Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Perry Wagle <wagle@cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Aug 27, 2008, 19:43 UTC
Message-ID: <B83CC7EA-C77E-45CA-B9C5-FC81A8C0C9A5@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <48B5098E.748.A598B62@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>

On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote:

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> On 26 Aug 2008 at 18:45, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> git<space><tab><tab>.... what? 140-something commands? etc.etc.
> Whether files in /usr/bin, or command completions: Long linear lists  
> are a thing
> humans don't like.

Bash and other shells use hash tables to store the commands in the PATH.

Doing git-<tab> was shocking to me at first, but it also showed me a list of commands for me to learn.

Now I guess that when everything's fixed up, I'll have to put in a space instead of a dash to get exactly the same thing.

What difference did changing the dash to a space make?

-- Perry

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