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[PATCH] Add completion for short options

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WGWiktor Mis via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 25, 2025, 06:38 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.2100.git.git.1764052739534.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Wiktor Mis <mwiktor023@gmail.com>
Git provided completion for long options but not the short ones
Signed-off-by: Wiktor Mis <mwiktor023@gmail.com>
---
    Add completion for short options
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2100%2FWiktorro%2Fpatch-3-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2100/Wiktorro/patch-3-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2100
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 73abea31b4..3f1d6c0955 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -3916,6 +3916,16 @@ __git_main ()
 			--help
 			"
 			;;
+		-*)
+			__gitcomp "
+			-C
+			-P
+			-c
+			-h
+			-p
+			-v
+			"
+			;;
 		*)
 			if test -n "${GIT_TESTING_PORCELAIN_COMMAND_LIST-}"
 			then

base-commit: fd372d9b1a69a01a676398882bbe3840bf51fe72
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