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[PATCH 1/3] bash: don't modify the $cur variable in completion functions

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
Apr 28, 2011, 16:01 UTC
Message-ID
<1304006513-19392-1-git-send-email-szeder@ira.uka.de>
In-Reply-To
<20110428160115.GA19003@goldbirke>

Since v1.7.4-rc0~11^2~2 (bash: get --pretty=m<tab> completion to work with bash v4, 2010-12-02) we use _get_comp_words_by_ref() to access completion-related variables, and the $cur variable holds the word containing the current cursor position in all completion functions. This $cur variable is left unchanged in most completion functions; there are only four functions modifying its value, namely __gitcomp(), __git_complete_revlist_file(), __git_complete_remote_or_refspec(), and _git_config().

If this variable were never modified, then it would allow us a nice optimisation and cleanup. Therefore, this patch assigns $cur to an other local variable and uses that for later modifications in those four functions.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  107 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 840ae38..a594b40 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -491,10 +491,12 @@ __gitcomp ()
 {
 	local cur
 	_get_comp_words_by_ref -n =: cur
+	local cur_="$cur"
+
 	if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
-		cur="$3"
+		cur_="$3"
 	fi
-	case "$cur" in
+	case "$cur_" in
 	--*=)
 		COMPREPLY=()
 		;;
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ __gitcomp ()
 		local IFS=$'\n'
 		COMPREPLY=($(compgen -P "${2-}" \
 			-W "$(__gitcomp_1 "${1-}" "${4-}")" \
-			-- "$cur"))
+			-- "$cur_"))
 		;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -668,17 +670,18 @@ __git_complete_revlist_file ()
 {
 	local pfx ls ref cur
 	_get_comp_words_by_ref -n =: cur
-	case "$cur" in
+	local cur_="$cur"
+	case "$cur_" in
 	*..?*:*)
 		return
 		;;
 	?*:*)
-		ref="${cur%%:*}"
-		cur="${cur#*:}"
-		case "$cur" in
+		ref="${cur_%%:*}"
+		cur_="${cur_#*:}"
+		case "$cur_" in
 		?*/*)
-			pfx="${cur%/*}"
-			cur="${cur##*/}"
+			pfx="${cur_%/*}"
+			cur_="${cur_##*/}"
 			ls="$ref:$pfx"
 			pfx="$pfx/"
 			;;
@@ -708,17 +711,17 @@ __git_complete_revlist_file ()
 				           s,$,/,
 				       }
 				       s/^.*	//')" \
-			-- "$cur"))
+			-- "$cur_"))
 		;;
 	*...*)
-		pfx="${cur%...*}..."
-		cur="${cur#*...}"
-		__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		pfx="${cur_%...*}..."
+		cur_="${cur_#*...}"
+		__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		;;
 	*..*)
-		pfx="${cur%..*}.."
-		cur="${cur#*..}"
-		__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		pfx="${cur_%..*}.."
+		cur_="${cur_#*..}"
+		__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		;;
 	*)
 		__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)"
@@ -741,7 +744,7 @@ __git_complete_remote_or_refspec ()
 {
 	local cur words cword
 	_get_comp_words_by_ref -n =: cur words cword
-	local cmd="${words[1]}"
+	local cur_="$cur" cmd="${words[1]}"
 	local i c=2 remote="" pfx="" lhs=1 no_complete_refspec=0
 	while [ $c -lt $cword ]; do
 		i="${words[c]}"
@@ -771,40 +774,40 @@ __git_complete_remote_or_refspec ()
 		return
 	fi
 	[ "$remote" = "." ] && remote=
-	case "$cur" in
+	case "$cur_" in
 	*:*)
 		case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
 		*:*) : great ;;
-		*)   pfx="${cur%%:*}:" ;;
+		*)   pfx="${cur_%%:*}:" ;;
 		esac
-		cur="${cur#*:}"
+		cur_="${cur_#*:}"
 		lhs=0
 		;;
 	+*)
 		pfx="+"
-		cur="${cur#+}"
+		cur_="${cur_#+}"
 		;;
 	esac
 	case "$cmd" in
 	fetch)
 		if [ $lhs = 1 ]; then
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs2 "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs2 "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		else
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		fi
 		;;
 	pull)
 		if [ $lhs = 1 ]; then
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		else
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		fi
 		;;
 	push)
 		if [ $lhs = 1 ]; then
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		else
-			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			__gitcomp "$(__git_refs "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		fi
 		;;
 	esac
@@ -2012,70 +2015,60 @@ _git_config ()
 		return
 		;;
 	branch.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "remote merge mergeoptions rebase" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
+		__gitcomp "remote merge mergeoptions rebase" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	branch.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur#*.}"
-		__gitcomp "$(__git_heads)" "$pfx" "$cur" "."
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur#*.}"
+		__gitcomp "$(__git_heads)" "$pfx" "$cur_" "."
 		return
 		;;
 	guitool.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
 		__gitcomp "
 			argprompt cmd confirm needsfile noconsole norescan
 			prompt revprompt revunmerged title
-			" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	difftool.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "cmd path" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
+		__gitcomp "cmd path" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	man.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "cmd path" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
+		__gitcomp "cmd path" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	mergetool.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "cmd path trustExitCode" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
+		__gitcomp "cmd path trustExitCode" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	pager.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur#*.}"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur#*.}"
 		__git_compute_all_commands
-		__gitcomp "$__git_all_commands" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		__gitcomp "$__git_all_commands" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	remote.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
 		__gitcomp "
 			url proxy fetch push mirror skipDefaultUpdate
 			receivepack uploadpack tagopt pushurl
-			" "$pfx" "$cur"
+			" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	remote.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur#*.}"
-		__gitcomp "$(__git_remotes)" "$pfx" "$cur" "."
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur#*.}"
+		__gitcomp "$(__git_remotes)" "$pfx" "$cur_" "."
 		return
 		;;
 	url.*.*)
-		local pfx="${cur%.*}."
-		cur="${cur##*.}"
-		__gitcomp "insteadOf pushInsteadOf" "$pfx" "$cur"
+		local pfx="${cur%.*}." cur_="${cur##*.}"
+		__gitcomp "insteadOf pushInsteadOf" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-- 
1.7.5.86.g799a6
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Message 18 of 28 in “git-completion: fix zsh support”
  1. git-completion: fix zsh supportFelipe Contreras, Apr 27, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  3. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2011
  5. completion: avoid "words" as variable name for zsh portabilityJonathan Nieder, Apr 27, 2011
  6. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  8. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  9. John SzakmeisterApr 27, 2011
  10. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  11. completion: move private shopt shim for zsh to __git_ namespaceJonathan Nieder, Apr 27, 2011
  12. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederMay 6, 2011
  15. Felipe ContrerasMay 6, 2011
  16. SZEDER GáborMay 8, 2011
  17. SZEDER GáborApr 28, 2011
  18. 1/3 bash: don't modify the $cur variable in completion functionsSZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  19. 2/3 bash: remove unnecessary _get_comp_words_by_ref() invocationsSZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  20. 3/3 bash: don't declare 'local words' to make zsh happySZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  21. Felipe ContrerasMay 3, 2011
  22. Felipe ContrerasApr 28, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2011
  24. Felipe ContrerasApr 28, 2011
  25. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2011
  27. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  28. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011

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