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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move all dashed form git commands to libexecdir
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:13:04 -0500 (EST)
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Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Jeff King wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 04:49:26PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > I understand your point was primarily "git-a<tab>".  I think it has been
> > solved for bash and zsh but not for other shells.  I think possible and
> > sensible avenues are (1) punt -- cvs, svn nor hg people do not seem to
> > have problem with it, or (2) implement completion in your other favorite
> > shells.
> 
> My point is that (2) is already implemented for every program (shell or
> no) which understands filename completion, and there is a proposal for
> taking it away. I would consider that, except I haven't see any claimed
> advantages except that the hardlinks are awful under Windows.

Weren't enough complaints about Git having waaaaaaaaaaay too many 
commands?  Didn't those complaints come about often enough already?

	$ git-[tab]
	Display all 135 possibilities? (y or n)


Nicolas