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[v3,3/3] completion: add docs on how to add subcommand completions

Message ID 20240425101845.708554-3-rhi@pengutronix.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 6b7c45e8c9f7e6b6a602b9ba0727073573da552f
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Series [v3,1/3] completion: add 'symbolic-ref' | expand

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Roland Hieber April 25, 2024, 10:18 a.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
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PATCH v3:
 - change the wording a bit to make the text more fluent

PATCH v2: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240424215019.268208-2-rhi@pengutronix.de
 - fix typo and superfluous "-my" (thanks to Junio C Hamano)

PATCH v1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240424210549.256256-2-rhi@pengutronix.de/
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 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 566f32d412ce..5c0ddeb3d4fb 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ 
 # Note that "git" is optional --- '!f() { : commit; ...}; f' would complete
 # just like the 'git commit' command.
 #
+# To add completion for git subcommands that are implemented in external
+# scripts, define a function of the form '_git_${subcommand}' while replacing
+# all dashes with underscores, and the main git completion will make use of it.
+# For example, to add completion for 'git do-stuff' (which could e.g. live
+# in /usr/bin/git-do-stuff), name the completion function '_git_do_stuff'.
+# See _git_show, _git_bisect etc. below for more examples.
+#
 # If you have a shell command that is not part of git (and is not called as a
 # git subcommand), but you would still like git-style completion for it, use
 # __git_complete. For example, to use the same completion as for 'git log' also