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Feature request: preserve case in replace command
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Description
PyCharm has this feature and it has really saved my bacon in some cases:
foo
foO
fOOO
Foo
Foo
replace foo (not matching case obviously) with "someotherthing" produces:
someotherthing
someotherthing
sOMEOTHERTHINGO
Someotherthing
Someotherthing
Specifications
Commit hash: 1856891
OS: macOS
Terminal: Terminal.app
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the replace command entry point and any existing tests for case-insensitive replacement. Compare the implementation with the examples in the issue, including mixed-case matches, and consider how the requested case-preserving behavior should be specified and tested.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100