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UNC Path autocompletion removes one leading slash, preventing further completions

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System Details

VS Code 1.36 PowerShell Extension: Preview 2019.05 PowerShell 6.2 or 7.0 preview 2

System Details Output

### VSCode version: 1.36.1 2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529 x64

### VSCode extensions:       
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ms-vscode.powershell@2019.5.0
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vscode.theme-monokai-less-dimmed@0.0.1
Serhioromano.vscode-st@9.9.9


### PSES version: 2.0.0.0

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.0-preview.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.0-preview.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18362
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Issue Description

Attempting to complete a path to a directory on a UNC path, the leading slash keeps being removed by the completion.

'\\server\share\somefolder\'

Expected Behaviour

'\\server\share\somefolder\AdditionalFolder\'

Actual Behaviour

'\server\share\somefolder\AdditionalFolder\'

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:16 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

TylerLeonhardtcommented, Sep 26, 2019

I have a fix for this out now https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices/pull/1044

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msftrncscommented, Aug 2, 2019

Everything works fine at the prompt, I have been working on the completions code myself, but I can confirm that everything works fine from the integrated terminal, both PS 6.2.2 and PS 7 preview.

Inside VS Code, the path completion seems to be working differently. The leading slash is being removed, and it would appear, relative to the command prompt, the trailing slash is being removed too.

IMPORTANT, the path must be quoted, or the selection made must make it quote the path during the completion, to see this.

After completing "\\server\share\" via intergrated terminal prompt: "\\server\share\folder\"

After completing "\\server\share\" in VS Code in a PS1 file: "\server\share\folder"

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