Re: Some sub-commands can't be completed by TAB key.

From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2022, 00:38 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGP6PO+GMi6jqRZ5HWxES5GDYkEDHoXOOZ+VvDkm0sC4nxkT4Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5373af01-eeae-fb66-e9f7-41f2a022b275@kdbg.org>

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 10:47 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

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>
> Am 22.01.22 um 09:42 schrieb Hongyi Zhao:
> > I find that there are some  sub-commands can't be completed by TAB key:
> >
> > $ git <TAB>
> > add               cherry-pick       fetch             latexdiff
> > [...]
> > As you can see, there are some sub-commands which are not listed in
> > the above list, for example, the following ones:
> >
> > $ git ls-remote
> > $ git ls-files
> >
> > Any hints for this problem?
>
> Tab completion is only available for user-facing sub-commands
> ("porcelain"), but not for sub-commands intended for scripting
> ("plumbing"). The intent is to make tab completion more efficient during
> day-to-day work on the command line. For example,

But there are so many git sub-commands, so if the plumbing feature is supported, it will facilitate user to check the availability of some sub-commands.

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>    $ git l<TAB>
>
> arrives at
>
>    $ git log <cursor here>

I see the following:

$ git l<TAB> latexdiff log

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> instead of
>
>    log     ls-files     ls-remote     ls-tree
>    $ git l<cursor here>
>
> -- Hannes