require-match and empty input

[Bad-ptr]

Testcase:

(completing-read "Test: " () nil t)

With ivy enabled I can only abort with C-g, or C-u C-j. (more precisely I can not exit from minibuffer with exit-minibuffer and empty input)
With ivy disabled I can press RET and get "" result.
The emacs manual says:

However, empty input is always permitted, regardless of the value of require-match; in that case, completing-read returns the first element of default, if it is a list; "", if default is nil; or default.

Well I'm understand that this is a very rare case, but I'd like if ivy will be as much consistent with the standard completing-read as it is possible.
I have a code where I bind a key to the mb-local-map which allows me to exit(it calls exit-minibuffer) and restart completing-read with a different collection. Initially it may be empty collection. This works with standard completing-read, but not with ivy.

[spluque]

I came across this post while looking for a way to tell ivy to complete the null string "" for filename completion in the minibuffer. If I understand correctly from here, ivy does not allow for it?

[abo-abo]

If I understand correctly from here, ivy does not allow for it?

This is allowed with C-M-j (ivy-immdiate-done), also bound to C-u C-j.
It allows to return any string, including the empty one, ignoring whether the string is in the collection or not.

[abo-abo]

@Bad-ptr I added a check for the null collection. Should be enough, I think. Thanks.

[spluque]

When using filename or directory completion, it seems impossible to even get to a null string; when I delete everything in the minibuffer, the null string is not in the candidates, so I see either the tramp methods or some directory

[abo-abo]

@spluque that's how it's supposed to work; you can still use C-M-j.

[spluque]

Sorry to insist @abo-abo , but when I do that (C-M-j) I don't get the null completion, but the current directory which is what is shown as soon as I request the filename or directory completion with e.g. C-x C-f which I've bound to counsel-find-file. What am I missing? Thanks for this great library.

[abo-abo]

@spluque Please open a new issue describing specifically what you want to achieve in general (like create a file), not just the small detail of getting an empty string.