Hi, On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote: > On 'git <TAB><TAB>' the bash completion runs 'git help -a'. Correct me if I am wrong, but does "git help -a" not list aliases? If it does, "git help" must search for the Git repository. If it does not, then "git help" needs fixing, not the completions. I.e. something like this: -- snipsnap -- [PATCH] git help -a: do not look for a repository <all the acknowledgements go here> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> --- builtin-help.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-help.c b/builtin-help.c index e1eba77..719aa23 100644 --- a/builtin-help.c +++ b/builtin-help.c @@ -416,9 +416,6 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) const char *alias; load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds); - setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit); - git_config(git_help_config, NULL); - argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options, builtin_help_usage, 0); @@ -429,6 +426,9 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) return 0; } + setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit); + git_config(git_help_config, NULL); + if (!argv[0]) { printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string); list_common_cmds_help(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html