Re: [PATCH v4] tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bash
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The current tcsh-completion support for Git, as can be found on the
>> Internet, takes the approach of defining the possible completions
>> explicitly. This has the obvious draw-back to require constant
>> updating as the Git code base evolves.
>> ...
>> C) Modifications:
>> New git-completion.tcsh
>>
>> Provide a short tcsh script that generates another script
>> which extends git-completion.bash. This new script can be
>> used by tcsh to perform completion.
>>
>> Pros:
>> 1- tcsh support is entirely isolated in git-completion.tcsh
>> 2- new tcsh script can be as complex as needed
>> Cons (for tcsh users only):
>> 1- requires the user to copy both git-completion.tcsh and
>> git-completion.bash to ${HOME}
>> 2- requires bash script to have a fixed name and location:
>> ${HOME}/.git-completion.bash
>> 3- sourcing the new script will generate a third script
>>
>> Approach (C) was selected avoid any modification to git-completion.bash.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> As suggested, I put the 'sort | uniq' inside the script.
>> In that case, I don't need to worry about aliases since 'sort |uniq' will
>> be executed in bash, for which the tcsh user surely doesn't have aliases setup.
>
> OK, so does this look OK to everybody (it does, looking at the
> difference between v3 and this one, to me)?
>
> The patch may deserve a Reviewed-by: by Felipe, by the way. I can
> add one while applying.That's fine by me.
Cheers.
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Felipe Contreras