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diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 019026efcb..7a6e1d797a 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
# source ~/.git-completion.sh
# 3) Consider changing your PS1 to also show the current branch,
# see git-prompt.sh for details.
+#
+# If you use complex aliases of form '!f() { ... }; f', you can use the null
+# command ':' as the first command in the function body to declare the desired
+# completion style. For example '!f() { : git commit ; ... }; f' will
+# tell the completion to use commit completion. This also works with aliases
+# of form "!sh -c '...'". For example, "!sh -c ': git commit ; ... '".
case "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" in
*:*) : great ;;
@@ -781,6 +787,10 @@ __git_aliased_command ()
-*) : option ;;
*=*) : setting env ;;
git) : git itself ;;
+ \(\)) : skip parens of shell function definition ;;
+ {) : skip start of shell helper function ;;
+ :) : skip null command ;;
+ \'*) : skip opening quote after sh -c ;;
*)
echo "$word"
return