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

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John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net>
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Apr 27, 2011, 09:59 UTC
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote: [snip]

> Where does that 'bash_completion' file comes from? I don't have it on
> my system. Do we really need to use _get_comp_words_by_ref from there?
> Can't we have our own _get_comp_words_by_ref?
It typically comes from the bash-completion package for your system.
Depending on your distro, it may or may not be there by default.  You
can get the source from here though:
   <http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/>
/me goes back to lurking.
-John
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Message 9 of 28 in “git-completion: fix zsh support”
  1. git-completion: fix zsh supportFelipe Contreras, Apr 27, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  3. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2011
  5. completion: avoid "words" as variable name for zsh portabilityJonathan Nieder, Apr 27, 2011
  6. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  8. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  9. John SzakmeisterApr 27, 2011
  10. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  11. completion: move private shopt shim for zsh to __git_ namespaceJonathan Nieder, Apr 27, 2011
  12. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederMay 6, 2011
  15. Felipe ContrerasMay 6, 2011
  16. SZEDER GáborMay 8, 2011
  17. SZEDER GáborApr 28, 2011
  18. 1/3 bash: don't modify the $cur variable in completion functionsSZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  19. 2/3 bash: remove unnecessary _get_comp_words_by_ref() invocationsSZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  20. 3/3 bash: don't declare 'local words' to make zsh happySZEDER Gábor, Apr 28, 2011
  21. Felipe ContrerasMay 3, 2011
  22. Felipe ContrerasApr 28, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2011
  24. Felipe ContrerasApr 28, 2011
  25. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2011
  27. Felipe ContrerasApr 27, 2011
  28. Jonathan NiederApr 27, 2011

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