Using CtrlP isn't giving very good results - am I using it wrong?

Question

I was hoping that I could just type "job.php" and be directed to the job.php in my /lib/model/ folder, but I've mostly just get many other files returned:

[No name]

> batch/dataFixes/jobProspectsSubscriptionId.php
> batch/dataFixes/jobProspectsRankDistance.php
> batch/dataFixes/hiredJobDistanceRankFeedback.php
> batch/sendWeeklyJobOwnersUpdateEmail.php
> batch/dataFixes/backdateJobClosureDailyStats.php
> batch/dataFixes/jobExpectedRevenue.php
> batch/dataFixes/updateJobStats.php
> batch/updateEndedJobState.php
> batch/findUnresponsiveJobPosters.php
> batch/_job_criteria.php

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Switching to 'find in path' mode, and typing lib/model/job.php brings up tonnes of other classes in that folder which have 'job' in the filename, but not job.php.

Job is a pretty common word in our project, but I was hoping that an exact match for the filename would get ranked pretty highly in the results.

Am I using CtrlP wrong, or is the project not really suited to it?

Answer 1

Add the following to your ~/.vimrc (you may need to create if it does not exist):

let g:ctrlp_regexp = 1