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Tab completion regression in ordering (does not match Linux shells, Windows explorer, or cmd)

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

mkdir test
cd test

echo "" > foo.exe
echo "" > foo_bar.cmd
echo "" > foo_bar_zar.cmd
mkdir foo

.\f <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab> ...

Expected behavior

Expected tab completion order as follows -- matches pwsh 7.0.x, windows explorer, cmd, AND linux Bash
.\foo\  .\foo.exe  .\foo_bar.cmd  .\foo_bar_zar.cmd

Actual behavior

Regression in ordering
.\foo\  .\foo_bar_zar.cmd  .\foo_bar.cmd  .\foo.exe

Do the right thing and fix the regression.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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theJasonHelmickcommented, Aug 2, 2023

Thank you for the issue – The WG reviewed this issue and believes it is a change to .NET (as stated by @mklement0) https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/7b3e5444de9b1740677ed70c42fac03556855bc1/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs#L1633 As noted, it is not a goal of PowerShell to be consistent with other shells or file managers.

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jessey-gitcommented, Aug 3, 2023

For anyone in the future coming across this utter nonsense for file listing and tab completion, there’s a workaround available in: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/19736