Re: Git completion not using ls-remote to auto-complete during push

From: Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date: Jun 18, 2015, 07:03 UTC
Message-ID: <55826D2E.2060308@atlas-elektronik.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499Dk44Fq5c_wadxT_kuCs5BdkRwKZWOHyAgE4oi7pezxPw@mail.gmail.com>

Am 17.06.2015 um 18:10 schrieb Robert Dailey:

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> I do the following:
> 
> $ git push origin :topic
> 
> If I stop halfway through typing 'topic' and hit TAB, auto-completion
> does not work if I do not have a local branch by that name (sometimes
> I delete my local branch first, then I push to delete it remotely). I
> thought that git completion code was supposed to use ls-remote to auto
> complete refs used in push operations. Is this supposed to work?
> 
> I'm using Git 2.4.3. Tested on both MSYS2 in Windows and Linux Mint.
> Same behavior in both. I am using the latest git completion code from
> the master branch in the git repo.

Same here!

But it works in my self-compiled version of msysgit (yes, the old 'Git for Windows' development environment) which is rebased onto v2.2.2. Time for 'git bisect' I guess...

Stefan

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