Add an option to disable .gitignore when completing paths in the prompt

book/src/editor.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 | `cursorline` | Highlight all lines with a cursor | `false` |
 | `cursorcolumn` | Highlight all columns with a cursor | `false` |
 | `gutters` | Gutters to display: Available are `diagnostics` and `diff` and `line-numbers` and `spacer`, note that `diagnostics` also includes other features like breakpoints, 1-width padding will be inserted if gutters is non-empty | `["diagnostics", "spacer", "line-numbers", "spacer", "diff"]` |
+| `command-git-ignore` | Whether to read `.gitignore` when listing paths in the command prompt | `true` |
 | `auto-completion` | Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion | `true` |
 | `auto-format` | Enable automatic formatting on save | `true` |
 | `idle-timeout` | Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. | `250` |

helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ pub mod completers {
     }
 
     pub fn filename(editor: &Editor, input: &str) -> Vec<Completion> {
-        filename_with_git_ignore(editor, input, true)
+        filename_with_git_ignore(editor, input, editor.config().command_git_ignore)
     }
 
     pub fn filename_with_git_ignore(
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ pub mod completers {
     }
 
     pub fn directory(editor: &Editor, input: &str) -> Vec<Completion> {
-        directory_with_git_ignore(editor, input, true)
+        directory_with_git_ignore(editor, input, editor.config().command_git_ignore)
     }
 
     pub fn directory_with_git_ignore(
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ pub mod completers {
             .hidden(false)
             .follow_links(false) // We're scanning over depth 1
             .git_ignore(git_ignore)
+            .git_global(git_ignore)
+            .git_exclude(git_ignore)
             .max_depth(Some(1))
             .build()
             .filter_map(|file| {

helix-view/src/editor.rs

@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub cursorcolumn: bool,
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_gutter_seq_or_struct")]
     pub gutters: GutterConfig,
+    /// Whether .gitignore should be read when listing paths in the command prompt. Defaults to true.
+    pub command_git_ignore: bool,
     /// Middle click paste support. Defaults to true.
     pub middle_click_paste: bool,
     /// Automatic insertion of pairs to parentheses, brackets,
@@ -944,6 +946,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             cursorline: false,
             cursorcolumn: false,
             gutters: GutterConfig::default(),
+            command_git_ignore: true,
             middle_click_paste: true,
             auto_pairs: AutoPairConfig::default(),
             auto_completion: true,