From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Andrey <butirsky@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bash completion bug: "symbolic-ref" subcommand doesn't complete
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:21:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqikb1ggri.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1e0c05b-c767-4fcc-859a-4da6b90c4497@gmail.com> (Andrey's message of "Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:14:16 +0300")
Andrey <butirsky@gmail.com> writes:
> Bash can't complete some commands, e.g. symbolic-ref, bugreport, maybe
> others.
Isn't this working as intended?
Our general principle is that the plumbing commands are not designed
to be "typed" by end-user to use interactively, and cat-file,
commit-tree, etc. are not completed to reduce cluttering when the
user does
$ git <TAB>
If zsh completion includes plumbing commands, then zsh completion is
buggy, or those who designed zsh completion did not understand the
general principle ;-).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-12 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 16:14 bash completion bug: "symbolic-ref" subcommand doesn't complete Andrey
2026-03-12 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-12 16:26 ` Andrey
2026-03-12 16:47 ` Andrey
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