@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ __gitcomp_direct ()
 	COMPREPLY+=($1)
 }
 
-__gitcompappend ()
+__gitcompadd ()
 {
 	local x i=${#COMPREPLY[@]}
 	for x in $1; do

@@ -319,12 +319,6 @@ __gitcompappend ()
 	done
 }
 
-__gitcompadd ()
-{
-	COMPREPLY=()
-	__gitcompappend "$@"
-}
-
 # Generates completion reply, appending a space to possible completion words,
 # if necessary.
 # It accepts 1 to 4 arguments:

@@ -438,7 +432,7 @@ __gitcomp_builtin ()
 __gitcomp_nl ()
 {
 	local IFS=$'\n'
-	__gitcompappend "$1" "${2-}" "${3-$cur}" "${4- }"
+	__gitcompadd "$1" "${2-}" "${3-$cur}" "${4- }"
 }
 
 # Fills the COMPREPLY array with prefiltered paths without any additional

@@ -451,7 +445,7 @@ __gitcomp_file_direct ()
 {
 	local IFS=$'\n'
 
-	COMPREPLY=($1)
+	COMPREPLY+=($1)
 
 	# use a hack to enable file mode in bash < 4
 	compopt -o filenames +o nospace 2>/dev/null ||