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[PATCH] completion: add 'git history' subcommands

From
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
Date
Aug 4, 2026, 19:56 UTC
Message-ID
<20260804-history_autocompletion-v1-1-6f7459ffb677@kernel.org>

Use the parse-options completion helpers for the "git history" subcommands and their options. Complete positional arguments as revisions, and add coverage for each kind of completion.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t9902-completion.sh                  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index e875787710..f10813c8d7 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2137,6 +2137,30 @@ _git_help ()
 	fi
 }
 
+_git_history ()
+{
+	local subcommands subcommand
+
+	__git_resolve_builtins "history"
+
+	subcommands="$___git_resolved_builtins"
+	subcommand="$(__git_find_subcommand "$subcommands")"
+
+	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
+		__gitcomp "$subcommands"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	case "$cur" in
+	--*)
+		__gitcomp_builtin "history_$subcommand"
+		;;
+	*)
+		__git_complete_refs
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 _git_init ()
 {
 	case "$cur" in
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 9ae3c48ebd..08ecf682ed 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -3107,6 +3107,23 @@ test_expect_success 'git clone --config= - value' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git history subcommands' '
+	test_completion "git history " <<-\EOF
+	drop Z
+	fixup Z
+	reword Z
+	split Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git history subcommand options' '
+	test_completion "git history fixup --upd" "--update-refs="
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git history revisions' '
+	test_completion "git history split ma" "main "
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git reflog show' '
 	test_when_finished "git checkout - && git branch -d shown" &&
 	git checkout -b shown &&

---
base-commit: 5b2471720c93ee30e5764a19f3d3b3ae9ec9712a
change-id: 20260804-history_autocompletion-84620c2f8500
Next: Patrick Steinhardt
Message 1 of 18 in “completion: add 'git history' subcommands”
  1. completion: add 'git history' subcommandsVincent Mailhol, Aug 4, 2026
  2. Patrick SteinhardtAug 5, 2026
  3. D. Ben KnobleAug 5, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2026
  5. Vincent MailholAug 5, 2026
  6. Patrick SteinhardtAug 6, 2026
  7. 0/4 completion: add support for 'git history'Vincent Mailhol, Aug 13, 2026
  8. 1/4 completion: add 'git history' subcommandsVincent Mailhol, Aug 13, 2026
  9. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2026
  10. 2/4 completion: complete 'git history --empty' valuesVincent Mailhol, Aug 13, 2026
  11. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2026
  12. 3/4 completion: complete 'git history --update-refs' valuesVincent Mailhol, Aug 13, 2026
  13. 4/4 completion: complete 'git history split' pathspecsVincent Mailhol, Aug 13, 2026
  14. Kristoffer HaugsbakkAug 13, 2026
  15. Vincent MailholAug 14, 2026
  16. Kristoffer HaugsbakkAug 14, 2026
  17. Patrick SteinhardtAug 19, 2026
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2026

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