Re: [Outreachy PATCH v2 1/2] fast-import: handle --git-completion-helper before reading input

From

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Date

Oct 29, 2026, 18:04 UTC

Message-ID

<xmqqy0bg2xj5.fsf@gitster.g>

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<20261029012616.139783-1-tangajoris@gmail.com>

Tanga Joris <tangajoris@gmail.com> writes:

> diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
> index 9db3f83eea..f53113d5a5 100644
> --- a/builtin/fast-import.c
> +++ b/builtin/fast-import.c
> @@ -4204,6 +4204,10 @@ int cmd_fast_import(int argc,
>  	};
>  
>  	show_usage_with_options_if_asked(argc, argv, fast_import_usage, fast_import_options);
> +	if (argc == 2 && (!strcmp(argv[1], "--git-completion-helper") ||
> +			  !strcmp(argv[1], "--git-completion-helper-all")))
> +		parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, fast_import_options,
> +			      fast_import_usage, 0);
>  
>  	fast_import_state_init(&state, argc, argv, prefix, fast_import_options);

It is way too ugly to target this so specifically.

 parse-options.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git c/parse-options.c w/parse-options.c
index 283a0f1dc2..f2a23b79a4 100644
--- c/parse-options.c
+++ w/parse-options.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,12 @@ void show_usage_with_options_if_asked(int ac, const char **av,
 			usage_with_options_internal(NULL, usagestr, opts,
 						    USAGE_FULL, USAGE_TO_STDOUT);
 			exit(0);
+		} else if (!strcmp(av[1], "--git-completion-helper")) {
+			show_gitcomp(opts, 0);
+			exit(0);
+		} else if (!strcmp(av[1], "--git-completion-helper-all")) {
+			show_gitcomp(opts, 1);
+			exit(0);
 		}
 	}
 }