bug#67830: closed (30.0.50; find-file completion sometimes unexpectedly omits directories)

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unexpectedly omits directories
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regarding 30.0.50; find-file completion sometimes unexpectedly omits directories
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> Subject: 
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> 30.0.50; find-file completion sometimes unexpectedly omits directories
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> Date: 
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> Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:49:05 +0100
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> To reproduce this issue, please first create the directory ~/issue/.git,
> and the file ~/issue/.gitignore, for example with:
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>     $ mkdir issue
>     $ cd issue/
>     $ mkdir .git
>     $ touch .gitignore
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> Then, from your home directory, start Emacs with:
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>     $ emacs -Q
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> and do:
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>     C-x C-f ~/issue/.git TAB
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> As expected, the minibuffer displays:
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>     [Complete, but not unique]
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> and Emacs also shows the 2 possible completions:
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>     2 possible completions:
>     .git/
>     .gitignore
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> In contrast, when I do:
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>     C-x C-f ~/issue/. TAB
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> then the minibuffer prematurely completes it to the file:
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>     ~/issue/.gitignore
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> This is even though the directory ~/issue/.git exists, and also forms a
> valid and expected completion of "~/issue/.".
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> The expected behaviour is the same as above, on the grounds that
> "~/issue/." is a proper prefix of "~/issue/.git" and therefore should
> never yield fewer possible completions.
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> Thank you and all the best,
> Markus
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> In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0, X toolkit,
>  cairo version 1.17.6, Xaw scroll bars) of 2023-09-11 built on
>  mac
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12011000
> System Description:  Mac OS X 10.14.2
>
> Configured using:
>  'configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-silent-rules --without-ns
>  --without-dbus --without-gconf --without-libotf --without-m17n-flt
>  --with-libgmp --with-gnutls --with-json --with-xml2 --with-modules
>  --with-sqlite3 --with-webp --infodir /opt/local/share/info/emacs
>  --with-x-toolkit=lucid --without-xaw3d --without-imagemagick --with-xpm
>  --with-jpeg --with-tiff --with-gif --with-png --with-lcms2
>  --without-rsvg --with-xft --with-native-compilation=aot
>  --with-tree-sitter 'CFLAGS=-pipe -Os -Wno-attributes
>  -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk -arch
>  x86_64' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include
>  -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk'
>  'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -lfreetype
>  -lfontconfig -Wl,-rpath /opt/local/lib/gcc12 -Wl,-no_pie
>  -Wl,-syslibroot,/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk
>  -arch x86_64''
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> Configured features:
> ACL CAIRO FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON
> LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY KQUEUE PDUMPER PNG SQLITE3
> THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP X11 XDBE XIM XINPUT2
> XPM LUCID ZLIB
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> Subject: 
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> Re: bug#67830: 30.0.50; find-file completion sometimes unexpectedly omits directories
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:04:16 -0800
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > tags 67830 notabug
> > thanks
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> >> Cc: 67830@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:43:28 +0530
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> >> Completion is working as intended, AFAIU.  Have a look at
> >> completion-ignored-extensions.
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> > Indeed.  This is not a bug, but expected behavior.
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> I'm therefore closing this bug report.
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