Re: [PATCH] completion: Allow dash as the first character for __git_ps1

>Christian Hammerl <info@christian-hammerl.de> writes:
>
>> If the argument for `__git_ps1` begins with a dash, `printf` tries to
>> interpret it as an option which results in an error message.
>> The problem is solved by adding '--' before the argument to tell
>> `printf` to not interpret the following argument as an option.
>> Adding '--' directly to the argument does not help because the
>argument
>> is enclosed by double quotes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Hammerl <info@christian-hammerl.de>
>> ---
>>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
>b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
>> index 91c7acb..61ff152 100755
>> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
>> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
>> @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ __git_ps1 ()
>>  		fi
>>  
>>  		local f="$w$i$s$u"
>> -		printf "${1:- (%s)}" "$c${b##refs/heads/}${f:+ $f}$r$p"
>> +		printf -- "${1:- (%s)}" "$c${b##refs/heads/}${f:+ $f}$r$p"
>>  	fi
>>  }
>
>Hmm, so you may be doing something like PS1='\W$(__git_ps1 "-%s")'?
>OK, and thanks.