# Bug in git-completion.bash in __git_heads() function 2 messages from 2017-12-04 to 2017-12-04. Participants: Amandeep Gautam, SZEDER Gábor. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47371 ## Amandeep Gautam, 2017-12-04 09:16 Subject: Bug in git-completion.bash in __git_heads() function Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAEZzL1BOTLzrqZRehBzE8cwCvTY6qgrwZsbq5gcxWUbGyva8FQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, This is the first time I am sending a bug report here, so if I have not met the criteria please let me know. I found that at: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash#L371, the usage of refname:strip=2 generates error: fatal: unknown refname: format strip=2. I am using git version 1.9.1. However using %(refname:short), I believe produces intended behaviour. If my findings are validated, I would be willing to submit a patch for this. Please let me know. Regards, Aman ``` ## SZEDER Gábor, 2017-12-04 09:43 Subject: Re: Bug in git-completion.bash in __git_heads() function Message-ID: <20171204094317.7344-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20171204094317.7344-1-szeder.dev%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, > This is the first time I am sending a bug report here, so if I have > not met the criteria please let me know. > I found that at: > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash#L371, > the usage of refname:strip=2 generates error: > > fatal: unknown refname: format strip=2. > > I am using git version 1.9.1. However using %(refname:short), I > believe produces intended behaviour. The for-each-ref format modifier ':strip=' was introduced in v2.7.1~15^2 (tag: do not show ambiguous tag names as "tags/foo", 2016-01-25) and the completion script started using it in v2.13.0-rc0~46^2~8 (completion: don't disambiguate tags and branches, 2017-03-23). It seems you're using an old Git with a recentish completion script. You could either upgrade Git, or use the completion script that was shipped with it. Gábor ```