I have an alias
alias gi=git
Unlike git, gi cannot complete on subcommands, paths, branches.
How can I tell bash to "complete X as if it were Y"?
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6superuser.com/questions/436314/… ?– JohannesMNov 23, 2015 at 13:42
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1The answer here is better than the ones at superuser.com/questions/436314/… . I'm going to add it there as well.– wisbuckyJul 26, 2018 at 21:57
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You'll probably want to add this to your .bashrc or .bash_aliases.
# load git completions
_completion_loader git
# assign git's completion function _git to gi
complete -o bashdefault -o default -o nospace -F _git gi
Alternatively you can use the following (which is pretty much equivalent):
# load git completions
. /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
# assign git's completion function _git to gi
__git_complete gi _git
Note, you can skip the first line (of either of the aforementioned examples) if dynamic completions are not enabled. You should probably assume it is enabled though.
