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[PATCH 1/9] completion: document __gitcomp()

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SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
Oct 8, 2011, 14:54 UTC
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I always forget which argument is which, and got tired of figuring it out over and over again.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index b36f9e70..c0fb6e15 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -485,8 +485,13 @@ _get_comp_words_by_ref ()
 fi
 fi
 
-# __gitcomp accepts 1, 2, 3, or 4 arguments
-# generates completion reply with compgen
+# Generates completion reply with compgen, appending a space to possible
+# completion words, if necessary.
+# It accepts 1 to 4 arguments:
+# 1: List of possible completion words.
+# 2: A prefix to be added to each possible completion word (optional).
+# 3: Generate possible completion matches for this word (optional).
+# 4: A suffix to be appended to each possible completion word (optional).
 __gitcomp ()
 {
 	local cur_="$cur"
-- 
1.7.7.187.ga41de
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Message 2 of 16 in “ref completion optimizations, fixes, and cleanups”
  1. 0/9 ref completion optimizations, fixes, and cleanupsSZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  2. 1/9 completion: document __gitcomp()SZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  3. 2/9 completion: optimize refs completionSZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2011
  5. SZEDER GáborOct 13, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2011
  7. SZEDER GáborOct 14, 2011
  8. 2/9 completion: optimize refs completionSZEDER Gábor, Oct 15, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2011
  10. 3/9 completion: make refs completion consistent for local and remote reposSZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  11. 4/9 completion: improve ls-remote output filtering in __git_refs()SZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  12. 5/9 completion: support full refs from remote repositoriesSZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  13. 6/9 completion: query only refs/heads/ in __git_refs_remotes()SZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  14. 7/9 completion: improve ls-remote output filtering in __git_refs_remotes()SZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  15. 8/9 completion: fast initial completion for config 'remote.*.fetch' valueSZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011
  16. 9/9 completion: remove broken dead code from __git_heads() and __git_tags()SZEDER Gábor, Oct 8, 2011

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