How to search for multiple words in path?

[lzap]

Hello,

I am struggling with the default fuzzy algorithm. Suppose I have the following path:

data/services/insights/edge/deploy.yml

Problem is the repository is massive with many files named deploy.yml and many directories named edge, however there is only a single instance of deploy.yml file in edge directory. I cannot figure out a good query for that file, other fuzzy finders like fzf or even VSCode get it right when I either type edgedeploy or deployedge but CtrlP never.

Any idea what to type to get the result? I tried various combinations like edge deploy or edge/deploy but I just don’t know what to do. I am trying hard to use CtrlP for several years now but this is driving me crazy, apologies if this is not the appropriate place I could not find a discussion forum related to the project.

Thanks

[mattn]

Could you please show me your all cofiguration for CtrlP?

[lzap]

Sure:

let g:ctrlp_map = '<leader><leader>'
let g:ctrlp_user_command = ['.git/', 'git --git-dir=%s/.git ls-files -oc --exclude-standard']

[mattn]

Could you please try this?

let g:ctrlp_max_files = 0

[lzap]

No change, attaching a screenshot of me searching for edge/deploy. I do not understand why I always get so irrelevant results, you see one or two characters highlighted. I am no fuzzy expert but this does not seem right:

FYI this is Vim from Fedora 40:

$ vim --version
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Included patches: 1-719
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
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       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
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[mattn]

Okay, then please try https://github.com/mattn/ctrlp-matchfuzzy

[lzap]

OMG it works as expected, this should have been the default fuzzy function! Thank you so much.