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Align commas

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

Start file

just = make,
       all,
       the,
       commas,
       line,
       up

End file

just = make  ,
       all   ,
       the   ,
       commas,
       line  ,
       up

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Solutions

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<Esc>:%s/,/<Tab>,/g<CR><Esc>:<Esc><Up><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>x<Up>x<Up>x<Up>xuuuuuuuuuuu<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>i  <Left><Left><Left><Down>   <Left><Left><Left><Down>   <Down><Left><Down><Left>  <Esc>ZZ

Created by: @udioica Tweet

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