How to create a new buffer with ivy-switch-buffer that shares a substring with an existing buffer?

Question

Suppose I have a file opened called "analysis-evaluation.tex" and I'd like to create a new buffer called "eval". When using Ido, I would press C-j to create a new buffer rather than switching to an existing buffer; does such a functionality exist with ivy-switch-buffer too?

Answer 1

You can use C-M-j which calls ivy-immediate-done to force the output to be exactly what you typed instead of having it complete to the the nearest match

This and more information can be found in the ivy manual ivy-manual