Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: msys Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='msys' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-msys' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -DWORDEXP_OPTION -Wno-discarded-qualifiers -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security -D_STATIC_BUILD -g uname output: MINGW64_NT-10.0-22000 Ramanujan 3.3.3-341.x86_64 2022-01-17 11:45 UTC x86_64 Msys Machine Type: x86_64-pc-msys
Bash Version: 4.4 Patch Level: 23 Release Status: release Description: In Git Bash, Windows volumes are represented as /<drive letter>. This peculiarity appears to break the 'dirspell' and 'cdspell' options, which fail when they try to correct a directory path which does not follow the traditional unixy filesystem structure, such as having users' home directories in '/home', even though a possibly valid path might be available. Repeat-By: Consider this example proposed in this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/6438632: 1. open Git Bash an make sure sure that the current working directory contains a drive letter in its path; 2. create a directory named 'spam/eggs' and a non-empty file 'spam/test'; 3. ensure that the shell options 'dirspell', 'cdspell' and 'direxpand' are active; 4. type the 'cat' command, giving it the test file's path as argument and intentionally misspelling 'spam', then try to auto-complete the file's path; 5. try to 'cd' into 'spam/eggs/', but intentionally misspelling 'spam'. You will notice that both steps 4 and 5 fail, even though they should work on a proper Unix-like system. Fix: Workaround for the user: create symbolic links that follow the typical unixy filesystem structure and point them to the directories you usually use. For instance, create a symbolic link named 'home' inside Git's installation directory (usually, 'C:\Program Files\Git'), which should point to 'C:\Users\'. Then, modify your $HOME environment variable so that it contains the path '/home/<username>'. After 'cd'ing into $HOME, retry steps 4 and 5 of the previous sequence, and you will notice that the directory spelling correction features work as expected. Long-term fix: if possible, allow 'dirspell' and 'cdspell' to understand non-unixy filesystem structures. Matteo Paolini
