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[PATCH v3 0/2] completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completion

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Zakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 20, 2026, 17:55 UTC
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<pull.2311.v3.git.git.1781978156.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<pull.2311.v2.git.git.1779808987825.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

The completion helper for index paths uses git ls-files rather than shell filename completion. As a result, leading-dot paths such as a tracked .gitignore were offered even when the user had not started the path with ..

Hide leading-dot path components for git rm, git mv, and git ls-files when completing an empty path component. Explicit dot completion is still preserved, so git rm . can still complete .gitignore.

This removes the existing TODO expectations in t/t9902-completion.sh and adds coverage for explicit dot completion.

Validation:
 * git diff --check -- contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
   t/t9902-completion.sh
 * bash -n contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
 * ./t9902-completion.sh
Zakariyah Ali (2):
  completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completion
  completion: hide dotfiles by default for path completion
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 53 +++++++++++++++-----------
 t/t9902-completion.sh                  | 19 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
base-commit: 9b7fa37559a1b95ee32e32858b0d038b4cf583e5
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2311%2Falibaba0010%2Fcompletion-hide-dotfiles-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2311/alibaba0010/completion-hide-dotfiles-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2311
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  056e239e06 = 1:  056e239e06 completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completion
 -:  ---------- > 2:  7482ee4645 completion: hide dotfiles by default for path completion
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  1. completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completionZakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget, May 24, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2026
  3. completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completionZakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget, May 26, 2026
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  7. 0/2 completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completionZakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget, Jun 20, 2026
  8. 1/2 completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completionZakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget, Jun 20, 2026
  9. 2/2 completion: hide dotfiles by default for path completionZakariyah Ali via GitGitGadget, Jun 20, 2026
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2026
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