patch 8.0.0630: it is not easy to work on lines without a match commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f84b122a99da75741ae686fabb6f81b8b4755998 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jun 10 14:29:52 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0630: it is not easy to work on lines without a match Problem: The :global command does not work recursively, which makes it difficult to execute a command on a line where one pattern matches and another does not match. (Miles Cranmer) Solution: Allow for recursion if it is for only one line. (closes #1760)

--- a/src/testdir/test_global.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_global.vim
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ func Test_yank_put_clipboard()
   set clipboard&
   bwipe!
 endfunc
+
+func Test_nested_global()
+  new
+  call setline(1, ['nothing', 'found', 'found bad', 'bad'])
+  call assert_fails('g/found/3v/bad/s/^/++/', 'E147')
+  g/found/v/bad/s/^/++/
+  call assert_equal(['nothing', '++found', 'found bad', 'bad'], getline(1, 4))
+  bwipe!
+endfunc