From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:50:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] completion: complete modified files for checkout with '--'
Message-ID: <CAM0VKj=d+hAiF6_8TLuJfccNiPtHyg9F6zESA8SuTEeaLsrw4Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170213233359.11149-1-cornelius.weig@tngtech.com>

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:33 AM,  <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com> wrote:
> From: Cornelius Weig <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com>
>
> The command line completion for git-checkout bails out when seeing '--'
> as an isolated argument. For git-checkout this signifies the start of a
> list of files which are to be checked out. Checkout of files makes only
> sense for modified files,

No, there is e.g. 'git checkout that-branch this-path', too.


> therefore completion can be a bit smarter:
> Instead of bailing out, offer modified files for completion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cornelius Weig <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com>
> ---
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 6c6e1c7..d6523fd 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -1059,7 +1059,10 @@ _git_bundle ()
>
>  _git_checkout ()
>  {
> -       __git_has_doubledash && return
> +       __git_has_doubledash && {
> +               __git_complete_index_file "--modified"
> +               return
> +       }
>
>         case "$cur" in
>         --conflict=*)
> --
> 2.10.2
>