Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] completion: teach ls-remote to complete options

From: SZEDER Gábor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 02:40:14 +0100

> ls-remote needs to complete remote names and its own options.

And refnames, too.

> In
> addition to the existing remote name completions, do also complete
> the options --heads, --tags, --refs, and --get-url.

Why only these four options and not the other four?

There are eight options in total here, so there is really no chance
for cluttered terminals, and all eight are mentioned in the synopsis.

> ---
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 652c7e2..36fe439 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -1449,6 +1449,12 @@ _git_ls_files ()
>  
>  _git_ls_remote ()
>  {
> +	case "$cur" in
> +	--*)
> +		__gitcomp "--heads --tags --refs --get-url"
> +		return
> +		;;
> +	esac
>  	__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_remotes)"
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.10.2