GNU bug report logs - #16577
Add regexp-based version of completion-ignored-extensions

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Message #47 received at 16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: vmalloc <at> gmail.com, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 16577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16577: Add regexp-based version of
 completion-ignored-extensions
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:06:58 -0500

> I think perhaps of introducing a regexp-based extra mechanism here that
> we should introduce a new completion-ignored-files variable, which would
> default to '(".svn/" ".hg/" ".git/" ".bzr/" "CVS/" "_darcs/" "_MTN/")
> (probably), and then remove those from -extensions.

BTW, maybe we can merge the two propositions:
Allow the use in `completion-ignored-files` of entries of the form
"/<RE>" where <RE> will be matched against the nondirectory part of the
file name.  We'd probably want to make this match anchored, since that's
what the "/" suggests.  It means that instead of "/.git/" we'd add
"/\\.git/" or "/\\.git/?\\'".

This should make the change much less invasive, with most existing uses
of `completion-ignored-files` unaffected.


        Stefan

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