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[RFC PATCH 5/6] completion: recognize but do not complete 'view'

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Britton Leo Kerin <britton.kerin@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2024, 19:57 UTC
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Completing it might annoy some existing users by creating completion ambiguity on 'v' and 'vi' without adding anything useful in terms of interface discovery/recall (because 'view' is just an alias anyway).

Signed-off-by: Britton Leo Kerin <britton.kerin@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index a09598c5c1..3bb790220a 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1589,13 +1589,16 @@ _git_bisect ()
 		term_good=`__git bisect terms --term-good`
 	fi
 
-	local subcommands="start bad new $term_bad good old $term_good terms skip reset visualize replay log run help"
+	# We want to recognize 'view' but not complete it, because it overlaps
+	# with 'visualize' too much and is just an alias for it.
+	local completable_subcommands="start bad new $term_bad good old $term_good terms skip reset visualize replay log run help"
+	local all_subcommands="$completable_subcommands view"
 
-	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$subcommands")"
+	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$all_subcommands")"
 
 	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
 		if [ -f "$__git_repo_path"/BISECT_START ]; then
-			__gitcomp "$subcommands"
+			__gitcomp "$completable_subcommands"
 		else
 			__gitcomp "replay start"
 		fi
@@ -1613,7 +1616,7 @@ _git_bisect ()
 			;;
 		esac
 		;;
-	visualize)
+	visualize|view)
 		case "$cur" in
 		-*)
 			__git_complete_log_opts
-- 
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