Re: bug in bash completion for git-branch --set-upstream-to on OSX

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On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 7:06 AM, SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Quoting Jason Karns <karns.17@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> There appears to be a bug in the bash completion for git-branch when
>> attempting to complete the remote ref argument for --set-upstream-to=
>>
>> When:
>>
>> $ git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/mast<TAB>
>>
>> I would expect it to complete to:
>>
>> $ git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master
>>
>> However, the completion for --set-upstream-to= completes the ref
>> correctly, but completely wipes the --set-upstream option; resulting
>> in:
>>
>> $ git branch origin/master
>
>
> Strange.
>
> The code in question
>
>    case "$cur" in
>    --set-upstream-to=*)
>            __gitcomp "$(__git_refs)" "" "${cur##--set-upstream-to=}"
>            ;;
>
> looks unsuspicious, this is the "standard" way to complete
> '--option=<TAB>' (except that we should use __gitcomp_nl() for completing
> refs, but that should have no effect on this issue).  Does the same issue
> affect other 'git cmd --option=<TAB>' completions as well, e.g. 'git log
> --date=<TAB>' or 'git commit --reuse-message=<TAB>'?

Yep, same buggy behavior.

>
> We had a similar issue with ':' on the command line a looong while
> ago, see v1.5.6.4~9^2 (bash completion: Resolve git show ref:path<tab>
> losing ref: portion, 2008-07-15).  Maybe we are dealing with the same issue
> here, just a different character?
>
> What does
>
>    printf "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" |tr ' \t\n' STN
>
> print out?  Is the '=' missing, perhaps?  If that's indeed the case,
> does adding it back (COMP_WORDBREAKS="$COMP_WORDBREAKS"=) fix the issue?

Adding it back in did indeed fix the issue. Now I get to track down
who/why `=` isn't present in COMP_WORDBREAKS.

Thanks!

>
> Gábor
>

Jason
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