From 1260a4957dc8755e2f5ac2417cc88ea177e60125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dpearre <dpearre@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:25:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Overwrite 'c' ('change') keybinding so it leaves yank
 register alone

---
 init.lua | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 95a9186a..4dfca147 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1217,6 +1217,11 @@ vim.diagnostic.config {
 
 vim.keymap.set('', '<Leader>l', require('lsp_lines').toggle, { desc = 'Toggle lsp_lines' })
 
+-- Redirect change operations to the blackhole to avoid spoiling 'y' register content
+-- https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/13p5mq7/comment/jl824ti
+vim.keymap.set('', 'c', '"_c')
+vim.keymap.set('', 'C', '"_C')
+
 -- You can link highlighting groups.
 -- This is the default (when colour scheme is unknown)
 -- Try with CursorColumn, Pmenu, Folded etc.