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2015-08-03Merge branch 'dt/refs-backend-preamble'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-3/+11
In preparation for allowing different "backends" to store the refs in a way different from the traditional "one ref per file in $GIT_DIR or in a $GIT_DIR/packed-refs file" filesystem storage, reduce direct filesystem access to ref-like things like CHERRY_PICK_HEAD from scripts and programs. * dt/refs-backend-preamble: git-stash: use update-ref --create-reflog instead of creating files update-ref and tag: add --create-reflog arg refs: add REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG flag git-reflog: add exists command refs: new public ref function: safe_create_reflog refs: break out check for reflog autocreation refs.c: add err arguments to reflog functions
2015-07-21update-ref and tag: add --create-reflog argLibravatar David Turner1-3/+11
Allow the creation of a ref (e.g. stash) with a reflog already in place. For most refs (e.g. those under refs/heads), this happens automatically, but for others, we need this option. Currently, git does this by pre-creating the reflog, but alternate ref backends might store reflogs somewhere other than .git/logs. Code that now directly manipulates .git/logs should instead use git plumbing commands. I also added --create-reflog to git tag, just for completeness. In a moment, we will use this argument to make git stash work with alternate ref backends. Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-06-22delete_ref(): use the usual convention for old_sha1Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+7
The ref_transaction_update() family of functions use the following convention for their old_sha1 parameters: * old_sha1 == NULL: Don't check the old value at all. * is_null_sha1(old_sha1): Ensure that the reference didn't exist before the transaction. * otherwise: Ensure that the reference had the specified value before the transaction. delete_ref() had a different convention, namely treating is_null_sha1(old_sha1) as "don't care". Change it to adhere to the standard convention to reduce the scope for confusion. Please note that it is now a bug to pass old_sha1=NULL_SHA1 to delete_ref() (because it doesn't make sense to delete a reference that you already know doesn't exist). This is consistent with the behavior of ref_transaction_delete(). Most of the callers of delete_ref() never pass old_sha1=NULL_SHA1 to delete_ref(), and are therefore unaffected by this change. The two exceptions are: * The call in cmd_update_ref(), which passed NULL_SHA1 if the old value passed in on the command line was 0{40} or the empty string. Change that caller to pass NULL in those cases. Arguably, it should be an error to call "update-ref -d" with the old value set to "does not exist", just as it is for the `--stdin` command "delete". But since this usage was accepted until now, continue to accept it. * The call in delete_branches(), which could pass NULL_SHA1 if deleting a broken or symbolic ref. Change it to pass NULL in these cases. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-06-22cmd_update_ref(): make logic more straightforwardLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+10
Restructure the code to avoid clearing oldsha1 when oldval is unset. It's value is not needed in that case, so this change makes it more obvious that its initialization is consistent with its later use. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-02-17ref_transaction_verify(): new function to check a reference's valueLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+2
If NULL is passed to ref_transaction_update()'s new_sha1 parameter, then just verify old_sha1 (under lock) without trying to change the new value of the reference. Use this functionality to add a new function ref_transaction_verify(), which checks the current value of the reference under lock but doesn't change it. Use ref_transaction_verify() in the implementation of "git update-ref --stdin"'s "verify" command to avoid the awkward need to "update" the reference to its existing value. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-02-17ref_transaction_delete(): remove "have_old" parameterLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-2/+3
Instead, verify the reference's old value if and only if old_sha1 is non-NULL. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-02-17ref_transaction_update(): remove "have_old" parameterLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+4
Instead, verify the reference's old value if and only if old_sha1 is non-NULL. ref_transaction_delete() will get the same treatment in a moment. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-02-17refs.c: change some "flags" to "unsigned int"Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+2
Change the following functions' "flags" arguments from "int" to "unsigned int": * ref_transaction_update() * ref_transaction_create() * ref_transaction_delete() * update_ref() * delete_ref() * lock_ref_sha1_basic() Also change the "flags" member in "struct ref_update" to unsigned. Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-01-14standardize usage info string formatLibravatar Alex Henrie1-3/+3
This patch puts the usage info strings that were not already in docopt- like format into docopt-like format, which will be a litle easier for end users and a lot easier for translators. Changes include: - Placing angle brackets around fill-in-the-blank parameters - Putting dashes in multiword parameter names - Adding spaces to [-f|--foobar] to make [-f | --foobar] - Replacing <foobar>* with [<foobar>...] Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-12-11update-ref: fix "verify" command with missing <oldvalue>Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-9/+5
If "git update-ref --stdin" was given a "verify" command with no "<newvalue>" at all (not even zeros), the code was mistakenly setting have_old=0 (and leaving old_sha1 uninitialized). But this is incorrect: this command is supposed to verify that the reference doesn't exist. So in this case we really need old_sha1 to be set to null_sha1 and have_old to be set to 1. Moreover, since have_old was being set to zero, *no* check of the old value was being done, so the new value of the reference was being set unconditionally to the value in new_sha1. new_sha1, in turn, was set to null_sha1 in the expectation that that was the old value and it shouldn't be changed. But because the precondition was not being checked, the result was that the reference was being deleted unconditionally. So, if <oldvalue> is missing, set have_old unconditionally and set old_sha1 to null_sha1. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Acked-by: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-15refs.c: pass the ref log message to _create/delete/update instead of _commitLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-6/+7
