# [PATCH 2/3] completion: update am, commit, and log

15 messages from 2009-10-07 to 2009-10-08. Participants: Stephen Boyd, Johannes Sixt, Junio C Hamano, Shawn O. Pearce.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21145

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-07 08:48

Subject: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <1254905331-29516-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1254905331-29516-1-git-send-email-bebarino%40gmail.com

```
Since commit 518ef8f (completion: Replace config --list with
--get-regexp, 2009-09-11) an alias config value containing a newline
would break the completion of aliases. Instead of setting the IFS to the
newline, use git-config's null termination to separate aliases with the
null character.

An example .gitconfig causing the breakage.

[alias]
	whowhat = "log -1 --pretty='format:%an <%ae>\n%s'"
	wont-complete = ...

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
---

This is the best I can come up with. I'm not sure about using the
d option of read though.

 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 2c2a0d4..332be99 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -600,10 +600,10 @@ __git_porcelain_commandlist="$(__git_porcelain_commands 2>/dev/null)"
 
 __git_aliases ()
 {
-	local i IFS=$'\n'
-	for i in $(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config --get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null); do
-		i="${i#alias.}"
-		echo "${i/ */}"
+	local i
+	git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config -z --get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null |
+	while IFS= read -rd '' i; do
+		echo ${i#alias.} | cut -d' ' -f1
 	done
 }
 
-- 
1.6.5.rc2.17.gdbc1b

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-07 08:48

Subject: [PATCH 2/3] completion: update am, commit, and log
Message-ID: <1254905331-29516-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1254905331-29516-2-git-send-email-bebarino%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1254905331-29516-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

```
git am learned --scissors, git commit learned --dry-run and git log
learned --decorate=long|short recently.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 332be99..2ab8c5e 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ _git_am ()
 			--3way --committer-date-is-author-date --ignore-date
 			--ignore-whitespace --ignore-space-change
 			--interactive --keep --no-utf8 --signoff --utf8
-			--whitespace=
+			--whitespace= --scissors
 			"
 		return
 	esac
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ _git_commit ()
 		__gitcomp "
 			--all --author= --signoff --verify --no-verify
 			--edit --amend --include --only --interactive
+			--dry-run
 			"
 		return
 	esac
@@ -1179,6 +1180,10 @@ _git_log ()
 		__gitcomp "$__git_log_date_formats" "" "${cur##--date=}"
 		return
 		;;
+	--decorate=*)
+		__gitcomp "long short" "" "${cur##--decorate=}"
+		return
+		;;
 	--*)
 		__gitcomp "
 			$__git_log_common_options
@@ -1191,7 +1196,7 @@ _git_log ()
 			--pretty= --format= --oneline
 			--cherry-pick
 			--graph
-			--decorate
+			--decorate --decorate=
 			--walk-reflogs
 			--parents --children
 			$merge
-- 
1.6.5.rc2.17.gdbc1b

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-07 08:48

Subject: [PATCH 3/3] completion: add dirstat and friends to diff options
Message-ID: <1254905331-29516-3-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1254905331-29516-3-git-send-email-bebarino%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1254905331-29516-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

```
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
---

I sent this a while back, no response. If no response again I'll drop.

 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 2ab8c5e..a5fe1df 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -927,6 +927,8 @@ __git_diff_common_options="--stat --numstat --shortstat --summary
 			--inter-hunk-context=
 			--patience
 			--raw
+			--dirstat --dirstat= --dirstat-by-file
+			--dirstat-by-file= --cumulative
 "
 
 _git_diff ()
-- 
1.6.5.rc2.17.gdbc1b

```

## Johannes Sixt, 2009-10-07 09:33

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACC6055.1070204@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACC6055.1070204%40viscovery.net
In-Reply-To: <1254905331-29516-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd schrieb:
>  __git_aliases ()
>  {
> -	local i IFS=$'\n'
> -	for i in $(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config --get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null); do
> -		i="${i#alias.}"
> -		echo "${i/ */}"
> +	local i
> +	git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config -z --get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null |
> +	while IFS= read -rd '' i; do
> +		echo ${i#alias.} | cut -d' ' -f1
>  	done
>  }

Is it necessary to change the body of the loop? Your version spawns two
processes on each iteration, while the original spawned no processes.

