Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix bash completion when `egrep` is aliased to `egrep --color=always`

From: Adam Tkac <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:23:53 +0100

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 02:55:21PM -0500, Marc Khouzam wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Adam Tkac <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > attached patch fixes bash completion when `egrep` is aliased to `egrep --color=always`.
> 
> To avoid any aliases, it may be better to use
> \egrep

Good idea, thanks. Improved patch is attached.

Regards, Adam

> 
> This could be worthwhile for all utilities used by the script.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> >
> > Comments are welcomed.
> >
> > Regards, Adam
> >
> > --
> > Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc.

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Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc.
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From: Adam Tkac <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:34:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] If `egrep` is aliased, temporary disable it in
 bash.completion

Originally reported as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863780

Signed-off-by: Adam Tkac <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Holger Arnold <[email-masked]>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 0960acc..79073c2 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ __git_complete_strategy ()
 __git_list_all_commands ()
 {
 	local i IFS=" "$'\n'
-	for i in $(git help -a|egrep '^  [a-zA-Z0-9]')
+	for i in $(git help -a| \egrep '^  [a-zA-Z0-9]')
 	do
 		case $i in
 		*--*)             : helper pattern;;
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1.8.0