Re: latest stg/git commandline completions code

From: Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Date: Oct 25, 2005, 15:53 UTC
Message-ID: <200510251753.20164.blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
In-Reply-To: <tnxwtk1lj58.fsf@arm.com>

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 17:18, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> wrote:
> > I'm using stgit on the Linux kernel so when on a command I don't have tab
> > completion I add the needed one (having the time and feeling to do
> > it).

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> You can have a look at the tlacontrib project scripts (I can forward
> them to you since you would need tla/baz to clone/checkout the project
> and this procedure is a combination of 'tag' and 'get' commands). They
> automatically generate the commands together with the options and are
> later used in completion.

> Of course, your approach would work as well but it requires more
> maintance.

_Yes_, it wasn't ever intended to be published, and the help output doesn't seem, at a quick look, trivially parsable (the source is better to parse but I refuse that. Also, some options require still a special handling.

The best idea seems to write a Python script sourcing the Stgit source (stgit/main.py to get commands, and then loading each class and iterating over the "options" module member). I'm not fluent in Python enough currently, but when I'll find time I'll probably study a bit reflection and write this down (my Python experience amounts to some random readings on reviews and a couple of days with Python docs).

> >> if so, do you have any more formalised distribution process (like a
> >> git repo!) rather than grabbing code out of email list postings? I
> >> can't seem to find much on google...

> > Well, Catalin's TODO included "bash completions", so I assume the
> > thing could be merged by him. Anyway, I'm attaching the current
> > version.

> When you think it is ready, I'm happy to include it (though I would
> prefer a more dynamic approach like the tla one but since I don't have
> time for it I'll just use yours).

Btw, what do you think about speeding up completions by reimplementing things like "stg applied" or "stg unapplied" via cat (as noted in the comments at the beginning of the script)? Tab completions can easily livelock a shell on a busy system, so it's worthy speeding the thing up.

> Thanks.

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