From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:18:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [StGit PATCH] Added basic bash completion script for StGit.
Message-ID: <20090122161823.GB15074@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <49789A1F.8010203@tedpavlic.com>

On 2009-01-22 11:09:03 -0500, Ted Pavlic wrote:

> The only downside is that it's a little harder to keep track of when
> the completion script changes (e.g., when you have made your own
> local changes).

It's a generated file -- you're not supposed to edit it! Wouldn't it
be a better idea to edit the program that generates it instead?

> However, the method you use provides very *fast* completion (as
> opposed to git and hg completion, which generate their keywords on
> the fly and thus run relatively slowly).

Yes, I was always irritated by how slow the StGit completion was
compared to git's. Python sucks in this respect.

> HOWEVER, please see the threads (which modify the Python that
> generates the script):

Yes, I'll take a look.

-- 
Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle