nr;
+    }
+
     /* The timestamp can be the same for multiple changes, just use the one of
      * the undone/redone change. */
     curbuf->b_u_time_cur = curhead->uh_time;
@@ -2811,6 +2861,27 @@
     buf->b_did_warn = FALSE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Increase the write count, store it in the last undo header, what would be
+ * used for "u".
+ */
+    void
+u_update_save_nr(buf)
+    buf_T *buf;
+{
+    u_header_T	*uhp;
+
+    ++buf->b_u_save_nr_last;
+    buf->b_u_save_nr_cur = buf->b_u_save_nr_last;
+    uhp = buf->b_u_curhead;
+    if (uhp != NULL)
+	uhp = uhp->uh_next.ptr;
+    else
+	uhp = buf->b_u_newhead;
+    if (uhp != NULL)
+	uhp->uh_save_nr = buf->b_u_save_nr_last;
+}
+
     static void
 u_unch_branch(uhp)
     u_header_T	*uhp;