vim - set relativenumber not working from vimrc, only works when set in buffer

Question

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why set relativenumber does not load when set in my .vimrc file. Other settings, like set number and setting the color scheme work perfectly. If I want relativenumber, I need to set it in the current buffer explicitly. Any ideas? My .vimrc can be found here:

https://github.com/mhamrah/vimfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

Thanks,

Mike

Answer 1

It's because you have :set number later in your .vimrc -- number and relativenumber are incompatible with one another. Take out that line.