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Regression in case-insensitive filename completion

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, dancol <at> dancol.org,
 Dieter Deyke <dieter.deyke <at> gmail.com>, Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 78323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78323: Regression in case-insensitive filename completion
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 14:18:41 +0300

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  dancol <at> dancol.org,
>    78323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:23:36 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> >> Cc: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>,  sbaugh <at> janestreet.com,
> >>   78323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 10:42:47 -0400
> >> 
> >> >> >> With read-file-name-completion-ignore-case true, commit
> >> >> >> 509cbe1c35b3dd005a53ac041f9c87ee53b8e115 breaks existing completion
> >> >> >> behavior.  Suppose we have file named fooBarQux.  Previously, if I'd
> >> >> >> typed "foobar" and TAB while reading a filename, then the completion
> >> >> >> would be "fooBarQux".  Now, it completes as "foobarQux", which is wrong
> >> >> >> and breaks, among other things, vc.
> >> >> > Spencer, could you please look into fixing this regression?
> >> >> What do you think of reverting this change while Spencer finds the cause
> >> >> of the problem?
> >> > I wouldn't mind, but then I don't use these features.  Let's hear
> >> > Stefan's opinion first.
> >> 
> >> I'd first like to hear Spencer's opinion on how quickly he might be able to
> >> fix it or if it indeed breaks his assumptions too hard (so we'd need
> >> a different approach, in which case we may as well revert the change first).
> >
> > So, Spencer, the eyes of all the world are upon you.
> 
> Sorry for the delay, I was away this weekend.  Thanks for your patience.
> 
> The attached patch should fix the issue; it's what I have installed at
> my site.

Thanks.

Daniel, Dieter, and Aaron, could you please see whether this fixes
your problems as well?

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