patch 8.1.1823: command line history code is spread out commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d7663c22c6c1ff0f86b81371586fbc851d3a3e9e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Aug 6 21:59:57 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1823: command line history code is spread out Problem: Command line history code is spread out. Solution: Put the code in a new file. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4779) Also graduate the +cmdline_hist feature.

--- a/src/ex_cmds.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.c
@@ -3900,10 +3900,8 @@ do_sub(exarg_T *eap)
 
 	if (!cmdmod.keeppatterns)
 	    save_re_pat(RE_SUBST, pat, p_magic);
-#ifdef FEAT_CMDHIST
-	/* put pattern in history */
+	// put pattern in history
 	add_to_history(HIST_SEARCH, pat, TRUE, NUL);
-#endif
 
 	return;
     }