From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Philippe Blain" <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>,
"Britton Leo Kerin" <britton.kerin@gmail.com>,
"Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
"Rubén Justo" <rjusto@gmail.com>,
"Patrick Steinhardt" <ps@pks.im>,
"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] completion: complete tracked paths for "git checkout"
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:21:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmrut4a1l.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7blx5oor.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:19:32 -0700")
When completing arguments for "git checkout", _git_checkout()
delegates to __git_complete_refs(), which only completes revision
references. This is good, as mixing revisions and paths in a single
list from which the user can choose is confusing. However, if no
reference matches, or if "--" is given, _git_checkout() leaves
COMPREPLY empty. Bash then falls back to the default filename
completion in $PWD.
This fails when "git -C <path>" is used, as $PWD is not the target
repository.
Update _git_checkout() to use __git_complete_index_file() when "--"
is present, or when revision reference completion yields no matching
candidates, so that tracked paths are offered as candidates.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 4 ++++
t/t9902-completion.sh | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 38dec1cabe..bd4b6e9247 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1780,6 +1780,10 @@ _git_checkout ()
;;
esac
fi
+
+ if [ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+ __git_complete_index_file
+ fi
}
__git_sequencer_inprogress_options="--continue --quit --abort --skip"
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 53a2bfb2ac..46fe94d8d5 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -2713,6 +2713,33 @@ test_expect_success 'git -C <path> checkout uses the right repo' '
EOF
'
+test_expect_success 'git checkout completes tracked paths when no refs match' '
+ # file1 and file2 are tracked but ufile is not
+ # there is no ref that begins with f
+ test_completion "git checkout f" <<-\EOF &&
+ file1
+ file2
+ EOF
+ test_completion "git checkout -- f" <<-\EOF
+ file1
+ file2
+ EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git -C <path> checkout completes tracked paths in specified repo' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf repo-for-checkout" &&
+ git init repo-for-checkout &&
+ echo content >repo-for-checkout/otherfile &&
+ git -C repo-for-checkout add otherfile &&
+ git -C repo-for-checkout commit -m otherfile &&
+ test_completion "git -C repo-for-checkout checkout o" <<-\EOF &&
+ otherfile
+ EOF
+ test_completion "git -C repo-for-checkout checkout -- o" <<-\EOF
+ otherfile
+ EOF
+'
+
test_expect_success 'git diff completes tracked paths when no refs match' '
# file1 and file2 are tracked but file3 is not
test_completion "git diff f" <<-\EOF
--
2.55.0-698-g3e60a4dc4e
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 3:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 3:19 [PATCH 0/2] completion of 'git [-C <dir>] checkout' Junio C Hamano
2026-08-11 3:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] completion: no-op refactoring of checkout completion Junio C Hamano
2026-08-11 3:21 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-08-11 4:04 ` [PATCH 0/2] completion of 'git [-C <dir>] checkout' Junio C Hamano
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