From 8f037bd8f7eae96f545a4a21092d3d91f78addfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axlefublr <axlefublr.ls@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 18:42:47 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] prompts deduplicate their history

---
 helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs |  2 +-
 helix-view/src/register.rs  | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
index 50176d5836cd..801388d6aef7 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/prompt.rs
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ impl Component for Prompt {
                             // store in history
                             if let Some(register) = self.history_register {
                                 if let Err(err) =
-                                    cx.editor.registers.push(register, self.line.clone())
+                                    cx.editor.registers.push_unique(register, self.line.clone())
                                 {
                                     cx.editor.set_error(err.to_string());
                                 }
diff --git a/helix-view/src/register.rs b/helix-view/src/register.rs
index b2bb53ac2029..dc83b3cb7912 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/register.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/register.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl Registers {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn push(&mut self, name: char, mut value: String) -> Result<()> {
+    fn push_impl(&mut self, name: char, mut value: String, unique: bool) -> Result<()> {
         match name {
             '_' => Ok(()),
             '#' | '.' | '%' => Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Register {name} does not support pushing")),
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ impl Registers {
                     anyhow::bail!("Failed to push to register {name}: clipboard does not match register contents");
                 }
 
+                if unique {
+                    saved_values.retain(|the| the != &value);
+                }
                 saved_values.push(value.clone());
                 if !contents.is_empty() {
                     value.push_str(NATIVE_LINE_ENDING.as_str());
@@ -134,12 +137,24 @@ impl Registers {
                 Ok(())
             }
             _ => {
-                self.inner.entry(name).or_default().push(value);
+                let the = self.inner.entry(name).or_default();
+                if unique {
+                    the.retain(|the| the != &value);
+                }
+                the.push(value);
                 Ok(())
             }
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn push_unique(&mut self, name: char, value: String) -> Result<()> {
+        self.push_impl(name, value, true)
+    }
+
+    pub fn push(&mut self, name: char, value: String) -> Result<()> {
+        self.push_impl(name, value, false)
+    }
+
     pub fn first<'a>(&'a self, name: char, editor: &'a Editor) -> Option<Cow<'a, str>> {
         self.read(name, editor).and_then(|mut values| values.next())
     }