Re: [PATCH] completion: complete paths for git send-email

> Le 21 juil. 2026 à 15:22, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :
> 
> Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com> writes:
> 
>>> In any case, when both a '0001-my-changes.patch' file and a
>>> '0-tolerance-policy' branch exist in your repository and current
>>> working directory, running:
>>>   $ git send-email 0<TAB>
>>> should offer both as candidates, I thihk.  Since I only ever pass
>>> filenames to the command, I personally do not think it is a huge
>>> loss if the completion script stops looking at refs and sticks to
>>> filenames only, but others may have a use for that feature.
>> Agree. The test should create a file 0001.patch, then a tag
>> 0-tag, then a branch 0-branch, maybe something else that is
>> relevant; and then make sure every option is correctly offered
>> by autocompletion.
>> Guys please let me know if everything else is needed before I send v2.
> 
> So in short, we want the problem description updated to something
> like:
> 
>  When branches and tags whose names share the same prefix as a
>  file (or a directory???) that stores a patch exist, the attempt
>  to complete that shared prefix
> 
>      $ git send-email that-shared-prefix<TAB>
> 
>  should offer both branches, tags, and files (and directories???).
>  But the completion only offers branches and tags and fails to
>  offer files.
> 
> And the description of the solution would follow after that in the
> proposed log message.
> 
> As to the tests, using 40-hex is misleading, and 0-branch as you
> said would be sufficient to reproduce and demonstrate the issue, and
> that your code change fixes it.
> 
> Ben, anything I missed?
> 
> Thanks.