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Each . changes the next match. Stop before the archive: one more would change it too.

cgn: Change the next search match; . changes the one after.
n: Next match.
.: Repeat the last change.

Before this lesson: Search reuse; repeatable changes.

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Keep exceptions while repeating a change to selected matches.

Search, make a change, use n to inspect the next match, then dot only where the same edit belongs. cgn includes selecting a search match in the change itself; dot can then seek and change the next match. Stop before exceptions. Neither a shorter route nor a successful dot proves that every match should change.

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If two current lines and an archive say pending, update the two current lines and leave the archive. Check each destination rather than blindly repeating across the file.

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Change both current draft values to final, preserving the archived value.

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const first = "final";
const second = "final";
const archive = "draft";

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