Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

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On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
On 26 Aug 2008 at 18:45, Andi Kleen wrote:
git<space><tab><tab>.... what? 140-something commands? etc.etc.
Whether files in /usr/bin, or command completions: Long linear lists are a thing
humans don't like.

Bash and other shells use hash tables to store the commands in the PATH.

Doing git-<tab> was shocking to me at first, but it also showed me a list of commands for me to learn.

Now I guess that when everything's fixed up, I'll have to put in a space instead of a dash to get exactly the same thing.

What difference did changing the dash to a space make?

-- Perry
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