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Re: [PATCH] completion: avoid aliased command lookup error in nounset mode

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2021, 20:40 UTC
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Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> writes:
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> Aliased command lookup accesses the `list` variable before it has been
> set, causing an error in "nounset" mode. Initialize to an empty string
> to avoid that.
>
>     $ git nonexistent-command <Tab>bash: list: unbound variable
>
> Signed-off-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
> ---
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Thanks, will queue.
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> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index dfa735ea62..49e76e9d08 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ __git_pretty_aliases ()
>  # __git_aliased_command requires 1 argument
>  __git_aliased_command ()
>  {
> -	local cur=$1 last list word cmdline
> +	local cur=$1 last list= word cmdline
>  
>  	while [[ -n "$cur" ]]; do
>  		if [[ "$list" == *" $cur "* ]]; then
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  1. completion: avoid aliased command lookup error in nounset modeVille Skyttä, Apr 16, 2021
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2021

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