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From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 42/42] git-completion.bash: add GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS=all config
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:29:46 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180210092945.GA6370@ash> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877ermmeia.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 03:19:57PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 09 2018, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy jotted:
> 
> > By default, some option names (mostly --force, scripting related or for
> > internal use) are not completable for various reasons. When
> > GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS is set to all, all options (except hidden ones)
> > are completable.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  6 +++++-
> >  parse-options.c                        | 11 +++++++----
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > index 0ddf40063b..0cfa489a8e 100644
> > --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> > @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
> >  #
> >  #     When set to "1", do not include "DWIM" suggestions in git-checkout
> >  #     completion (e.g., completing "foo" when "origin/foo" exists).
> > +#
> > +#   GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS
> > +#
> > +#     When set to "all", complete all possible options
> 
> I was going to suggest some wording like:
> 
>     When set to "all", include options considered unsafe such as --force
>     in the completion.
> 
> However per your cover letter it's not just used for that:
> 
>      10 --force
>       4 --rerere-autoupdate
>       1 --unsafe-paths
>       1 --thin
>       1 --overwrite-ignore
>       1 --open-files-in-pager
>       1 --null
>       1 --ext-grep
>       1 --exit-code
>       1 --auto
> 
> I wonder if we shouldn't just make this only about --force, I don't see
> why "git grep --o<TAB>" should only show --or but not
> --open-files-in-pager, and e.g. "git grep --<TAB>" is already verbose so
> we're not saving much by excluding those.
> 
> Then this could just become:
> 
>     GIT_COMPLETION_SHOWUNSAFEOPTIONS=1
> 
> Or other similar boolean variable, for consistency with all the "*SHOW*
> variables already in git-completion.bash.

No. You're asking for a second default. I'm not adding plenty of
GIT_COMPLETION_* variables for that. You either have all options, or
you convince people that --force should be part of the current
default.

Or you could push for a generic mechanism that allows you to customize
your own default. Something like the below patch could give you what
you want with:

    GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS=all
    GIT_COMPLETION_EXCLUDES=--open-files-in-pager # and some more
    . /path/to/git-completion.bash

I'm not going to make a real patch for this since people may want to
ignore --foo in one command and complete --foo in others... I'm just
not interested in trying to cover all cases.

-- 8< --
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 0cfa489a8e..9ca0d80cd7 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #   GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS
 #
 #     When set to "all", complete all possible options
+#
+#   GIT_COMPLETION_EXCLUDES
+#
+#     Exclude some options from the complete list
 
 case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
 *:*) : great ;;
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ __gitcomp_builtin ()
 	# commands, e.g. "git remote add" becomes remote_add.
 	local cmd="$1"
 	local incl="$2"
-	local excl="$3"
+	local excl="$3 $GIT_COMPLETION_EXCLUDES"
 
 	local var=__gitcomp_builtin_"${cmd/-/_}"
 	local options
-- 8< --

  reply	other threads:[~2018-02-10  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 127+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-31 11:05 [PATCH v2 00/41] Automate updating git-completion.bash a bit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 01/41] parse-options: support --git-completion-helper Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 20:22   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-31 21:04   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-01  0:05     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-01  9:54       ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-01 10:21         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-01 19:16           ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-05  9:56             ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-06  5:04               ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-07 23:41                 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-02-05 10:46     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-05 11:22       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 02/41] parse-options: add OPT_xxx_F() variants Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 03/41] parse-options: let OPT__FORCE take optional flags argument Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 04/41] git-completion.bash: introduce __gitcomp_builtin Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_add Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_am Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_apply Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_branch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_checkout Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_cherry_pick Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_clean Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 12/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_clone Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 13/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_commit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 20:42   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 14/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_config Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 15/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_describe Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 16/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_difftool Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 17/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_fetch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 18/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_fsck Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 19/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_gc Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 20/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_grep Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 21/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_help Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 22/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_init Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 23/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_ls_files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 24/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_ls_remote Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 25/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_merge Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 26/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_merge_base Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 27/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_mv Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 28/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_name_rev Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 29/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_notes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 30/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_pull Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 31/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_push Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 32/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_remote Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 33/41] remote: force completing --mirror= instead of --mirror Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 34/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_replace Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 35/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_reset Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 36/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_revert Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 37/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_rm Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 38/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_show_branch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 39/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_status Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 40/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_tag Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 11:05 ` [PATCH v2 41/41] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_worktree Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 15:01 ` [PATCH v2 00/41] Automate updating git-completion.bash a bit Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-07 19:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-08 12:05   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-09 11:01 ` [PATCH v3 00/42] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 01/42] parse-options: support --git-completion-helper Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-12-02 13:41     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-09 10:27       ` [PATCH] parse-options: fix SunCC compiler warning Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-12-10  6:36         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-10 15:26           ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-11  2:13             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-11 15:40               ` Duy Nguyen
2018-12-12  7:50                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-11 15:35         ` [PATCH v2] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 02/42] parse-options: add OPT_xxx_F() variants Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 03/42] parse-options: let OPT__FORCE take optional flags argument Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 04/42] git-completion.bash: introduce __gitcomp_builtin Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 18:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-14 15:35     ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-02-23 10:30       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 05/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_add Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 06/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_am Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-14 12:53     ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-02-22  9:13       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-22 18:19         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-23 10:17           ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-23 18:08             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-24 13:58               ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 07/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_apply Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 08/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_branch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 09/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_checkout Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 10/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_cherry_pick Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 11/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_clean Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 12/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_clone Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 13/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_commit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 14/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_config Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 15/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_describe Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 16/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_difftool Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 17/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_fetch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 18/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_fsck Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 19/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_gc Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:01   ` [PATCH v3 20/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_grep Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 21/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_help Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 22/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_init Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 23/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_ls_files Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 24/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_ls_remote Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 25/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_merge Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 26/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_merge_base Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 27/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_mv Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 28/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_name_rev Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 29/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_notes Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-14 14:29     ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-02-23 10:33       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-23 10:59         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-14 15:15     ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-02-23 10:40       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 30/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_pull Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 31/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_push Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 32/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_remote Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 33/42] remote: force completing --mirror= instead of --mirror Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 34/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_replace Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 35/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_reset Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 36/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_revert Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 37/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_rm Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 38/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_show_branch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 39/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_status Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 40/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_tag Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 41/42] completion: use __gitcomp_builtin in _git_worktree Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 11:02   ` [PATCH v3 42/42] git-completion.bash: add GIT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS=all config Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-09 14:19     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-10  9:29       ` Duy Nguyen [this message]
2018-02-11 14:47         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-02-11  1:59     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-12  0:34       ` Duy Nguyen

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