Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] completion of 'git [-C <dir>] checkout'

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Continuing from the previous 'git [-C <dir>] diff' series, these
patches correct completion for 'git checkout [-C <dir>] path<TAB>',
with a fallback to complete untracked paths of somewhat dubious
value, primarily as a reminder for future work.

Hopefully this will be the small and final update to the series.

 1/3: completion: no-op refactoring of checkout completion
 2/3: completion: complete tracked paths for "git checkout"
 3/3: completion: 'git checkout' completes untracked paths as a last
        resort

 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 88 ++++++++++++++------------
 t/t9902-completion.sh                  | 56 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

Range-diff against v2:
1:  33d136ffde = 1:  33d136ffde completion: no-op refactoring of checkout completion
2:  a28754cfd9 = 2:  a28754cfd9 completion: complete tracked paths for "git checkout"
3:  90aec6539c ! 3:  17880068c0 completion: 'git checkout' completes untracked paths as a last resort
    @@ contrib/completion/git-completion.bash: _git_checkout ()
        fi
     +
     +  if [ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
    -+          __git_complete_index_file "--others"
    ++          __git_complete_index_file "--others --directory"
     +  fi
      }

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2.55.0-759-g9dcc51a0fd

This version looks good to me; thanks!