Perhaps helpful: There's also a `zi` command, which prompts you with a list of all matches before changing directories. Personally there's only few directories where I need it, and I just memorize using zi instead of z for those.
However I agree z should ideally have some syntax like `thing$` to denote a full directory name instead.
However I agree z should ideally have some syntax like `thing$` to denote a full directory name instead.