Re: [PATCH] tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bash

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date: Nov 16, 2012, 20:40 UTC
Message-ID: <20121116204017.GX12052@goldbirke>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s3S4c7ciJNurxGdS2o_TDJJDkGK73dtCGji+C1NoV+Jvw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:04:06PM +0100, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> > I agree, and this is why I made the proposed
> > __git_complete_with_output () generic.  That way it could be
> > used by other shells or programs.  But at this time, only tcsh
> > would make use of it.
> >
> > If you think having __git_complete_with_output () could
> > be useful for others, I think we should go with solution (A).
> > If you don't think so, or if it is better to wait until a need
> > arises first, then solution (C) will work fine.

I think it would be useful.

> I don't see how it could be useful to others, and if we find out that
> it could, we can always move the code.

For zsh, perhaps?

As I understand the main issues with using the completion script with zsh are the various little incompatibilities between the two shells and bugs in zsh's emulation of Bash's completion-related builtins. Running the completion script under Bash and using its results in zsh would solve these issues at the root. And would allow as to remove some if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]] code.