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[BUG] Autocompletion fails with "bash: words: bad array subscript"

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2011, 20:13 UTC
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Heya,
[cced: git completion people]

This happens if I try use ctrl-shift-r (reverse-i-search) for the string `git commit -am "S`, resulting in the following:

(reverse-i-search)`git commit -am "S': git commit -am "Set new Melange version number to 2-0-20110501 in app.yaml.template."

If I then hit tab, I get:

$ bash: words: bad array subscriptversion number to 2-0-20110501 in app.yaml.template."

Hitting tab again gives:
bash: words: bad array subscript
Display all 3032 possibilities? (y or n)

I have no clue how to debug this, other than that it doesn't happen if I don't source ~/code/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash.

Anyone have any idea's?
-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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  4. Sverre RabbelierMay 10, 2011
  5. Jeff KingMay 10, 2011
  6. Sverre RabbelierMay 10, 2011
  7. Jeff KingMay 10, 2011
  8. SZEDER GáborMay 10, 2011
  9. Jonathan NiederMay 10, 2011
  10. SZEDER GáborMay 11, 2011
  11. completion: fix array indexing error after reverse history searchSZEDER Gábor, May 10, 2011
  12. Sverre RabbelierMay 10, 2011

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