From 4116a15dae1e9da71254ff6b5b0cc5bff5b80ca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Haller <stefan@haller-berlin.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:51:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Filter the recent repositories menu as you type

Picking a repository out of that list is the other place where the menu is
a list to search rather than a set of commands, and its items have no keys
that typing could clash with.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go   |  6 ++-
 .../tests/misc/filter_recent_repos.go         | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go            |  1 +
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 pkg/integration/tests/misc/filter_recent_repos.go

diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
index d3b6bfe29..c8a33bcbe 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ func (self *ReposHelper) CreateRecentReposMenu() error {
 		}
 	})
 
-	return self.c.Menu(types.CreateMenuOptions{Title: self.c.Tr.RecentRepos, Items: menuItems})
+	return self.c.Menu(types.CreateMenuOptions{
+		Title:           self.c.Tr.RecentRepos,
+		Items:           menuItems,
+		FilterAsYouType: true,
+	})
 }
 
 // SwitchToParentRepo switches back to the repo the current submodule was
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/misc/filter_recent_repos.go b/pkg/integration/tests/misc/filter_recent_repos.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a54ca51db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/misc/filter_recent_repos.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package misc
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var FilterRecentRepos = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Switching to a recent repository by typing part of its name",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	ExtraEnvVars: map[string]string{
+		"SHOW_RECENT_REPOS": "true",
+	},
+	Skip: false,
+	SetupConfig: func(cfg *config.AppConfig) {
+		// the first entry is the repo we're in, so it isn't offered
+		current, _ := filepath.Abs(".")
+		other, _ := filepath.Abs("../other")
+		target, _ := filepath.Abs("../target")
+		cfg.GetAppState().RecentRepos = []string{current, other, target}
+	},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.CloneNonBare("other")
+		shell.CloneNonBare("target")
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.ExpectPopup().Menu().
+			Title(Equals("Recent repositories")).
+			Filter("target").
+			Lines(Contains("target").IsSelected()).
+			Confirm()
+
+		t.Views().Status().Content(Contains("target → master"))
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index 7bc50fe18..5ac4bdcba 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	misc.DirenvApprovesEnvrc,
 	misc.DirenvLoadedOnRepoSwitch,
 	misc.DirenvUnloadsOnBlockedEnvrc,
+	misc.FilterRecentRepos,
 	misc.InitialOpen,
 	misc.RecentReposOnLaunch,
 	misc.StartInGitDir,