From: Oleg Broytman Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:53:57 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Explain bash/zsh completion X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=76a62f1684e83e3a902c5f4baddf87046de87e5f;p=git-wiki.git Explain bash/zsh completion --- diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt index 5a4ec80..5aa0583 100644 --- a/pep-git.txt +++ b/pep-git.txt @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ case the argument for such option must be spelled in sticky way: argument the latter means "use default value for option ``-O`` and pass ``arg`` further to the option parser". For example, ``git grep`` has an option ``-O`` that passes found files to a program; default -program for ``-O`` is pager (ususally ``less``), but you can use your +program for ``-O`` is pager (usually ``less``), but you can use your editor:: $ git grep -Ovim # but not -O vim @@ -766,8 +766,26 @@ BTW, there is a difference between running ``git grep -O`` and ``git grep -Oless`` - in the latter case ``git grep`` passes ``+/pattern`` option to less. -TODO: bash/zsh completion, bash/zsh prompt. -https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/tree/contrib/completion +bash/zsh completion +------------------- + +It's a bit hard to type ``git rebase --interactive --preserve-merges +HEAD~5`` manually even for those who are happy to use command-line, +and this is where shell completion is of great help. Bash/zsh come +with programmable completion, often automatically preinstalled and +enabled, so if you have bash/zsh and git installed, chances are you +are already done - just go and use it at the command-line. + +If you don't have necessary bits preinstalled, install and enable +bash_completion package. If you want to upgrade your git completion to +the latest and greatest download necessary file from `git contrib +`_. + +Git-for-windows comes with git-bash, bash completion is installed and +enabled. + + +TODO: bash/zsh prompt. git on server