Commit: runtime(matchit): include minor improvement from chrisbra/matchit

[Christian Brabandt]

runtime(matchit): include minor improvement from chrisbra/matchit

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec46b9d4f2f5a5b36438215aae46c197688d86ac
Author: Jon Parise <j...@indelible.org>
Date: Tue Jan 13 19:40:40 2026 +0000

runtime(matchit): include minor improvement from chrisbra/matchit

In particular, documentation update from
related: chrisbra/matchithttps://github.com/vim/vim/issues/55

Signed-off-by: Jon Parise <j...@indelible.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/autoload/matchit.vim b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/autoload/matchit.vim
index 904c2cce1..1e660ffd3 100644
--- a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/autoload/matchit.vim
+++ b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/autoload/matchit.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
" matchit.vim: (global plugin) Extended "%" matching
" autload script of matchit plugin, see ../plugin/matchit.vim
-" Last Change: Jan 06, 2025
+" Last Change: Jan 09, 2026

" Neovim does not support scriptversion
if has("vimscript-4")
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ function matchit#Match_wrapper(word, forward, mode) range

" Check for custom match function hook
if exists("b:match_function")
- let MatchFunc = b:match_function
try
- let result = call(MatchFunc, [a:forward])
+ let result = call(b:match_function, [a:forward])
if !empty(result)
call cursor(result)
return s:CleanUp(restore_options, a:mode, startpos)
diff --git a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/doc/matchit.txt b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/doc/matchit.txt
index 0d505f855..e82bacdeb 100644
--- a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/doc/matchit.txt
+++ b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/matchit/doc/matchit.txt
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ Python example (simplified): >
let pattern = get(s:keywords, keyword, '')
if empty(pattern) | return [] | endif

- let flags = a:forward ? 'nW' : 'nbW'
- let [lnum, col] = searchpos('^\s*\%(' . pattern . '\)\>', flags, 0, 0,
+ " Forward-only. Backwards left as an exercise for the reader.
+ let [lnum, col] = searchpos('^\s*\%(' . pattern . '\)\>', 'nW' 0, 0,
\ 'indent(".") != ' . indent('.'))
return lnum > 0 ? [lnum, col] : []
endfunction