Change the ref transaction API so that we pass the reflog message to the create/delete/update functions instead of to ref_transaction_commit. This allows different reflog messages for each ref update in a multi-ref transaction. Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03update-ref --stdin: pass transaction around explicitlyLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-12/+15
This makes it more obvious at a glance where the output of functions parsing the --stdin stream goes. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03update-ref --stdin: narrow scope of err strbufLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-1/+10
Making the strbuf local in each function that needs to print errors saves the reader from having to think about action at a distance, such as * errors piling up and being concatenated with no newline between them * errors unhandled in one function, to be later handled in another * concurrency issues, if this code starts using threads some day No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03refs.c: make ref_transaction_begin take an err argumentLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-1/+4
Add an err argument to _begin so that on non-fatal failures in future ref backends we can report a nice error back to the caller. While _begin can currently never fail for other reasons than OOM, in which case we die() anyway, we may add other types of backends in the future. For example, a hypothetical MySQL backend could fail in _begin with "Can not connect to MySQL server. No route to host". Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03refs.c: update ref_transaction_delete to check for error and return statusLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-2/+3
Change ref_transaction_delete() to do basic error checking and return non-zero on error. Update all callers to check the return for ref_transaction_delete(). There are currently no conditions in _delete that will return error but there will be in the future. Add an err argument that will be updated on failure. Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03refs.c: change ref_transaction_create to do error checking and return statusLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-1/+3
Do basic error checking in ref_transaction_create() and make it return non-zero on error. Update all callers to check the result of ref_transaction_create(). There are currently no conditions in _create that will return error but there will be in the future. Add an err argument that will be updated on failure. Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-07-14refs.c: change ref_transaction_update() to do error checking and return statusLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-5/+7
Update ref_transaction_update() do some basic error checking and return non-zero on error. Update all callers to check ref_transaction_update() for error. There are currently no conditions in _update that will return error but there will be in the future. Add an err argument that will be updated on failure. In future patches we will start doing both locking and checking for name conflicts in _update instead of _commit at which time this function will start returning errors for these conditions. Also check for BUGs during update and die(BUG:...) if we are calling _update with have_old but the old_sha1 pointer is NULL. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-07-14refs.c: remove the onerr argument to ref_transaction_commitLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-2/+1
Since all callers now use QUIET_ON_ERR we no longer need to provide an onerr argument any more. Remove the onerr argument from the ref_transaction_commit signature. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-07-14update-ref: use err argument to get error from ref_transaction_commitLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-5/+5
Call ref_transaction_commit with QUIET_ON_ERR and use the strbuf that is returned to print a log message if/after the transaction fails. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-07-14refs.c: add a strbuf argument to ref_transaction_commit for error loggingLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-1/+1
Add a strbuf argument to _commit so that we can pass an error string back to the caller. So that we can do error logging from the caller instead of from _commit. Longer term plan is to first convert all callers to use onerr==QUIET_ON_ERR and craft any log messages from the callers themselves and finally remove the onerr argument completely. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-07-14refs.c: ref_transaction_commit should not free the transactionLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-0/+1
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: reimplement using reference transactionsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-67/+75
This change is mostly clerical: the parse_cmd_*() functions need to use local variables rather than a struct ref_update to collect the arguments needed for each update, and then call ref_transaction_*() to queue the change rather than building up the list of changes at the caller side. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: harmonize error messagesLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-12/+12
Make (most of) the error messages for invalid input have the same format [1]: $COMMAND [SP $REFNAME]: $MESSAGE Update the tests accordingly. [1] A few error messages are left with their old form, because $COMMAND and $REFNAME aren't passed all the way down the call stack. Maybe those sites should be changed some day, too. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: improve the error message for unexpected EOFLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-2/+2
Distinguish this error from the error that an argument is missing for another reason. Update the tests accordingly. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin -z: deprecate interpreting the empty string as zerosLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+2
