Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > +__git_main_with_parseopt_helper=' > + blame cat-file check-attr check-ignore > + check-mailmap checkout-index column count-objects fast-export > + hash-object index-pack interpret-trailers merge-file mktree > + pack-objects pack-refs prune prune-packed read-tree repack > + send-pack show-ref stripspace symbolic-ref update-index > + update-ref verify-commit verify-tag write-tree > +' > +__git_complete_command() { > + local command="$1" > + local completion_func="_git_${command//-/_}" > + if declare -f $completion_func >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then > + $completion_func > + elif echo $__git_main_with_parseopt_helper | git grep -w "$command" >/dev/null; then "git grep"??? I imagined that you'd keep an associative shell array (we are not constrained by POSIX here) that can be used like so elif test -n "${__git_main_with_parseopt_helper[$command]}"; then Of course, a more traditional way to write it without spawning grep or pipe is case " $__git_main_with_parseopt_helper " in *" $command "*) ... Yes, $command is on the list ... ;; *) ... No, $command is not on the list ... ;; esac