copy file from other pane with same name as current active

Question

I am looking for a way to select a file in the other pane which has the same name as the current file in current pane and copy it to current pane.

The way I do this right now is to do a / search for the filename in the current pane until it is a unique hit, and then tab over to the other pane and redo the search, then copy the file. A little awkward with more than a handfull of files. It would be sligtly less work if I knew how to put the current filename into the search without actually typing the filename.

Answer 1

It would be sligtly less work if I knew how to put the current filename into the search without actually typing the filename.

After switching to another pane do / Ctrl+X Ctrl+X c to insert name of current file in the other pane (docs).

Alternatively you can do something like this (note that this will overwrite without warnings):

:execute 'wincmd w' | execute "norm /^".expand('%c')."$\r" | co! | wincmd w