doc: Add a note about ~/.zsh/_git file
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Hey,
Today I've spent a few hours to understand why git-completion doesn't work in my zsh shell. It was because I thought ~/.zsh/_git should be a dictionary with git-completion.zsh file.
I think this change may save some hours for someone else.
Maxim Belsky (1):
doc: Change zsh git completion file name
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
base-commit: 4c86140027f4a0d2caaa3ab4bd8bfc5ce3c11c8a
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-367%2Fmbelsky%2Fpatch-1-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-367/mbelsky/patch-1-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/367
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PATCH 1/1 doc: Change zsh git completion file name
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3 -2
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to +# '~/.zsh/.git-completion.zsh', and then add the following to your ~/.zshrc +# file: # # fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
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Re: [PATCH 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Hi Maxim,
Quoted 3 lines · Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadget
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
I totally agree with the patch, but only because I read a couple of reports that users were struggling with this. Maybe add a couple of reference points to the commit message, to describe how easy it is to miss the fact that it needs to be a _file_, not a directory, and also describe how zsh tells you that there is a problem (even if it does not report a problem, that's a valuable piece of information for the commit message).
Thanks,
Johannes
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--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3
-3@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to +# '~/.zsh/.git-completion.zsh', and then add the following to your ~/.zshrc +# file: # # fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath) --gitgitgadget
Re: [PATCH 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Quoted 6 lines · Johannes Schindelin
Quoted 3 lines · Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadget
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
Quoted 7 lines
I totally agree with the patch, but only because I read a couple of reports that users were struggling with this. Maybe add a couple of reference points to the commit message, to describe how easy it is to miss the fact that it needs to be a _file_, not a directory, and also describe how
zshtells you that there is a problem (even if it does not report a problem, that's a valuable piece of information for the commit message).
After reading the updated text, and then hearing many people cannot get if the existing reference to ~/.zsh/_git is about a directory (to which this should be added as one of the files in it) or a file, I doubt that the updated text is clear enough for these people.
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contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh line 16
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contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3
-2-# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to +# '~/.zsh/.git-completion.zsh', and then add the following to your ~/.zshrc +# file:
Perhaps making it absolutely clear by risking to be overly verbose, like so?
The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then ...
If my attempt to be overly verbose and absolutely clear above is giving a wrong piece of advice, then that would be an indication that the original nor the updated text is clear enough, as they are the primary sources of information on this matter I used to come up with the suggestion ;-)
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# fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)--
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v2 cover doc: Add a note about ~/.zsh/_git file
In reply to Max Belsky via GitGitGadgetHey,
Today I've spent a few hours to understand why git-completion doesn't work in my zsh shell. It was because I thought ~/.zsh/_git should be a dictionary with git-completion.zsh file.
I think this change may save some hours for someone else.
Maxim Belsky (1):
doc: Change zsh git completion file name
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
base-commit: 4c86140027f4a0d2caaa3ab4bd8bfc5ce3c11c8a
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-367%2Fmbelsky%2Fpatch-1-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-367/mbelsky/patch-1-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/367
Range-diff vs v1:
1: ae00e1e393 ! 1: 3f994f3b9a doc: Change zsh git completion file name
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
doc: Change zsh git completion file name
+ The original comment does not describe type of ~/.zsh/_git explicitly
+ and zsh does not warn or fail if a user create it as a dictionary.
+ So unexperienced users could be misled by the original comment.
+
+ There is a small update to clarify it.
+
+ Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
+ Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh b/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh
@@ -13,9 +21,9 @@
#
-# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file:
-+# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to
-+# '~/.zsh/.git-completion.zsh', and then add the following to your ~/.zshrc -+# file:
++# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in ++# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the following ++# to your ~/.zshrc file:
#
# fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
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PATCH v2 1/1 doc: Change zsh git completion file name
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
The original comment does not describe type of ~/.zsh/_git explicitly and zsh does not warn or fail if a user create it as a dictionary. So unexperienced users could be misled by the original comment.
There is a small update to clarify it.
--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3 -2
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the following +# to your ~/.zshrc file: # # fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Quoted 3 lines · Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadget
Signed-off-by Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>Helped-by Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>Helped-by Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
No need to resend (as I'll fix it up locally while queuing), but your sign-off comes last, as we keep these things chronological. With help from others, you wrote the patch and finally signed it off to be applied.
Thanks for working on this.
Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
In reply to Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadgetQuoted 20 lines · Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadget
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
The original comment does not describe type of ~/.zsh/_git explicitly and zsh does not warn or fail if a user create it as a dictionary. So unexperienced users could be misled by the original comment.
There is a small update to clarify it.
