patch 8.0.0689: ~ character not escaped when extending search pattern commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a693d0584b9a7ccce98813dda3a6badb209904c7 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Jun 29 22:23:06 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0689: ~ character not escaped when extending search pattern Problem: The ~ character is not escaped when adding to the search pattern with CTRL-L. (Ramel Eshed) Solution: Escape the character. (Christian Brabandt)

" Test :recover

func Test_recover_root_dir()
  " This used to access invalid memory.
  split Xtest
  set dir=/
  call assert_fails('recover', 'E305:')
  close!

  if has('win32') || filewritable('/') == 2
    " can write in / directory on MS-Windows
    set dir=/notexist/
  endif
  call assert_fails('split Xtest', 'E303:')
  set dir&
endfunc

" TODO: move recover tests from test78.in to here.