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Subject: Fwd: git difftool does not give the --cached option

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3 messages between Oct 9, 2018 and Jan 14, 2019.

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Ντέντος Σταύρος· Oct 9, 2018, 14:33 UTC · lore

I have install the latest git version from the PPA:
$ git --version
git version 2.19.1
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04

However, trying to autocomplete git difftool --cached gives:
$ env -i bash --rcfile /etc/profile
$ . /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
$ git difftool --
--dir-diff          --extcmd=           --gui               --no-...
         --no-prompt         --symlinks          --tool-help
--tool=             --trust-exit-code

Please direct me on what would require more attention. /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git is the same as the git@master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and e.g. here: https://github.com/git/git/commit/6cc4bc15f92e85b41d9da9075905f20c6a9008fe#diff-f37c4f4a898819f0ca4b5ff69e81d4d9

It seems that --cached exists.

(Side question: What is the "--no-..." option shown? I cannot seem to find it anywhere in the documentation :/)

Ntentos Stavros

Stefan Beller· Oct 9, 2018, 17:59 UTC · re: Ντέντος Σταύρος · lore

Re: git difftool does not give the --cached option

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:33 AM Ντέντος Σταύρος <stdedos@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> I have install the latest git version from the PPA:
> $ git --version
> git version 2.19.1
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
> Release: 16.04
>
> However, trying to autocomplete git difftool --cached gives:
> $ env -i bash --rcfile /etc/profile
> $ . /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
> $ git difftool --
> --dir-diff          --extcmd=           --gui               --no-...
>          --no-prompt         --symlinks          --tool-help
> --tool=             --trust-exit-code
>
> Please direct me on what would require more attention.
> /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git is the same as the
> git@master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and e.g. here:
> https://github.com/git/git/commit/6cc4bc15f92e85b41d9da9075905f20c6a9008fe#diff-f37c4f4a898819f0ca4b5ff69e81d4d9
>
> It seems that --cached exists.

and it seems that there are more options that are not completed, not just --cached. I don't know offhand where to look further, though.

>
> (Side question: What is the "--no-..." option shown? I cannot seem to
> find it anywhere in the documentation :/)

Answering the side question, see b221b5ab9b (completion: collapse extra --no-.. options, 2018-06-06) https://github.com/git/git/commit/b221b5ab9b92f3def37184db6e052ec87d7635b4

Ντέντος Σταύρος· Jan 14, 2019, 12:20 UTC · re: Stefan Beller · lore

Re: git difftool does not give the --cached option

FYI $ git --version git version 2.20.1

solves this. I am not aware if you somehow track them / how to close this thread.

Ntentos Stavros

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 8:59 PM Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:

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>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:33 AM Ντέντος Σταύρος <stdedos@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have install the latest git version from the PPA:
> > $ git --version
> > git version 2.19.1
> > $ lsb_release -rd
> > Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
> > Release: 16.04
> >
> > However, trying to autocomplete git difftool --cached gives:
> > $ env -i bash --rcfile /etc/profile
> > $ . /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
> > $ git difftool --
> > --dir-diff          --extcmd=           --gui               --no-...
> >          --no-prompt         --symlinks          --tool-help
> > --tool=             --trust-exit-code
> >
> > Please direct me on what would require more attention.
> > /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git is the same as the
> > git@master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and e.g. here:
> > https://github.com/git/git/commit/6cc4bc15f92e85b41d9da9075905f20c6a9008fe#diff-f37c4f4a898819f0ca4b5ff69e81d4d9
> >
> > It seems that --cached exists.
>
> and it seems that there are more options that are not completed,
> not just --cached. I don't know offhand where to look further, though.
>
> >
> > (Side question: What is the "--no-..." option shown? I cannot seem to
> > find it anywhere in the documentation :/)
>
> Answering the side question, see
> b221b5ab9b (completion: collapse extra --no-.. options, 2018-06-06)
> https://github.com/git/git/commit/b221b5ab9b92f3def37184db6e052ec87d7635b4