Re: [RFC/PATCH] completion: avoid "words" as variable name for zsh portability

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 27, 2011, 10:09 UTC
Message-ID: <BANLkTikN7iMa_z7wRN8pUS07SMatpyoDPQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=3T2B=Gtyk7V_3DB3V+GkbXAaqPw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks.  It looks like to get the semantics I expect from "local"
>> in zsh, one needs to use "typeset -h" (which bash does not support,
>> unfortunately).  Probably it is best to steer clear of zsh's special
>> variables anyway.
>
> Hmm, interesting, maybe we should try to find a way to replace those
> 'local' with 'typeset -h'.

This seems to do it:

--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@

 if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
        autoload -U +X bashcompinit && bashcompinit
+
+       # 'words' has special meaning in zsh, and only typeset -h seems to
+       # override that
+       alias local="typeset -h"
 fi

 case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in

-- 
Felipe Contreras