Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: fix getting strategy list

>   > __git_merge_strategies ()
>   > {
>   >         if [ -n "$__git_merge_strategylist" ]; then
>   >                 echo "$__git_merge_strategylist"
>   >                 return
>   >         fi
>   >         sed -n "/^all_strategies='/{
>   >                 s/^all_strategies='//
>   >                 s/'//
>   >                 p
>   >                 q
>   >                 }" "$(git --exec-path)/git-merge"
>   > }
>   > 
>   > It takes several seconds to finish that function.

> diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
> index de025ac..613c96a 100644
> --- a/builtin-merge.c
> +++ b/builtin-merge.c
> @@ -802,6 +802,13 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	const char *best_strategy = NULL, *wt_strategy = NULL;
>  	struct commit_list **remotes = &remoteheads;
>  
> +	/* needed for git bash completion and similar tools */
> +	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--show-strategies")) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(all_strategy); i++)
> +			printf("%s\n", all_strategy[i].name);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
>  	setup_work_tree();
>  	if (unmerged_cache())
>  		die("You are in the middle of a conflicted merge.");
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 158b912..1eea49a 100755
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -271,12 +271,7 @@ __git_merge_strategies ()
>  		echo "$__git_merge_strategylist"
>  		return
>  	fi
> -	sed -n "/^all_strategies='/{
> -		s/^all_strategies='//
> -		s/'//
> -		p
> -		q
> -		}" "$(git --exec-path)/git-merge"
> +	$(git --exec-path)/git-merge --show-strategies
>  }
>  __git_merge_strategylist=
>  __git_merge_strategylist="$(__git_merge_strategies 2>/dev/null)"