Hi Duy,
On Sun, 6 May 2018, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 05:35:11PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Tab completion of `branch-diff` is very convenient, especially given
> > that the revision arguments that need to be passed to `git branch-diff`
> > are typically more complex than, say, your grandfather's `git log`
> > arguments.
> >
> > Without this patch, we would only complete the `branch-diff` part but
> > not the options and other arguments.
> >
> > This of itself may already be slightly disruptive for well-trained
> > fingers that assume that `git bra<TAB>ori<TAB>mas<TAB>` would expand to
> > `git branch origin/master`, as we now no longer automatically append a
> > space after completing `git branch`: this is now ambiguous.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
> > ---
> > contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > index 01dd9ff07a2..45addd525ac 100644
> > --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > @@ -1496,6 +1496,24 @@ _git_format_patch ()
> > __git_complete_revlist
> > }
> >
> > +__git_branch_diff_options="
> > + --no-patches --creation-weight= --dual-color
> > +"
> > +
> > +_git_branch_diff ()
> > +{
> > + case "$cur" in
> > + --*)
> > + __gitcomp "
>
> You should use __gitcomp_builtin so you don't have to maintain
> $__git_branch_diff_options here. Something like this
>
> -- 8< --
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 45addd525a..4745631daf 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -1496,18 +1496,11 @@ _git_format_patch ()
> __git_complete_revlist
> }
>
> -__git_branch_diff_options="
> - --no-patches --creation-weight= --dual-color
> -"
> -
> _git_branch_diff ()
> {
> case "$cur" in
> --*)
> - __gitcomp "
> - $__git_branch_diff_options
> - $__git_diff_common_options
> - "
> + __gitcomp_builtin branch-diff "$__git_diff_common_options"
> return
> ;;
> esac
> -- 8< --
Does this really work? I have this instead, for now, and verified that it
works:
-- snipsnap --
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 01dd9ff07a2..c498c053881 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1205,13 +1205,14 @@ _git_bisect ()
_git_branch ()
{
- local i c=1 only_local_ref="n" has_r="n"
+ local i c=1 only_local_ref="n" has_r="n" diff_mode="n"
while [ $c -lt $cword ]; do
i="${words[c]}"
case "$i" in
-d|--delete|-m|--move) only_local_ref="y" ;;
-r|--remotes) has_r="y" ;;
+ --diff) diff_mode="y" ;;
esac
((c++))
done
@@ -1221,11 +1222,22 @@ _git_branch ()
__git_complete_refs --cur="${cur##--set-upstream-to=}"
;;
--*)
+ if [ $diff_mode = "y" ]; then
+ __gitcomp "
+ --creation-factor= --dual-color
+ $__git_diff_common_options
+ "
+ return
+ fi
__gitcomp_builtin branch "--no-color --no-abbrev
--no-track --no-column
"
;;
*)
+ if [ $diff_mode = "y" ]; then
+ __git_complete_revlist
+ return
+ fi
if [ $only_local_ref = "y" -a $has_r = "n" ]; then
__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_heads "" "$cur" " ")"
else
