The `git-completion.zsh` unsets the `$ZSH_VERSION` which makes this check moot. The result (at least for me) is that zsh segfaults because of all the variables it's unsetting. --- contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash index 12814e9bbf6be..7e2b9ad454930 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ __gitcomp () # Clear the variables caching builtins' options when (re-)sourcing # the completion script. -if [[ -n ${ZSH_VERSION-} ]]; then +if [[ -n ${ZSH_NAME-} ]]; then unset $(set |sed -ne 's/^\(__gitcomp_builtin_[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=.*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null else unset $(compgen -v __gitcomp_builtin_) -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/500