counsel-fzf universal argument doesn't seem to be working

[xuhdev]

C-u M-x counsel-fzf asks me to pick a directory. Once I pick a directory, the minibuffer shows "fzf ", with no completion candidates, no matter what I type.

The feature was added in #1281.
cc @woodensquares

[basil-conto]

Here's what I see on my end:

• C-u M-x counsel-fzf RET and selecting a small directory results in an immediate fixed list of candidates.
• C-u M-x counsel-fzf RET and selecting a large directory (e.g. ~/) results in an initial pause where only the fzf: prompt is visible, followed by the appearance of a dynamically growing list of candidates.

Could it be that your initial delay is simply very long?
Do other :dynamic-collection t completion commands exhibit similar issues for you?
Are you able to reproduce the issue from make plain or emacs -Q?
What versions of Emacs, Ivy, fzf, etc. are you running, and on which system?
(The data collected by M-x report-emacs-bug RET might be useful.)

[xuhdev]

It can be reproduced with make plain on the master branch abb9e1e.

Also I found that this is only reproducible with a large directory, like my home dir: fzf is running but nothing is displayed. With a small directory, the files are shown instantly. Also, it's unrelated to whether I use a universal argument: The result is the same if I cd to home and run counsel-fzf.

Here's my Emacs info. Since I can reproduce with make plain, the following info were also generated with an Emacs instance started with make plain.

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[xuhdev]

Additionally, I tried C-u M-x counsel-rg on my home directory, results are shown instantly once I type 3 chars.