Re: [PATCH v2] If `egrep` is aliased, temporary disable it in bash.completion

> Adam Tkac <atkac@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 09:33:53AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ...
>>> IOW, something along this line?
>>
>> This won't work, unfortunately, because shopt settings aren't inherited by
>> subshell (and for example egrep is called in subshell).
>>
>> I discussed this issue with colleagues and we found basically two "fixes":
>>
>> 1. Tell people "do not use aliases which breaks completion script"
>> 2. Prefix all commands with "command", i.e. `command egrep` etc.
>>
>> In my opinion "2." is better long time solution, what do you think?
>
> Judging from what is in /etc/bash_completion.d/ (I am on Debian), I
> think that others are divided.  Many but not all prefix "command" in
> front of "grep", but nobody does the same for "egrep", "cut", "tr",
> "sed", etc.
>
> If it were up to me, I would say we pick #1, but I cc'ed the people
> who have been more involved in our bash-completion code because they
> are in a better position to argue between the two than I am.