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Re: [PATCH] bash: offer only paths after '--'

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EREric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2008, 17:46 UTC
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SZEDER Gábor <szeder <at> ira.uka.de> writes:
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> Many git commands use '--' to separate subcommands, options, and refs
> from paths.  However, the programmable completion for several of these
> commands does not respect the '--', and offer subcommands, options, or
> refs after a '--', although only paths are permitted.  e.g. 'git bisect

I like this change, but how about also offering a plain '--' as one of the completion choices as a way of reminding newbies that the command in question is one of the ones that takes filenames after all options?

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Message 6 of 12 in “completion: add branch options --contains --merged --no-merged”
  1. completion: add branch options --contains --merged --no-mergedEric Raible, Jul 7, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceJul 8, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2008
  5. bash: offer only paths after '--'SZEDER Gábor, Jul 8, 2008
  6. Eric RaibleJul 8, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceJul 8, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  10. SZEDER GáborJul 8, 2008
  11. Shawn O. PearceJul 8, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2008

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