# [PATCH 0/2] completion: teach rebase and archive to use __gitcomp_builtin

4 messages from 2019-09-12 to 2019-09-12. Participants: Denton Liu, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/51837

## Denton Liu, 2019-09-12 19:43

Subject: [PATCH 0/2] completion: teach rebase and archive to use __gitcomp_builtin
Message-ID: <cover.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/cover.1568317093.git.liu.denton%40gmail.com

```
Currently, the completion function for rebase and archive don't take
advantage of __gitcomp_builtin(). Teach them to use it so that future
changes to options will automatically be included by the completion
script with no extra work.

I discovered rebase wasn't using it and fixed that and I started looking
for other low-hanging fruit to fix. I deliberately left stuff like diff
and log alone since that's a whole Pandora's box that I don't really
want to open right now.


Denton Liu (2):
  completion: teach rebase to use __gitcomp_builtin
  completion: teach archive to use __gitcomp_builtin

 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 27 ++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

-- 
2.23.0.37.g745f681289


```

## Denton Liu, 2019-09-12 19:43

Subject: [PATCH 1/2] completion: teach rebase to use __gitcomp_builtin
Message-ID: <7c4f2361842f5a9cbaf6130cafe1dd77f75e19e0.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7c4f2361842f5a9cbaf6130cafe1dd77f75e19e0.1568317093.git.liu.denton%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <cover.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

```
Currently, _git_rebase() uses a hardcoded list of options for its
completion. However, we can use __gitcomp_builtin() to get a dynamically
generated list of completions instead.

Teach _git_rebase() to use __gitcomp_builtin() so that newly implemented
options in rebase will be automatically completed without any mucking
around in git-completion.bash.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 22 +++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index e087c4bf00..365edff639 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2004,15 +2004,18 @@ _git_range_diff ()
 	__git_complete_revlist
 }
 
+__git_rebase_inprogress_options="--continue --skip --abort --quit --show-current-patch"
+__git_rebase_interactive_inprogress_options="$__git_rebase_inprogress_options --edit-todo"
+
 _git_rebase ()
 {
 	__git_find_repo_path
 	if [ -f "$__git_repo_path"/rebase-merge/interactive ]; then
-		__gitcomp "--continue --skip --abort --quit --edit-todo --show-current-patch"
+		__gitcomp "$__git_rebase_interactive_inprogress_options"
 		return
 	elif [ -d "$__git_repo_path"/rebase-apply ] || \
 	     [ -d "$__git_repo_path"/rebase-merge ]; then
-		__gitcomp "--continue --skip --abort --quit --show-current-patch"
+		__gitcomp "$__git_rebase_inprogress_options"
 		return
 	fi
 	__git_complete_strategy && return
@@ -2022,19 +2025,8 @@ _git_rebase ()
 		return
 		;;
 	--*)
-		__gitcomp "
-			--onto --merge --strategy --interactive
-			--rebase-merges --preserve-merges --stat --no-stat
-			--committer-date-is-author-date --ignore-date
-			--ignore-whitespace --whitespace=
-			--autosquash --no-autosquash
-			--fork-point --no-fork-point
-			--autostash --no-autostash
-			--verify --no-verify
-			--keep-empty --root --force-rebase --no-ff
-			--rerere-autoupdate
-			--exec
-			"
+		__gitcomp_builtin rebase "" \
+			"$__git_rebase_interactive_inprogress_options"
 
 		return
 	esac
-- 
2.23.0.37.g745f681289


```

## Denton Liu, 2019-09-12 19:43

Subject: [PATCH 2/2] completion: teach archive to use __gitcomp_builtin
Message-ID: <39d6091ce636b2d732d589b55e7686796694e994.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/39d6091ce636b2d732d589b55e7686796694e994.1568317093.git.liu.denton%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <cover.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

```
Currently, _git_archive() uses a hardcoded list of options for its
completion. However, we can use __gitcomp_builtin() to get a dynamically
generated list of completions instead.

Teach _git_archive() to use __gitcomp_builtin() so that newly
implemented options in archive will be automatically completed without
any mucking around in git-completion.bash. While we're at it, teach it
to complete the missing `--worktree-attributes` option as well.

Unfortunately, since some args are passed through from cmd_archive() to
write_archive() (which calls parse_archive_args()), there's no way that a
`--git-completion-helper` arg can end up reaching parse_archive_args()
since the first call to parse_options() will end up calling exit(0). As
a result, we have to carry the options supported by write_archive() in
the hardcoded string.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 365edff639..7b1ab46f0b 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1250,10 +1250,7 @@ _git_archive ()
 		return
 		;;
 	--*)
-		__gitcomp "
-			--format= --list --verbose
-			--prefix= --remote= --exec= --output
-			"
+		__gitcomp_builtin archive "--format= --list --verbose --prefix= --worktree-attributes"
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-- 
2.23.0.37.g745f681289


```

## Junio C Hamano, 2019-09-12 20:44

Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] completion: teach rebase and archive to use __gitcomp_builtin
Message-ID: <xmqqa7b9fdmn.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqa7b9fdmn.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com
In-Reply-To: <cover.1568317093.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

```
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently, the completion function for rebase and archive don't take
> advantage of __gitcomp_builtin(). Teach them to use it so that future
> changes to options will automatically be included by the completion
> script with no extra work.

Nice ;-)

```
