From 12e8db38471eacd12da28d42103d67619ea9af0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barrett Ruth <62671086+barrettruth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:07:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(restart): distinguish v:exitreason for :restart! #40801

---
 runtime/doc/vvars.txt                 |  1 +
 runtime/lua/vim/_meta/vvars.gen.lua   |  1 +
 src/nvim/ex_docmd.c                   |  2 +-
 src/nvim/vvars.lua                    |  1 +
 test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/doc/vvars.txt b/runtime/doc/vvars.txt
index 58d5c5d4dd..4e0ef4654b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vvars.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vvars.txt
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ v:exitreason
 		- ""          Not exiting, or exit was canceled.
 		- "quit"      |:quit|, |:qall|, |:wq|, |ZZ|, |ZQ|, etc.
 		- "restart"   |:restart|, |ZR|.
+		- "restart!"  |:restart!|, |[count]||ZR|.
 
 		Example: >vim
 		  autocmd ExitPre * if v:exitreason ==# 'restart' | echomsg 'restarting' | endif
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/vvars.gen.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/vvars.gen.lua
index 0154045f20..7969239afe 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/vvars.gen.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/vvars.gen.lua
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ vim.v.exiting = ...
 --- - ""          Not exiting, or exit was canceled.
 --- - "quit"      `:quit`, `:qall`, `:wq`, `ZZ`, `ZQ`, etc.
 --- - "restart"   `:restart`, `ZR`.
+--- - "restart!"  `:restart!`, `[count]``ZR`.
 ---
 --- Example:
 ---
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
index 15f3824f5b..f34551a299 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
@@ -5172,7 +5172,7 @@ static void ex_restart(exarg_T *eap)
   ui_flush();
   xfree(listen_addr);
 
-  set_vim_var_string(VV_EXITREASON, S_LEN("restart"));
+  set_vim_var_string(VV_EXITREASON, startreason, -1);
 
   char *quit_cmd_copy = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/vvars.lua b/src/nvim/vvars.lua
index d57c4b4596..e185c2a6ae 100644
--- a/src/nvim/vvars.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/vvars.lua
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ M.vars = {
       - ""          Not exiting, or exit was canceled.
       - "quit"      |:quit|, |:qall|, |:wq|, |ZZ|, |ZQ|, etc.
       - "restart"   |:restart|, |ZR|.
+      - "restart!"  |:restart!|, |[count]||ZR|.
 
       Example: >vim
         autocmd ExitPre * if v:exitreason ==# 'restart' | echomsg 'restarting' | endif
diff --git a/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua b/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
index b7672e3330..c493a10c31 100644
--- a/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/terminal/tui_spec.lua
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ describe('TUI :restart', function()
     end)
 
     local function assert_exitreason(expected)
-      local default = 'QuitPre:restart\nExitPre:restart\nVimLeavePre:restart\nVimLeave:restart\n'
+      local default =
+        'QuitPre:restart!\nExitPre:restart!\nVimLeavePre:restart!\nVimLeave:restart!\n'
       eq(expected or default, t.read_file(eventlog))
       os.remove(eventlog)
     end
@@ -565,6 +566,13 @@ describe('TUI :restart', function()
       {5:-- TERMINAL --}                                    |
     ]]
 
+    tt.feed_data(':set nomodified\013')
+    tt.feed_data(':restart\013')
+    screen:expect(s0)
+    assert_new_pid()
+    assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart\nExitPre:restart\nVimLeavePre:restart\nVimLeave:restart\n')
+    assert_termguicolors_and_no_gui_running()
+
     tt.feed_data(':set nomodified\013')
     -- Command is run on new server.
     tt.feed_data(":restart! put ='Hello1'\013")
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ describe('TUI :restart', function()
     tt.feed_data('C\013')
     screen:expect({ any = vim.pesc('[No Name]') })
     -- Failed/cancelled restarts still fire QuitPre/ExitPre (but not VimLeave[Pre]).
-    assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart\nExitPre:restart\n')
+    assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart!\nExitPre:restart!\n')
 
     -- Check :restart! respects 'confirm' option.
     tt.feed_data(':set confirm\013')
@@ -640,7 +648,7 @@ describe('TUI :restart', function()
     screen:expect({ any = vim.pesc('[No Name]') })
     tt.feed_data(':set noconfirm\013')
     -- Failed/cancelled restarts still fire QuitPre/ExitPre (but not VimLeave[Pre]).
-    assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart\nExitPre:restart\n')
+    assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart!\nExitPre:restart!\n')
 
     -- Check ":confirm restart! <cmd>" on a modified buffer.
     tt.feed_data(":confirm restart! put ='Hello3'\013")
@@ -657,10 +665,13 @@ describe('TUI :restart', function()
 
     -- Check ":restart[!]" on a modified buffer.
     tt.feed_data('ithis will be removed\027')
-    for _, cmd in ipairs({ ':restart', ':restart!' }) do
+    for cmd, exitreason in pairs({
+      [':restart'] = 'restart',
+      [':restart!'] = 'restart!',
+    }) do
       tt.feed_data(cmd .. '\013')
       screen:expect({ any = vim.pesc('Vim(qall):E37: No write since last change') })
-      assert_exitreason('QuitPre:restart\nExitPre:restart\n')
+      assert_exitreason(('QuitPre:%s\nExitPre:%s\n'):format(exitreason, exitreason))
     end
 
     -- Check ":restart! +qall!" on a modified buffer.