cd to root dir on input start with slash

[QiangF]

If the user type the path start with /, apparently he is not looking for completion in the current dir if the current dir is not root.

[basil-conto]

Thanks, but can you please explain in more detail what this PR is addressing? What are the current steps you take that you think are incorrect, and which use-case does this PR target? Thanks.

[QiangF]

During directory completion, ivy already treat ~ as special, when the user type ~, ivy first do a cd to the user home dir, and the subdir in ~ is supplied as candidates, not the subdir of the default directory.

This PR just add another special dir, the root dir, when I types /, I want a path that start from the root dir. Currently, I only get completions from the default dir of the current buffer.

The use-case is to achieve some ido like workflow, combined with ido-alt-done, you can walk along the dir structure to a path start from the root dir.

[basil-conto]

This PR just add another special dir, the root dir, when I types /, I want a path that start from the root dir.

Unless I've misunderstood something, this feature already exists: you just need to type the / twice. See (info "(ivy) File Name Completion"), as well as (info "(ivy) Using TRAMP").

[QiangF]

Indeed! I just realized there is a conflicting package in my setup. Thank you so much for pointing it out.