Re: [PATCH] Fix zsh installation instructions

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 2, 2020, 20:49 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s1+bJMrmJWeAQx18S-=spoKb0BmzWyJ4WgzuE+rNuf0cg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtuuc7wgu.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:50 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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> > The first time you run zsh you are greeted with a configuration dialog
> > that includes this question:
>
> Ahh, yes, that reminds me why I gave up trying it out the last time.
> The large dialog asking my permission to contaminate ~/.* was simply
> too scary and distasteful for a "dip my toe in the water" sightseer.

You don't *need* to run the dialog, just touch a ~/.zshrc file.

This should be enough: --- autoload -U compinit && compinit ---

> Makes sense.  Instead of adjusting my rerere database for that,
> ejecting lo/zsh-completion topic would be easier---what the other
> half of that patch does is already in your 29-patch series.

Yes.

-- 
Felipe Contreras