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Re: [BUG] git bash-completion is incorrect for "git pull origin mas<tab>" if the ssh key is encrypted

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Mar 22, 2012, 17:55 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek  <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:
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>> Maybe git-ls-remote should learn --quiet?
>
> I would rather think that the completion should ask for refs only when
> dealing with local repositories, without going over network, whether the
> query involves authentication or not.

It depends on what "network" is. When the network is just a machine on the same Gb-ethernet LAN, completion can still be useful (only if you have password-less authentication of course). I don't use it much with Git, but I find it handy that ZSH completes rsync remote pathes for example.

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Message 8 of 11 in “[BUG] git bash-completion is incorrect for "git pull origin mas<tab>" if the ssh key is encrypted”
  1. Hong XuMar 22, 2012
  2. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  3. Johannes SixtMar 22, 2012
  4. Hong XuMar 22, 2012
  5. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  6. Hong XuMar 22, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  8. Matthieu MoyMar 22, 2012
  9. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  11. Hong XuMar 22, 2012

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