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/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -5736,11 +5736,11 @@ nv_ident(cmdarg_T *cap)
 		    ? vim_iswordp(mb_prevptr(ml_get_curline(), ptr))
 		    : vim_iswordc(ptr[-1])))
 	    STRCAT(buf, "\\>");
-#ifdef FEAT_CMDHIST
-	/* put pattern in search history */
+
+	// put pattern in search history
 	init_history();
 	add_to_history(HIST_SEARCH, buf, TRUE, NUL);
-#endif
+
 	(void)normal_search(cap, cmdchar == '*' ? '/' : '?', buf, 0);
     }
     else