You can avoid the pipeline (i.e. yet another process) using a "here-string":

	local i aliases=$(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config -z \
				--get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null)
	while IFS= read -rd '' i; do
		i="${i#alias.}"
		echo "${i/ */}"	# could be: echo "${i%% *}"
  	done <<< "$aliases"

but I don't know how well bash handles variable values with embedded NULs.

-- Hannes

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-07 18:55

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACCE417.5080907@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACCE417.5080907%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <4ACC6055.1070204@viscovery.net>

```
Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Is it necessary to change the body of the loop? Your version spawns two
> processes on each iteration, while the original spawned no processes.
>
> You can avoid the pipeline (i.e. yet another process) using a "here-string":
>
> 	local i aliases=$(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" config -z \
> 				--get-regexp "alias\..*" 2>/dev/null)
> 	while IFS= read -rd '' i; do
> 		i="${i#alias.}"
> 		echo "${i/ */}"	# could be: echo "${i%% *}"
>   	done <<< "$aliases"
>
> but I don't know how well bash handles variable values with embedded NULs.

I can't get the above snippet to work, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.

I had a problem with the newline between the key and the value. bash
gives me the whole line in the loop, but when I try to trim it $i is
treated as two values. I couldn't figure out any other way to do it,
besides piping $i to cut or tr.

Maybe a better solution would be to add --keys-only or something to
git-config?

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2009-10-07 19:45

Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] completion: update am, commit, and log
Message-ID: <7vy6nnt2ct.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vy6nnt2ct.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <1254905331-29516-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:

> git am learned --scissors, git commit learned --dry-run and git log
> learned --decorate=long|short recently.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>

No objection from me, but I am not a completion expert ;-)  

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2009-10-07 19:45

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] completion: add dirstat and friends to diff options
Message-ID: <7vtyybt2bu.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vtyybt2bu.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <1254905331-29516-3-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>

No objection from me, but I am not a completion expert ;-)

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2009-10-07 23:07

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] completion: add dirstat and friends to diff options
Message-ID: <7vmy42pzvc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vmy42pzvc.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20091007205059.GA16235@neumann>

```
SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:48:51AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> +                     --dirstat --dirstat= --dirstat-by-file
>> +                     --dirstat-by-file= --cumulative
>
> I'm a bit puzzled by having both --dirstat and --dirstat=, and
> --dirstat-by-file and --dirstat-by-file=.  How do we complete similar
> long options, where an argument and hence the = char is optional?

A similar example in "git init" completion (--shared vs --shared=) already
exists, no?

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-08 00:11

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] completion: add dirstat and friends to diff options
Message-ID: <4ACD2E40.8010502@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACD2E40.8010502%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20091007233442.GJ6055@neumann>

```
SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> But there are no git log --stat=, --color-words= and --decorate=, but
> only --stat, --color-words and --decorate, and there are git log
> --pretty= and --format=, but no --pretty and --format.  I have not
> looked at other commands yet.
>   

I guess this is because nobody has added these. Feel free to send a
follow up patch.

```

## Shawn O. Pearce, 2009-10-08 04:29

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <20091008042917.GX9261@spearce.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091008042917.GX9261%40spearce.org
In-Reply-To: <4ACCE417.5080907@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> wrote:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > Is it necessary to change the body of the loop? Your version spawns two
> > processes on each iteration, while the original spawned no processes.

Yes, we should try to avoid spawning a process here, it fires on
each completion attempt if I recall.

> Maybe a better solution would be to add --keys-only or something to
> git-config?

