Adding Undo

[timsofteng]

Hello. I see in readme that undo is not support after saving.
Is it any way to implement it?
I find this plugin good which is different of course but it supports undo:
https://github.com/dyng/ctrlsf.vim

maybe it can help

[windwp]

I use a regex replace from sed to replace text that not belong to vim.
Of course it has a way to do that but it's too complicated now.. PR is welcome.

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[timsofteng]

Please don't close it.

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[timsofteng]

Please don't close it.

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[timsofteng]

!

[binhtran432k]

@windwp, How about always create backup option in setup? Then user can choose to delete or restore it.

[EpsilonKu]

seddoesn't have undo command. However we can back-up file before changes. Idk, how it will be costly for performance

[GrimalDev]

Hello, does anyone see a problem in adding a function to invert the search at least instead of an undo system ( undo system that would theoretically be too performance costly). So a user could get back to a previous search and replace (That would need to implement a telescope on a search history) and just invert the search and replace to theoretically "put it back" the way it was?

[EpsilonKu]

Honestly my brain.exe can't do that complex task tho. I was nearly debunked when doing #210 . Sadly windwp is busy and only do some fixes.

[Kurren123]

It’s unfortunate as the lack of undo is the only thing preventing me from using this otherwise great plugin. How about an option to automatically git commit/stash before replacing?

[GrimalDev]

It’s unfortunate as the lack of undo is the only thing preventing me from using this otherwise great plugin. How about an option to automatically git commit/stash before replacing?

I'm not sure but this could generate git conflicts right ? (Which wouldn't be all that bad, but still conflicts)

[pbower]

Hi, I’d like to suggest the following solution to this important requirement:

1. On replace, before conducting the replacement copy the impacted files to a temporary directory within the users nvim space, along with a mapping hash or something of this nature
2. Git the directory (invisible to the user)
3. After the replace, make it a modified version with a commit e.g. v1,v2 for the next replace etc.
4. When terminating the program, delete the folder (but make this behaviour configurable).
5. Make this whole tree mapped to the users project path, so that if one doesn’t delete the folder, the undo history remains next time in the plugin.
6. Offer the option to turn off the undo redo, and also configure the path (for enterprise security reasons).
7. Hide all the git stuff from the user so it’s a seamless experience.

[pbower]

Although I didn’t specify it above, I hope it’s clear that stepping forward and backward through the search and replace undo tree means walking backwards and forwards through through this isolated git commits, and copying those files back into the respective user directory locations.