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[PATCH 46/51] completion: bash: refactor _get_comp_words_by_ref()

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2022, 09:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20220830093138.1581538-47-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20220830093138.1581538-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

We don't need a separate function to do what we already know we want to do.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 93 +++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 45550f7839..4261143d97 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -339,21 +339,11 @@ __git_dequote ()
 #
 #   RELEASE: 2.x
 
-# This function can be used to access a tokenized list of words
-# on the command line:
-#
-#	__git_reassemble_comp_words_by_ref '=:'
-#	if test "${words_[cword_-1]}" = -w
-#	then
-#		...
-#	fi
-#
-# The argument should be a collection of characters from the list of
-# word completion separators (COMP_WORDBREAKS) to treat as ordinary
-# characters.
+# This function reorganizes the words on the command line to be processed by
+# the rest of the script.
 #
 # This is roughly equivalent to going back in time and setting
-# COMP_WORDBREAKS to exclude those characters.  The intent is to
+# COMP_WORDBREAKS to exclude '=' and ':'.  The intent is to
 # make option types like --date=<type> and <rev>:<path> easy to
 # recognize by treating each shell word as a single token.
 #
@@ -361,60 +351,55 @@ __git_dequote ()
 # shared with other completion scripts.  By the time the completion
 # function gets called, COMP_WORDS has already been populated so local
 # changes to COMP_WORDBREAKS have no effect.
-#
-# Output: words_, cword_, cur_.
 
-__git_reassemble_comp_words_by_ref()
+if ! type _get_comp_words_by_ref >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+_get_comp_words_by_ref ()
 {
+	local words_ cword_
 	local exclude i j first
+
 	# Which word separators to exclude?
-	exclude="${1//[^$COMP_WORDBREAKS]}"
+	exclude="${COMP_WORDBREAKS//[^=:]}"
 	cword_=$COMP_CWORD
 	if [ -z "$exclude" ]; then
 		words_=("${COMP_WORDS[@]}")
-		return
-	fi
-	# List of word completion separators has shrunk;
-	# re-assemble words to complete.
-	for ((i=0, j=0; i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]}; i++, j++)); do
-		# Append each nonempty word consisting of just
-		# word separator characters to the current word.
-		first=t
-		while
-			[ $i -gt 0 ] &&
-			[ -n "${COMP_WORDS[$i]}" ] &&
-			# word consists of excluded word separators
-			[ "${COMP_WORDS[$i]//[^$exclude]}" = "${COMP_WORDS[$i]}" ]
-		do
-			# Attach to the previous token,
-			# unless the previous token is the command name.
-			if [ $j -ge 2 ] && [ -n "$first" ]; then
-				((j--))
-			fi
-			first=
+	else
+		# List of word completion separators has shrunk;
+		# re-assemble words to complete.
+		for ((i=0, j=0; i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]}; i++, j++)); do
+			# Append each nonempty word consisting of just
+			# word separator characters to the current word.
+			first=t
+			while
+				[ $i -gt 0 ] &&
+				[ -n "${COMP_WORDS[$i]}" ] &&
+				# word consists of excluded word separators
+				[ "${COMP_WORDS[$i]//[^$exclude]}" = "${COMP_WORDS[$i]}" ]
+			do
+				# Attach to the previous token,
+				# unless the previous token is the command name.
+				if [ $j -ge 2 ] && [ -n "$first" ]; then
+					((j--))
+				fi
+				first=
+				words_[$j]=${words_[j]}${COMP_WORDS[i]}
+				if [ $i = $COMP_CWORD ]; then
+					cword_=$j
+				fi
+				if (($i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]} - 1)); then
+					((i++))
+				else
+					# Done.
+					break 2
+				fi
+			done
 			words_[$j]=${words_[j]}${COMP_WORDS[i]}
 			if [ $i = $COMP_CWORD ]; then
 				cword_=$j
 			fi
-			if (($i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]} - 1)); then
-				((i++))
-			else
-				# Done.
-				return
-			fi
 		done
-		words_[$j]=${words_[j]}${COMP_WORDS[i]}
-		if [ $i = $COMP_CWORD ]; then
-			cword_=$j
-		fi
-	done
-}
+	fi
 
