File search doesnt find files

[loopzen]

C-F doesnt detect file patterns. It detects only folders.

The issue is in this regular expression:

copycat.tmux

if stored_search_not_defined "$file_search"; then
	tmux set-option -g "${COPYCAT_VAR_PREFIX}_${file_search}" "(^|^\.|[[:space:]]|[[:space:]]\.|[[:space:]]\.\.|^\.\.)[[:alnum:]~_-]*/[][[:alnum:]_.#$%&+=/@-]*"
fi

[spaihippo]

I have the same issue, and am using Ubuntu 18.04. Press Enter also doesn't copy the highlighted text to the command line. tmux yank does work though.

[bruno-]

About "file search doesn't find files" - see limitations here https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-copycat/blob/master/docs/limitations.md

Examples: non-perfect file and url matching and selection

If you guys have a better idea how to match files with a regex you can define your own "file search" mapping or override the default. If you think you have a better solution than this plugin then feel free to open a PR.