clipboard: fix `let @+ = ...` and add test

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/ops.c b/src/nvim/ops.c
index 1513eb2cbc..c20a017088 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ops.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ops.c
@@ -4825,6 +4825,7 @@ void write_reg_contents_ex(int name,
   if (!y_append && !must_append)
     free_yank_all();
   str_to_reg(y_current, yank_type, str, len, block_len);
+  set_clipboard(name);
 
 
   /* ':let @" = "val"' should change the meaning of the "" register */
diff --git a/test/functional/clipboard/clipboard_provider_spec.lua b/test/functional/clipboard/clipboard_provider_spec.lua
index 0f11615bdc..ccbb74e487 100644
--- a/test/functional/clipboard/clipboard_provider_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/clipboard/clipboard_provider_spec.lua
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ describe('clipboard usage', function()
         ]])
     reset()
 
+    -- test let @+ (issue #1427)
+    execute("let @+ = 'some'")
+    execute("let @* = ' other stuff'")
+    eq({'some'}, eval("g:test_clip['+']"))
+    eq({' other stuff'}, eval("g:test_clip['*']"))
+    feed('"+p"*p')
+    expect('some other stuff')
+    execute("let @+ .= ' more'")
+    feed('dd"+p')
+    expect('some more')
+    reset()
+
     -- the basic behavior of unnamed register should be the same
     -- even when handled by clipboard provider
     execute('set clipboard=unnamed')