IRB hangs when autocompleting require_relative path at root directory
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Description
Description
When you run irb in root directory and tries to autocomplete require_relative path, IRB hangs.
IRB tries to search every directory in your system.
In my environment, it stops after few seconds with Errno::EPERM. Similar to #606
$ cd /
$ irb
irb(main):001> require_relative 'a
Result of irb_info
irb(main):001> irb_info
Ruby version: 3.2.2
IRB version: irb 1.9.0 (2023-11-11)
InputMethod: RelineInputMethod with Reline 0.4.0
Completion: Autocomplete, RegexpCompletor
RUBY_PLATFORM: arm64-darwin22
LANG env: ja_JP.UTF-8
East Asian Ambiguous Width: 1
Terminal Emulator
Terminal.app
Setting Files
Are you using ~/.irbrc and ~/.inputrc?
No
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Research direction
Reproduce the hang by running irb from the root directory and entering require_relative 'a. Start by tracing the autocomplete path search and its handling of the root directory and permission errors. Done means completion no longer searches indefinitely or hangs, while require_relative completion still works normally.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
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- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100