Speed up and fix hangs when doing a large search and replace in vim

vimrc

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ let g:campo_extensions_that_run_ctags = ['c','cpp','h','hpp','inc','cs','js','py
 
 " Default files and directories that ctags should ignore when doing a
 " recursive crawl.
-" @note The RunCtags function will always ignore .git and node_modules
+" @note The CreateCtags function will always ignore .git and node_modules
 " regardless of this variable's value.
 let g:campo_ctags_exclude = ['*.txt', '*.config', '.cache']
 
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ set numberwidth=5
 set showtabline=2
 set winwidth=79
 
+ " Use abbreviations.
+set shortmess=a
+
 " Remove gvim Menubar and Toolbar
 "set guioptions -=m
 "set guioptions -=T
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ augroup campoCmds
     autocmd BufWritePost *.vim source $MYVIMRC
     autocmd BufWritePost ~/.vimrc.private source $MYVIMRC
 
-    function! s:RunCtags()
+    function! s:CreateCtags()
         " Only allow one instance of ctags to run in this directory at any given time.
         let l:lock_file = "ctags.lock"
         if filereadable(l:lock_file) || filereadable("newtags")
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ augroup campoCmds
     endfun
 
     " Generate ctags on save.
-    autocmd BufWritePost * call s:RunCtags()
+    autocmd BufWritePost * call s:CreateCtags()
 
     " Remove trailing whitespace when saving any file.
     function! s:StripTrailingWhitespaces()
@@ -979,7 +982,7 @@ function! CenterPane()
     " Taken from https://dev.to/vinneycavallo/easily-center-content-in-vim
     lefta vnew
     wincmd w
-    exec 'vertical resize '. string(&columns * 0.75)
+    exec 'vertical resize' string(&columns * 0.75)
 endfunction
 nnoremap <leader>c :call CenterPane()<cr>
 
@@ -1029,7 +1032,7 @@ function! ChangeBgTheme(bg, onlySetTheme)
     endif
 
     if !a:onlySetTheme
-        exec ':AirlineTheme ' . a:bg
+        exec 'AirlineTheme' a:bg
     endif
 endfunction
 
@@ -1218,27 +1221,18 @@ nnoremap <expr> p (&buftype is# "quickfix" ? "<CR>\|:copen<CR>" : "p")
 " SEARCH & REPLACE
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-" argdo wrapper that will disable all events for read/save. This significantly
+" Replace text in a git repo's committed files.
-" speeds up GlobalReplaceIt().
+" The range identifier allows us to run this once when multiple lines are selected in a file.
-command! -nargs=? Argdo call Argdo(<q-args>)
+function! GlobalReplaceIt(confirm_replacement) range
-function! Argdo(command)
-    set eventignore=all
-    exec 'noautocmd argdo '. a:command . ' | update'
-    set eventignore=
-endfunction
-
-" Replace the selected text in all files within the repo.
-function! GlobalReplaceIt(confirm_replacement)
     if exists(':Ggrep')
         call inputsave()
-
         if a:confirm_replacement
             let l:term = input('Enter search term (w/ confirmation): ')
         else
             let l:term = input('Enter search term (no confirmation): ')
         endif
-
         call inputrestore()
+
         if empty(l:term)
             return
         endif
@@ -1251,14 +1245,34 @@ function! GlobalReplaceIt(confirm_replacement)
         endif
 
         if a:confirm_replacement
-            let l:confirm_opt = 'c'
+            let l:confirm = 'c'
         else
-            let l:confirm_opt = 'e'
+            let l:confirm = 'e'
         endif
 
-        exec 'Ggrep '.l:term
+        " Capture opened buffers and windows so that we can restore everything after running cdo.
-        exec 'Qargs | Argdo %s/'.l:term.'/'.l:replacement.'/g'.l:confirm_opt
+        exec 'mksession! _replace_session.vim'
-        call s:RunCtags() " Regen ctags.
+
+        " Search all committed files in the current directory
+        "  Ignoring binary files (-I)
+        "  Only including a matching filename once (--name-only)
+        exec 'Ggrep --threads 4 -I --name-only' l:term '.'
+
+        " cdo will run the command foreach file in the grep results. It opens
+        " the file in a window so we immediately write the changes and then
+        " wipe the buffer (closing the window). If we don't close it then vim
+        " will run out of space when modifying a lot of files. This will
+        " likely close buffers that were open before running the replace, but
+        " we will restore them below from the saved session file.
+        " Note that we don't run autocommands for optimization purposes!
+        :noautocmd exec 'cdo' '%s/'.l:term.'/'.l:replacement.'/g'.l:confirm '| write | bwipe'
+
+        " Restore the session.
+        if filereadable('_replace_session.vim')
+            silent! exec 'source _replace_session.vim | !rm _replace_session.vim &>/dev/null'
+        endif
+
+        call s:CreateCtags()
     else
         call PrintError("Unable to search since you're not in a git repo!")
     endif
@@ -1274,8 +1288,8 @@ function! RenameFile()
     let l:old_name = expand('%')
     let l:new_name = input('New file name: ', expand('%'), 'file')
     if l:new_name != '' && l:new_name != l:old_name
-        exec ':saveas ' . l:new_name
+        exec 'saveas' l:new_name
-        exec ':silent !rm ' . l:old_name
+        exec '!rm' l:old_name
         redraw!
     endif
 endfunction