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Re: [PATCH 6/6] completion: clarify ls-tree, archive, show completion

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 7, 2013, 18:36 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
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> SZEDER Gábor wrote:
>> Well, people out there might have completion scriplets for their
>> aliases or custom git commands which use __git_complete_file().
>> Removing this function would break those scripts.
>
> What is the advantage of using __git_complete_file() over
> __git_complete_revlist_file()?  Isn't it just a misleading alias?
None.

But "Those who have been using it can update their script" is not an answer you give when dealing with a regression.

I think the right thing is to add __git_complete_file() back in; perhaps strip support of A..B/A...B range notations from it, but that is an independent change.

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Message 31 of 33 in “Minor prompt, completion cleanups”
  1. 0/6 Minor prompt, completion cleanupsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  2. 1/6 prompt: don't scream continuation stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  3. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  5. Jeff KingJun 3, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  7. Jeff KingJun 4, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  10. 2/6 completion: add common options for rev-parseRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  12. 3/6 completion: add common options for blameRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  13. Thomas RastJun 3, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 3, 2013
  15. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  17. Peter KreftingJun 6, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  19. 4/6 completion: correct completion for format-patchRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasJun 2, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 2, 2013
  22. 5/6 completion: clarify difftool completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  24. 6/6 completion: clarify ls-tree, archive, show completionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 2, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  26. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 4, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2013
  29. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2013
  30. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 7, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2013
  32. SZEDER GáborJun 7, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2013

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