FYI $ git --version git version 2.20.1 solves this. I am not aware if you somehow track them / how to close this thread. Ntentos Stavros On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 8:59 PM Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:33 AM Ντέντος Σταύρος <stdedos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I have install the latest git version from the PPA: > > $ git --version > > git version 2.19.1 > > $ lsb_release -rd > > Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS > > Release: 16.04 > > > > However, trying to autocomplete git difftool --cached gives: > > $ env -i bash --rcfile /etc/profile > > $ . /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git > > $ git difftool -- > > --dir-diff --extcmd= --gui --no-... > > --no-prompt --symlinks --tool-help > > --tool= --trust-exit-code > > > > Please direct me on what would require more attention. > > /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git is the same as the > > git@master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and e.g. here: > > https://github.com/git/git/commit/6cc4bc15f92e85b41d9da9075905f20c6a9008fe#diff-f37c4f4a898819f0ca4b5ff69e81d4d9 > > > > It seems that --cached exists. > > and it seems that there are more options that are not completed, > not just --cached. I don't know offhand where to look further, though. > > > > > (Side question: What is the "--no-..." option shown? I cannot seem to > > find it anywhere in the documentation :/) > > Answering the side question, see > b221b5ab9b (completion: collapse extra --no-.. options, 2018-06-06) > https://github.com/git/git/commit/b221b5ab9b92f3def37184db6e052ec87d7635b4
