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

From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:13

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 06:45:26PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
It's not very convincing, because the bash completions script file for git 
is installed by default[1] which completes both forms, so the new user will 
experience instead:

git<space><tab><tab>.... what? 140-something commands? etc.etc.
The bash completion has the luxury of not mentioning some commands if
they are likely to be confusing (i.e., very low-level plumbing).

That being said, it still produces 70-something commands.

-Peff
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