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Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Add non-command git help files to bash-completion

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Marcus Griep <marcus@griep.us>
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Aug 15, 2008, 18:33 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Marcus Griep <marcus@griep.us> writes:
> 
>> Git allows access to the gitattributes man page via `git help attributes`,
>> but this is not discoverable via the bash-completion mechanism.  This
>> patch adds all current non-command man pages to the completion candidate
>> list.
> 
> I really do not think this belongs to completion.  "git help topics"
> perhaps.

I'm not sure I grok what you mean here... These items are already accessible from `git help`, they just aren't discoverable through bash-completion without the patch.

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Message 8 of 12 in “bash-completion: Add non-command git help files to bash-completion”
  1. bash-completion: Add non-command git help files to bash-completionMarcus Griep, Aug 15, 2008
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 15, 2008
  3. Marcus GriepAug 15, 2008
  4. bash-completion: Add non-command git help files to bash-completionMarcus Griep, Aug 15, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceAug 15, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2008
  8. Marcus GriepAug 15, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2008
  10. Marcus GriepAug 15, 2008
  11. Pieter de BieAug 15, 2008
  12. Marcus GriepAug 15, 2008

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