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Regression in case-insensitive filename completion

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Message #8 received at 78323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>,
 Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 78323 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78323: Regression in case-insensitive filename completion
Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 09:28:14 +0300

> From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
> Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 15:40:16 -0700
> 
> 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?

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