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[PATCHv2 13/21] completion: don't offer commands when 'git --opt' needs an argument

From
SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2017, 02:48 UTC
Message-ID
<20170203024829.8071-14-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170203024829.8071-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>

The main git options '--git-dir', '-c', '-C', '--worktree' and '--namespace' require an argument, but attempting completion right after them lists git commands.

Don't offer anything right after these options, thus let Bash fall back to filename completion, because

  - the three options '--git-dir', '-C' and '--worktree' do actually
    require a path argument, and
  - we don't complete the required argument of '-c' and '--namespace',
    and in that case the "standard" behavior of our completion script
    is to not offer anything, but fall back to filename completion.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 4ded44977..7d25b33b8 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2808,6 +2808,17 @@ __git_main ()
 	done
 
 	if [ -z "$command" ]; then
+		case "$prev" in
+		--git-dir|-C|--work-tree)
+			# these need a path argument, let's fall back to
+			# Bash filename completion
+			return
+			;;
+		-c|--namespace)
+			# we don't support completing these options' arguments
+			return
+			;;
+		esac
 		case "$cur" in
 		--*)   __gitcomp "
 			--paginate
-- 
2.11.0.555.g967c1bcb3
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Message 21 of 28 in “[PATCHv2 00/21] completion: various __gitdir()-related improvements”
  1. SZEDER GáborFeb 3, 2017
  2. 02/21 completion tests: don't add test cruft to the test repositorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  3. 04/21 completion tests: consolidate getting path of current working directorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  4. 05/21 completion tests: check __gitdir()'s output in the error casesSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  5. 03/21 completion tests: make the $cur variable local to the test helper functionsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  6. 11/21 completion: don't list 'HEAD' when trying refs completion outside of a repoSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  7. 12/21 completion: list short refs from a remote given as a URLSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  8. 07/21 completion: ensure that the repository path given on the command line existsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  9. 16/21 completion: respect 'git -C <path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  10. 08/21 completion: fix most spots not respecting 'git --git-dir=<path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  11. 15/21 rev-parse: add '--absolute-git-dir' optionSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  12. 18/21 completion: consolidate silencing errors from git commandsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  13. 19/21 completion: don't guard git executions with __gitdir()SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  14. 10/21 completion: list refs from remote when remote's name matches a directorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  15. 17/21 completion: don't use __gitdir() for git commandsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  16. completion: restore removed line continuating backslashSZEDER Gábor, Feb 13, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2017
  18. SZEDER GáborFeb 15, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2017
  20. SZEDER GáborFeb 15, 2017
  21. 13/21 completion: don't offer commands when 'git --opt' needs an argumentSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  22. 20/21 completion: extract repository discovery from __gitdir()SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  23. 21/21 completion: cache the path to the repositorySZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  24. 09/21 completion: respect 'git --git-dir=<path>' when listing remote refsSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  25. 14/21 completion: fix completion after 'git -C <path>'SZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  26. 06/21 completion tests: add tests for the __git_refs() helper functionSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  27. 01/21 completion: improve __git_refs()'s in-code documentationSZEDER Gábor, Feb 3, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2017

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