Re: [PATCH] completion: loosen and document the requirement around completing alias

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

>  * We've discussed this when we reviewed the topic that just hit
>    'master'.  Before we forget...
>
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

And here is an obligatory "test" update I will squash into the main
patch.  The new ones copy a canonical ": git <cmd> ; ..."  test and
remove 'git' and also the space before the semicolon.

diff --git c/t/t9902-completion.sh w/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 47e20fb8b1..a7c3b4eb63 100755
--- c/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ w/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -2464,6 +2464,24 @@ test_expect_success 'completion used <cmd> completion for alias: !f() { : git <c
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'completion used <cmd> completion for alias: !f() { : <cmd> ; ... }' '
+	test_config alias.co "!f() { : checkout ; if ... } f" &&
+	test_completion "git co m" <<-\EOF
+	main Z
+	mybranch Z
+	mytag Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'completion used <cmd> completion for alias: !f() { : <cmd>; ... }' '
+	test_config alias.co "!f() { : checkout; if ... } f" &&
+	test_completion "git co m" <<-\EOF
+	main Z
+	mybranch Z
+	mytag Z
+	EOF
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'completion without explicit _git_xxx function' '
 	test_completion "git version --" <<-\EOF
 	--build-options Z