Re: bash completion bug: "symbolic-ref" subcommand doesn't complete

From: Andrey <butirsky@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 12, 2026, 16:47 UTC
Message-ID: <57252c1e-69e6-4953-beb3-3cfd41cab857@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqikb1ggri.fsf@gitster.g>

You forgot to mention the main thing:

/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git:

... # GIT_COMPLETION_SHOW_ALL_COMMANDS # # When set to "1" suggest all commands, including plumbing commands # which are hidden by default (e.g. "cat-file" on "git ca<TAB>").

Thanks for the tip, though.

On 3/12/26 19:21, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Isn't this working as intended?
>
> Our general principle is that the plumbing commands are not designed
> to be "typed" by end-user to use interactively, and cat-file,
> commit-tree, etc. are not completed to reduce cluttering