Or a format string with a language based escape like for-each-ref
supports?  Might make it easier to use git config in scripts if we
can write things like:

  git config --format='$data{%(key)}=%(value);' --perl

-- 
Shawn.

```

## Shawn O. Pearce, 2009-10-08 04:32

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] completion: add dirstat and friends to diff options
Message-ID: <20091008043242.GY9261@spearce.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091008043242.GY9261%40spearce.org
In-Reply-To: <7vmy42pzvc.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

```
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> SZEDER G??bor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:48:51AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >> +                     --dirstat --dirstat= --dirstat-by-file
> >> +                     --dirstat-by-file= --cumulative
> >
> > I'm a bit puzzled by having both --dirstat and --dirstat=, and
> > --dirstat-by-file and --dirstat-by-file=.  How do we complete similar
> > long options, where an argument and hence the = char is optional?
> 
> A similar example in "git init" completion (--shared vs --shared=) already
> exists, no?

I'm not sure why this is.  It may just be historical accident,
completing --shared vs. --shared= is ambiguous so you would need
to type out the = anyway before trying to complete a value.

IIRC --shared= came about after --shared and its possible we just
added the new option and didn't notice the duplicate.

-- 
Shawn.

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-08 07:34

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACD961D.9080401@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACD961D.9080401%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20091008042917.GX9261@spearce.org>

```
Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>
> Yes, we should try to avoid spawning a process here, it fires on
> each completion attempt if I recall.
>

Ok. It looks like it fires on every completion with no command (i.e. git
<TAB><TAB>). I don't particularly like my solution anyways, and this has
existed for a long time (56fc25f maybe?) with no one noticing. A fix for
it is probably not too pressing.

I found another problem, [ARGS] and COMMAND show up in git <TAB><TAB>.
Looks like it's due to the wrapping of git's usage string.

>
> Or a format string with a language based escape like for-each-ref
> supports?  Might make it easier to use git config in scripts if we
> can write things like:
>
>   git config --format='$data{%(key)}=%(value);' --perl

This sounds reasonable, but also like more work ;-)

```

## Johannes Sixt, 2009-10-08 07:54

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACD9ABC.4070809@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACD9ABC.4070809%40viscovery.net
In-Reply-To: <4ACD961D.9080401@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd schrieb:
> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>> Or a format string with a language based escape like for-each-ref
>> supports?  Might make it easier to use git config in scripts if we
>> can write things like:
>>
>>   git config --format='$data{%(key)}=%(value);' --perl
> 
> This sounds reasonable, but also like more work ;-)

OTOH, you can simply revert the hunk from 518ef8f (completion: Replace
config --list with --get-regexp, 2009-09-11) that applies here, or even
only reinstate the case statement in the loop body without changing
anything else.

-- Hannes

```

## Stephen Boyd, 2009-10-08 08:01

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACD9C66.1080308@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACD9C66.1080308%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <4ACD9ABC.4070809@viscovery.net>

```
Johannes Sixt wrote:
>
> OTOH, you can simply revert the hunk from 518ef8f (completion: Replace
> config --list with --get-regexp, 2009-09-11) that applies here, or even
> only reinstate the case statement in the loop body without changing
> anything else.

I'm not opposed to the idea, but then it wouldn't work with something like

[alias]
    whowhat = "log --format="%an\nalias.broken=foo'"

although that actually happening is probably rare, it can still happen.

```

## Johannes Sixt, 2009-10-08 08:10

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] completion: fix alias listings with newlines
Message-ID: <4ACD9E8D.1070702@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4ACD9E8D.1070702%40viscovery.net
In-Reply-To: <4ACD9C66.1080308@gmail.com>

```
Stephen Boyd schrieb:
> Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> OTOH, you can simply revert the hunk from 518ef8f (completion: Replace
>> config --list with --get-regexp, 2009-09-11) that applies here, or even
>> only reinstate the case statement in the loop body without changing
>> anything else.
> 
> I'm not opposed to the idea, but then it wouldn't work with something like
> 
> [alias]
>     whowhat = "log --format="%an\nalias.broken=foo'"
> 
> although that actually happening is probably rare, it can still happen.

I'd ignore this case, but *you* write the patch, *you* get to draw the line ;)

-- Hannes

```