Signed-off-by Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>Helped-by Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>Helped-by Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +0
-0
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh line 15
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contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +2
-2@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the following
These updated instructions don't work for me, following them gives me zsh's git completion instead of ours:
$ ls -l /etc/bash_completion.d/git -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 72165 Oct 15 01:27 /etc/bash_completion.d/git $ ls -l ~/.zsh/ total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 szeder szeder 6013 Oct 15 01:27 git-completion.zsh $ cat ~/.zshrc # Use modern completion system autoload -Uz compinit compinit
fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
$ zsh % git init --<TAB> --bare -- create a bare repository --quiet -- do not print any results to stdout --separate-git-dir -- create git dir elsewhere and link it using the gitdir --shared -- share repository amongst several users --template -- directory to use as a template for the object databas
That's clearly zsh's fancy completion.
As a non-zsh user I had the impression that it's a well-established convention that the completion script of a command for zsh is called '_command', see e.g. all the scripts in:
https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions/tree/master/src
Instructing users to copy our completion script to '~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh' goes against this convention.
More importantly, it appears that this is more than a mere convention, maybe a requirement even; at least renaming our zsh completion script to follow the convention (IOW following the current install instructions) makes it work all of a sudden:
$ mv .zsh/git-completion.zsh .zsh/_git $ zsh % git init -- -- --no-separate-git-dir --shared --bare --no-template --template= --no-bare --quiet --no-quiet --separate-git-dir=
Now that's our Bash completion script used by zsh.
Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Quoted 6 lines · SZEDER Gábor
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh line 15
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contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +2
-2-# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the followingThese updated instructions don't work for me, following them gives me
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zsh's git completion instead of ours:
...
Instructing users to copy our completion script to '~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh' goes against this convention. More importantly, it appears that this is more than a mere convention, maybe a requirement even; at least renaming our zsh completion script to follow the convention (IOW following the current install instructions) makes it work all of a sudden:
Thanks for a dose of sanity. My "Helped-by" was about phrasing and had nothing with the name of the file, so it should be fixable without invalidating it ;-)
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh line 15
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contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +2
-2-# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the following
# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in # '~/.zsh/' directory as '~/.zsh/_git' and then add the following
v3 cover doc: Add a note about ~/.zsh/_git file
In reply to Max Belsky via GitGitGadgetHey,
Today I've spent a few hours to understand why git-completion doesn't work in my zsh shell. It was because I thought ~/.zsh/_git should be a dictionary with git-completion.zsh file.
I think this change may save some hours for someone else.
Maxim Belsky (1):
doc: Change zsh git completion file name
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
base-commit: 108b97dc372828f0e72e56bbb40cae8e1e83ece6
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-367%2Fmbelsky%2Fpatch-1-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-367/mbelsky/patch-1-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/367
Range-diff vs v2:
1: 3f994f3b9a ! 1: 7919addea8 doc: Change zsh git completion file name
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
There is a small update to clarify it.
- Signed-off-by: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
+ Helped-by: SZEDER Gábor <[email protected]>
+ Signed-off-by: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh b/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@
-# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file:
+# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in
-+# ~/.zsh/ directory as ~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh and then add the following -+# to your ~/.zshrc file:
++# '~/.zsh/' directory as '~/.zsh/_git' and then add the following to your ++# ~/.zshrc file:
#
# fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
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PATCH v3 1/1 doc: Change zsh git completion file name
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
The original comment does not describe type of ~/.zsh/_git explicitly and zsh does not warn or fail if a user create it as a dictionary. So unexperienced users could be misled by the original comment.
There is a small update to clarify it.
--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3 -2
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# '~/.zsh/' directory as '~/.zsh/_git' and then add the following to your +# ~/.zshrc file: # # fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Quoted 2 lines · Maxim Belsky via GitGitGadget
From: Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
Lack of attention to the detail. This is not about changing the filename anymore.
Subject: [PATCH v3] completion: clarify installation instruction for zsh
perhaps. I'll make the change locally, so unless there are other changes you want to make, there is no need to resend.
Thanks.
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The original comment does not describe type of ~/.zsh/_git explicitly and zsh does not warn or fail if a user create it as a dictionary. So unexperienced users could be misled by the original comment.
There is a small update to clarify it.
Helped-by Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>Helped-by Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>Helped-by SZEDER Gábor <[email protected]>Signed-off-by Maxim Belsky <[email protected]>--- contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)contrib/completion/git-completion.zsh +3
-2@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ # # zstyle ':completion:*:*:git:*' script ~/.git-completion.zsh # -# The recommended way to install this script is to copy to '~/.zsh/_git', and -# then add the following to your ~/.zshrc file: +# The recommended way to install this script is to make a copy of it in +# '~/.zsh/' directory as '~/.zsh/_git' and then add the following to your +# ~/.zshrc file: # # fpath=(~/.zsh $fpath)
Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Change zsh git completion file name
In reply to SZEDER GáborQuoted 7 lines · SZEDER Gábor
Instructing users to copy our completion script to '~/.zsh/git-completion.zsh' goes against this convention.
More importantly, it appears that this is more than a mere convention, maybe a requirement even; at least renaming our zsh completion script to follow the convention (IOW following the current install instructions) makes it work all of a sudden:
It is a requirement. If the file is not named '_git' it will never be autoloaded. The whole point of naming it that way is that it's loaded after typing 'git<tab>'.
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