Subject: Re: bug#49761: file-cache-minibuffer-complete has become unusable for duplicate file names in MacOSX 27.x emacs

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:01:54 +0300

> From: Aaron Cohen <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:41:12 -0700
> Cc: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
> 
> In any case, the larger issue is that a prefix overlap is now causing C-Tab to get stuck.  The point goes
> where it should to assist the User in resolving the overlap.  It's not where the point goes but rather that
> Emacs gets stuck on the common suffix that is the new issue.

I suggest to play with your value of completion-styles: perhaps by
reordering it or by removing the more-aggressive styles from there you
will be able to get your desired behavior.