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Re: [PATCH] tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bash

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 17, 2012, 18:01 UTC
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The point is not about the quality of zsh's emulation
>>> of (k)sh when it is run under that mode, but is about not having to
>>> have that logic in bash-only part in the first place.
>>
>> As I said, that logic can be moved away _if_ my wrapper is merged. But
>> then again, that would cause regressions to existing users.
>
> Please forgive me as I don't know the background of the efforts for
> zsh git-completion or
> the syntax for zsh completion, but I thought I'd mention another
> approach I tried for tcsh
> which may work for zsh.
>
> I gather that using a wrapper for zsh causes concerns about
> backwards-compatibility.
I don't see any concerns.
> if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
>   # replace below by zsh completion commands calling `bash
> ${HOME}/.git-completion.bash`
>   complete git   'p/*/`bash ${HOME}/.git-completion.bash ${COMMAND_LINE}`/'
>   complete gitk 'p/*/`bash ${HOME}/.git-completion.bash ${COMMAND_LINE}`/'

That doesn't work in zsh. It might be possible to do something similar, but it would probably require many more lines.

And we can achieve the same by essentially moving the relevant code of my wrapper:

--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 #    3) Consider changing your PS1 to also show the current branch,
 #       see git-prompt.sh for details.

-if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
-       autoload -U +X bashcompinit && bashcompinit
-fi
-
 case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
 *:*) : great ;;
 *)   COMP_WORDBREAKS="$COMP_WORDBREAKS:"
@@ -2404,6 +2400,32 @@ __gitk_main ()
        __git_complete_revlist
 }

+if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
+       emulate -L zsh
+
+       __gitcompadd ()
+       {
+               compadd -Q -S "$4" -P "${(M)cur#*[=:]}" -p "$2" --
${=1} && _ret=0
+       }
+
+       _git ()
+       {
+               local _ret=1
+               () {
+                 emulate -L ksh
+                       local cur cword prev
+                       cur=${words[CURRENT-1]}
+                       prev=${words[CURRENT-2]}
+                       let cword=CURRENT-1
+                       __${service}_main
+               }
+               let _ret && _default -S '' && _ret=0
+               return _ret
+       }
+       compdef _git git gitk
+       return
+fi
+
 __git_func_wrap ()
 {
        if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Marc KhouzamNov 12, 2012
  2. SZEDER GáborNov 13, 2012
  3. Marc KhouzamNov 13, 2012
  4. SZEDER GáborNov 13, 2012
  5. completion: remove 'help' duplicate from porcelain commandsSZEDER Gábor, Nov 14, 2012
  6. Marc KhouzamNov 14, 2012
  7. tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bashMarc Khouzam, Nov 15, 2012
  8. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  9. Marc KhouzamNov 16, 2012
  10. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  11. Marc KhouzamNov 16, 2012
  12. tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bashMarc Khouzam, Nov 16, 2012
  13. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  14. tcsh-completion re-using git-completion.bashMarc Khouzam, Nov 16, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2012
  16. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  17. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  18. Marc KhouzamNov 16, 2012
  19. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  20. SZEDER GáborNov 16, 2012
  21. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  22. SZEDER GáborNov 16, 2012
  23. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  24. SZEDER GáborNov 17, 2012
  25. Felipe ContrerasNov 17, 2012
  26. SZEDER GáborNov 17, 2012
  27. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2012
  28. Felipe ContrerasNov 16, 2012
  29. Marc KhouzamNov 17, 2012
  30. Felipe ContrerasNov 17, 2012
  31. Marc KhouzamNov 20, 2012
  32. Felipe ContrerasNov 20, 2012
  33. Marc KhouzamNov 20, 2012
  34. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2012
  35. Felipe ContrerasNov 13, 2012
  36. SZEDER GáborNov 14, 2012
  37. Felipe ContrerasNov 15, 2012
  38. Marc KhouzamNov 14, 2012
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