From: Stephen Boyd Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:29:47 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/2] completion: allow use without compiling Message-ID: <4AE7F2EB.1020904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7v63a0t29l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stephen Boyd writes: >> Ok. Following Junio's suggestion I think we would have to do the following: >> >> (1) Revert the rename (git-completion.bash.in -> git-completion.bash) >> >> (2) Add a "generation" mode to git-completion.bash.generate to >> generate the lists and output them to a file >> >> (3) Add logic in git-completion.bash.generate to source the generated >> file if it exists >> >> (4) Source git-completion.bash.generate in git-completion.bash to get >> the functions moved there > > Sorry, I do not quite see why an extra *.generate script is necessary. I'm still assuming the generation mode has to be sh agnostic, therefore requiring those functions to be in another *.generate script. Is that wrong?