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diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index 3503b656d9c..a17dd19b0d3 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -2214,6 +2214,10 @@ passed in. If LITERAL is set, no checking is done, anyway." noedit nil))) (set-match-data match-data) (replace-match newtext fixedcase literal) + ;; `query-replace' undo feature needs the beginning of the match position, + ;; but `replace-match' may change it, for instance, with a regexp like "^". + ;; Ensure that this function preserves the match data (Bug#31492). + (set-match-data match-data) ;; `replace-match' leaves point at the end of the replacement text, ;; so move point to the beginning when replacing backward. (when backward (goto-char (nth 0 match-data))) |