Can't use dired-do-rename with ivy-mode

[hmelman]

I tried to rename a file in dired with ivy-mode enabled but I couldn't because ivy-completing-read kept matching a filename. In my case I was renaming something to remove dashes from the name, so "foo-bar.md" to "foo bar.md", so ivy still matched the original name. I could find no other workaround than to disable ivy-mode for the command and then reenable it. I think there should be an easier way, is there?

[abo-abo]

Press C-M-j (ivy-immediate-done) instead of C-j. It's explained in the manual.

[hmelman]

I figured there had to be way, thanks. I looked in C-h m at the time and didn't notice this solution, even though it's there. I do remember looking into ivy-alt-done and realizing it wasn't the solution, maybe the name ivy-immediate-done could be improved? Something like ivy-done-using-input or ivy-done-current-input or ivy-skip-selection or ivy-accept-current-input?

Also, maybe the help text could reverse the first sentence "exit with the current action, calling
it on the /current input/ instead of the current candidate." so the input vs candidate part is emphasized instead of the "exit with current action" part. So: exit using the current /input/ (not /candidate/) calling the current action.

[abo-abo]

Thanks.