@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ _get_comp_words_by_ref ()
 }
 fi
 
-# Fills the COMPREPLY array with prefiltered words without any additional
-# processing.
+# Appends prefiltered words to COMPREPLY without any additional processing.
 # Callers must take care of providing only words that match the current word
 # to be completed and adding any prefix and/or suffix (trailing space!), if
 # necessary.

@@ -301,19 +300,6 @@ __gitcomp_direct ()
 	COMPREPLY+=($1)
 }
 
-# Similar to __gitcomp_direct, but appends to COMPREPLY instead.
-# Callers must take care of providing only words that match the current word
-# to be completed and adding any prefix and/or suffix (trailing space!), if
-# necessary.
-# 1: List of newline-separated matching completion words, complete with
-#    prefix and suffix.
-__gitcomp_direct_append ()
-{
-	local IFS=$'\n'
-
-	COMPREPLY+=($1)
-}
-
 __gitcompappend ()
 {
 	local x i=${#COMPREPLY[@]}

@@ -431,16 +417,8 @@ __gitcomp_builtin ()
 	__gitcomp "$options"
 }
 
-# Variation of __gitcomp_nl () that appends to the existing list of
-# completion candidates, COMPREPLY.
-__gitcomp_nl_append ()
-{
-	local IFS=$'\n'
-	__gitcompappend "$1" "${2-}" "${3-$cur}" "${4- }"
-}
-
 # Generates completion reply from newline-separated possible completion words
-# by appending a space to all of them.
+# by appending a space to all of them. The result is appended to COMPREPLY.
 # It accepts 1 to 4 arguments:
 # 1: List of possible completion words, separated by a single newline.
 # 2: A prefix to be added to each possible completion word (optional).

@@ -450,7 +428,8 @@ __gitcomp_nl_append ()
 #    appended.
 __gitcomp_nl ()
 {
-	__gitcomp_nl_append "$@"
+	local IFS=$'\n'
+	__gitcompappend "$1" "${2-}" "${3-$cur}" "${4- }"
 }
 
 # Fills the COMPREPLY array with prefiltered paths without any additional

@@ -837,7 +816,7 @@ __git_complete_refs ()
 
 	# Append DWIM remote branch names if requested
 	if [ "$dwim" = "yes" ]; then
-		__gitcomp_direct_append "$(__git_dwim_remote_heads "$pfx" "$cur_" "$sfx")"
+		__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_dwim_remote_heads "$pfx" "$cur_" "$sfx")"
 	fi
 }
 

@@ -2612,7 +2591,7 @@ __git_complete_config_variable_name ()
 		local pfx="${cur_%.*}."
 		cur_="${cur_#*.}"
 		__gitcomp_direct "$(__git_heads "$pfx" "$cur_" ".")"
-		__gitcomp_nl_append $'autoSetupMerge\nautoSetupRebase\n' "$pfx" "$cur_" "${sfx- }"
+		__gitcomp_nl $'autoSetupMerge\nautoSetupRebase\n' "$pfx" "$cur_" "${sfx- }"
 		return
 		;;
 	guitool.*.*)

@@ -2662,7 +2641,7 @@ __git_complete_config_variable_name ()
 		local pfx="${cur_%.*}."
 		cur_="${cur_#*.}"
 		__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_remotes)" "$pfx" "$cur_" "."
-		__gitcomp_nl_append "pushDefault" "$pfx" "$cur_" "${sfx- }"
+		__gitcomp_nl "pushDefault" "$pfx" "$cur_" "${sfx- }"
 		return
 		;;
 	url.*.*)

@@ -120,16 +120,6 @@ __gitcomp_file ()
 	compadd -f -p "${2-}" -- ${(f)1} && _ret=0
 }
 
-__gitcomp_direct_append ()
-{
-	__gitcomp_direct "$@"
-}
-
-__gitcomp_nl_append ()
-{
-	__gitcomp_nl "$@"
-}
-
 __gitcomp_file_direct ()
 {
 	__gitcomp_file "$1" ""