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zsh - autocomplete with braces in the middle of a directory
Suppose I have the following directory structure:
folder/
aaa/
f.txt
bbb/
f.txt
I want to compare the file f.txt as it is common to both directories. So in zsh I type this:
% diff folder/{aaa,bbb}/
Pleasingly, zsh autocompletes both the aaa and bbb directories even inside the brace.
Next, I press the Tab key hoping that zsh will autocomplete any files common to both the aaa and bbb directories, so I'm hoping that pressing Tab will result in this:
% diff folder/{aaa,bbb}/f.txt
However, what zsh actually does is expand the braces resulting in this:
% diff folder/aaa/ folder/bbb/
Is there a way to get zsh to keep the braces in the middle of the directory and autocomplete the common file name as I described?
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