patch 8.2.1471: :const only locks the variable, not the value Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/241572794f7e93d2f8b762de2300e5f7e4f07628 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Aug 16 22:50:01 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.1471: :const only locks the variable, not the value Problem: :const only locks the variable, not the value. Solution: Lock the value as ":lockvar 1 var" would do. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/6719)

README_src.txt for version 8.2 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).

For more information, see the README.txt file that comes with the runtime
archive (vim-8.2-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
archive too!