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Failed to handle key `.`: vimState.commandLine unexpectedly undefined

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  4. See error

VSCodeVim version: 1.22.1

Stack trace
Error: Failed to handle key `.`: vimState.commandLine unexpectedly undefined
    at assertDefined (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/util/util.ts:38:11)
    at C.exec (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/actions/commands/commandLine.ts:28:5)
    at C.execCount (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/actions/base.ts:199:20)
    at j.runAction (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:715:20)
    at j.rerunRecordedState (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:1086:18)
    at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at transformer (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/transformations/execute.ts:207:12)
    at j.actionToRecord [as runAction] (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:717:55)
    at j.handledAsAction [as handleKeyAsAnAction] (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:663:43)
    at j.text [as handleKeyEvent] (/Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/src/mode/modeHandler.ts:478:11)
    at /Users/leslieche/.vscode/extensions/vscodevim.vim-1.22.1/extensionBase.ts:372:73

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Research direction

Start at src/actions/commands/commandLine.ts:28 and trace the . handling through src/mode/modeHandler.ts, especially rerunRecordedState and actionToRecord, using the supplied stack trace as the entry point. Reproduce the failure with VSCodeVim 1.22.1 and verify that handling . no longer fails because vimState.commandLine is undefined.

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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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