diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/send/CommentSender.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/send/CommentSender.java
index 930e3b3..4f6a341 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/send/CommentSender.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/send/CommentSender.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
-import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.FilenameComparator;
 import com.google.gerrit.exceptions.EmailException;
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.james.mime4j.dom.field.FieldName;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
@@ -128,14 +126,6 @@
 
   public void setComments(List<Comment> comments) {
     inlineComments = comments;
-
-    Set<String> paths = new HashSet<>();
-    for (Comment c : comments) {
-      if (!Patch.isMagic(c.key.filename)) {
-        paths.add(c.key.filename);
-      }
-    }
-    changeData.setCurrentFilePaths(Ordering.natural().sortedCopy(paths));
   }
 
   public void setPatchSetComment(String comment) {
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
index 0352b83..59cbf32 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/ChangeData.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@
     return allUsersName;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
   public void setCurrentFilePaths(List<String> filePaths) {
     PatchSet ps = currentPatchSet();
     if (ps != null) {
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
index 118a9ae..70884d5 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/change/ChangeIT.java
@@ -3468,6 +3468,42 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void notifyConfigForDirectoryTriggersEmail() throws Exception {
+    // Configure notifications on project level.
+    RevCommit oldHead = projectOperations.project(project).getHead("master");
+    GitUtil.fetch(testRepo, RefNames.REFS_CONFIG + ":config");
+    testRepo.reset("config");
+    PushOneCommit push =
+        pushFactory.create(
+            admin.newIdent(),
+            testRepo,
+            "Configure Notifications",
+            "project.config",
+            "[notify \"my=notify-config\"]\n"
+                + "  email = foo@test.com\n"
+                + "  filter = dir:\\\"foo/bar/baz\\\"");
+    push.to(RefNames.REFS_CONFIG);
+    testRepo.reset(oldHead);
+
+    // Push a change that matches the filter.
+    sender.clear();
+    push =
+        pushFactory.create(
+            admin.newIdent(), testRepo, "Test change", "foo/bar/baz/test.txt", "some content");
+    PushOneCommit.Result r = push.to("refs/for/master");
+    assertThat(sender.getMessages()).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(sender.getMessages().get(0).rcpt()).containsExactly(Address.parse("foo@test.com"));
+
+    // Comment on the change.
+    sender.clear();
+    ReviewInput reviewInput = new ReviewInput();
+    reviewInput.message = "some message";
+    gApi.changes().id(r.getChangeId()).current().review(reviewInput);
+    assertThat(sender.getMessages()).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(sender.getMessages().get(0).rcpt()).containsExactly(Address.parse("foo@test.com"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void checkLabelsForMergedChangeWithNonAuthorCodeReview() throws Exception {
     // Configure Non-Author-Code-Review
     RevCommit oldHead = projectOperations.project(project).getHead("master");