When finding files with ido, let's say with this directory structure: - /tmp - /tmp/folders - /tmp/folders/a2 - /tmp/folders/a.git Navigating to `folders` will only display `a2` as a possible completion, omitting `a.git`. One has to explicitly add the '.git' suffix to get the candidate one is looking for. 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