Fix truncated pattern space problem #263

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LoukasPap wants to merge 1 commit into uutils:main from LoukasPap:issue253

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LoukasPap commented Jan 14, 2026

Initialize the context of the hold space to \n (newline character)
Previously, it started as an empty string which resulted to wrong outputs

The solution fixes the problem for the swap pattern x but also for g and G.


          Initialize hold space to newline

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github-actions bot commented Jan 14, 2026

GNU sed testsuite comparison:

Test results comparison:
  Current:   TOTAL: 64 / PASSED: 8 / FAILED: 56 / SKIPPED: 0
  Reference: TOTAL: 64 / PASSED: 8 / FAILED: 56 / SKIPPED: 0

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