Use vertico-repeat and bind consult search commands to a keymap

emacs/.emacs.d/config/init-completion.el

@@ -4,13 +4,27 @@
 
 ;; First Vertico, which provides the core incremental minibuffer completion engine
 (use-package vertico
+  :straight (:files (:defaults "extensions/vertico-repeat.el"))
   :init
   (vertico-mode))
 
+(use-package vertico-repeat
+  :straight (:type built-in)
+  :after vertico
+  :config
+  (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'vertico-repeat-save)
+  :general
+  (leader-map "r" #'vertico-repeat))
+
 ;; Save history in order to persist sort order across emacs sessions
 (use-package savehist
+  :after vertico-repeat
   :init
-  (savehist-mode))
+  (savehist-mode)
+  :custom
+  (savehist-additional-variables '(projectile-project-command-history
+                                   evil-jumps-history
+                                   vertico-repeat-history)))
 
 ;; Then orderless, which adds the ability to filter completions in an intuitive way
 (use-package orderless
@@ -155,7 +169,8 @@ targets."
   (flycheck-command-map "!" #'consult-flycheck))
 
 (use-package embark-consult
-  :defer 1)
+  :general
+  (leader-map "/" embark-consult-search-map))
 
 ;; Make grep-like embark collect buffers editable
 (use-package wgrep