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* Completion for aliases that wrap aliases that wrap Git commands
@ 2020-11-06 22:42 Philippe Blain
  2020-11-09 21:56 ` Felipe Contreras
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Philippe Blain @ 2020-11-06 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello all,

I've noticed the following: I have a Git alias that is simply a Git command 
with some options, like

$ git config --get alias.logo
log --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(yellow bold)%h%C(reset) %C(normal)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)%an%C(reset) %C(dim blue)(%ad)%C(reset) %C(auto)%d%C(reset)'

And another alias that is this previous alias with more options:

$ git config --get alias.lg
logo --first-parent

When typing 'git logo up[TAB][TAB]', the Bash completion script
suggests 'upstream' (like if I type 'git log up[TAB][TAB]'),
but typing 'git lg up[TAB][TAB]' does not suggest anything.

So I'm thinking there is some special logic in the completion script that makes it 
work for simple aliases but not for recursive aliases.

I know nothing about Bash completions, but I'm wondering if that feature would
be possible at all ?

This is on Bash 4.4.19(1) (not that I think it matters very much...)

Cheers,

Philippe.

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