[spartanatreyu]

Tree-based finders allow you to explore a project.

Fuzzy finders only work when you already know what files exist.

Without a tree-based finder, you have no way to know which files exist in an unfamiliar project. Imagine being asked to change something in a project (e.g. add some extra space between two things on screen) without knowing what files existed. If you only rely on searching for names/terms that come to mind, you're probably going to miss the best way to accomplish the task at hand.

[mgrandl]

For discovering files in an unknown codebase I use the grep feature in Helix (or just ripgrep CLI). Way faster than going through a tree in most cases.

[spartanatreyu]

Can you give an example of how it is faster than a tree?

How would it work if you don't know the names of all the files or directories?