-if ! type _get_comp_words_by_ref >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-_get_comp_words_by_ref ()
-{
-	local words_ cword_
-	__git_reassemble_comp_words_by_ref "=:"
 	cword=$cword_
 	cur=${words_[cword]}
 	prev=${words_[cword-1]}
-- 
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  1. 00/51 completion: revampFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  2. 01/51 test: completion add test for __git_cmd_idxFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  3. 03/51 completion: fix __git_cmd_idx regression for zshFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  4. 02/51 test: add zsh completion testsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  5. 04/51 completion: bash: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  6. 05/51 completion: zsh: add higher-priority locationFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  7. 09/51 completion: prompt: use generic colorsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  8. 07/51 zsh: simplify realpath dirname idiomFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  9. 10/51 completion: fix for suboptions with valueFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  10. 06/51 zsh: resolve symlink of scriptFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  11. 08/51 test: reset environment variablesFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  12. 11/51 completion: zsh: trivial improvementFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  13. 12/51 completion: bash: do not modify COMP_WORDBREAKSFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  14. 13/51 test: completion: fix currently typed wordsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  15. 14/51 test: completion: switch __gitcomp_nl prefix testFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  16. 15/51 test: completion: add run_func() helperFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  17. 16/51 completion: bash: remove non-append functionalityFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  18. 17/51 completion: bash: get rid of _append() functionsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  19. 18/51 completion: bash: get rid of any non-append codeFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  20. 19/51 completion: zsh: fix options with argumentsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  21. 20/51 completion: zsh: expand --git-dir file argumentFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  22. 21/51 completion: zsh: add support for general -C optsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  23. 23/51 completion: zsh: add support for general -c optsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  24. 24/51 completion: zsh: fix extra space on foo=Felipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  25. 22/51 completion: zsh: fix for undefined completionsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  26. 28/51 completion: simplify equal suffix checkFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  27. 30/51 completion: simplify __gitcompFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  28. 32/51 completion: improve __gitcomp suffix codeFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  29. 33/51 test: completion: add missing testFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  30. 25/51 completion: zsh: add excluded optionsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  31. 27/51 completion: factor out check in __gitcompFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  32. 26/51 completion: zsh: always set compsetFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  33. 29/51 completion: refactor __gitcompFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  34. 31/51 completion: bash: change suffix check in __gitcompFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  35. 36/51 completion: add __gitcomp_optsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  36. 37/51 completion: bash: cleanup __gitcomp* invocationsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  37. 34/51 completion: bash: simplify config_variable_nameFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  38. 35/51 completion: bash: improve __gitcomp descriptionFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  39. 38/51 completion: bash: shuffle __gitcomp functionsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  40. 39/51 completion: zsh: simplify __gitcomp_directFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  41. 42/51 completion: zsh: add elements individually in __gitcomp_optsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  42. 43/51 completion: zsh: add __gitcompadd helperFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  43. 40/51 completion: zsh: shuffle __gitcomp* functionsFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  44. 45/51 completion: bash: simplify _get_comp_words_by_ref()Felipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  45. 41/51 completion: zsh: fix direct quotingFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  46. 44/51 completion: zsh: add correct removable suffixFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  47. 48/51 completion: bash: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  48. 47/51 completion: bash: cleanup _get_comp_words_by_ref()Felipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  49. 46/51 completion: bash: refactor _get_comp_words_by_ref()Felipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  50. 49/51 completion: bash: rename _get_comp_words_by_ref()Felipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  51. 50/51 zsh: remove versionFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022
  52. 51/51 completion: bash: trivial grammar fixFelipe Contreras, Aug 30, 2022

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