In the original version of this command, for the single case of the "update" command's <newvalue>, the empty string was interpreted as being equivalent to 40 "0"s. This shorthand is unnecessary (binary input will usually be generated programmatically anyway), and it complicates the parser and the documentation. So gently deprecate this usage: remove its description from the documentation and emit a warning if it is found. But for reasons of backwards compatibility, continue to accept it. Helped-by: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref.c: extract a new function, parse_next_sha1()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-62/+98
Replace three functions, update_store_new_sha1(), update_store_old_sha1(), and parse_next_arg(), with a single function, parse_next_sha1(). The new function takes care of a whole argument, including checking whether it is there, converting it to an SHA-1, and emitting errors on EOF or for invalid values. The return value indicates whether the argument was present or absent, which requires a bit of intelligence because absent values are represented differently depending on whether "-z" was used. The new interface means that the calling functions, parse_cmd_*(), don't have to interpret the result differently based on the line_termination mode that is in effect. It also means that parse_cmd_create() can distinguish unambiguously between an empty new value and a zeros new value, which fixes a failure in t1400. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: simplify error messages for missing oldvaluesLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+3
Instead of, for example, fatal: update refs/heads/master missing [<oldvalue>] NUL emit fatal: update refs/heads/master missing <oldvalue> Update the tests accordingly. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: make error messages more consistentLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-4/+4
The old error messages emitted for invalid input sometimes said "<oldvalue>"/"<newvalue>" and sometimes said "old value"/"new value". Convert them all to the former. Update the tests accordingly. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: improve error messages for invalid valuesLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-11/+13
If an invalid value is passed to "update-ref --stdin" as <oldvalue> or <newvalue>, include the command and the name of the reference at the beginning of the error message. Update the tests accordingly. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref.c: extract a new function, parse_refname()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-49/+41
There is no reason to obscure the fact that parse_first_arg() always parses refnames. Form the new function by combining parse_first_arg() and update_store_ref_name(). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07parse_cmd_verify(): copy old_sha1 instead of evaluating <oldvalue> twiceLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
Aside from avoiding a tiny bit of work, this makes it transparently obvious that old_sha1 and new_sha1 are identical. It is arguably a bit silly to have to set new_sha1 in order to verify old_sha1, but that is a problem for another day. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update-ref --stdin: read the whole input at onceLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-62/+108
Read the whole input into a strbuf at once, and then parse it from there. This might also be a tad faster, but that is not the point. The point is to decouple the parsing code from the input source (the old parsing code had to read new data even in the middle of commands). Add docstrings for the parsing functions. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07update_refs(): fix constnessLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
The old signature of update_refs() required a (const struct ref_update **) for its updates_orig argument. The "const" is presumably there to promise that the function will not modify the contents of the structures. But this declaration does not permit the function to be called with a (struct ref_update **), which is perfectly legitimate. C's type system is not powerful enough to express what we'd like. So remove the first "const" from the declaration. On the other hand, the function *can* promise not to modify the pointers within the array that is passed to it without inconveniencing its callers. So add a "const" that has that effect, making the final declaration (struct ref_update * const *). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07refs.h: rename the action_on_err constantsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-2/+3
Given that these constants are only being used when updating references, it is inappropriate to give them such generic names as "DIE_ON_ERR". So prefix their names with "UPDATE_REFS_". Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-07parse_arg(): really test that argument is properly terminatedLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+15
The old parse_arg(), when fed an argument "refs/heads/a"master parsed 'refs/heads/a' off of the front of the argument and considered itself successful. It was only when parse_next_arg() tried to parse the *next* argument that a problem was noticed. But in fact, the definition of the input format requires arguments to be terminated by SP or NUL, so *this* argument is already erroneous and parse_arg() should diagnose the problem. So teach parse_arg() to verify that C-quoted arguments are terminated correctly. If not, emit a more specific error message. There is no corresponding error case of a non-C-quoted argument that is not terminated correctly, because the end of a non-quoted argument is *by definition* a space or NUL, so there is no way to insert other junk between the "end" of the argument and the argument terminator. Adjust the tests to expect the new error message. Add a docstring to the function, incorporating the comments that were formerly within the function plus some added information. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-05replace {pre,suf}fixcmp() with {starts,ends}_with()Libravatar Christian Couder1-5/+5
Leaving only the function definitions and declarations so that any new topic in flight can still make use of the old functions, replace existing uses of the prefixcmp() and suffixcmp() with new API functions. The change can be recreated by mechanically applying this: $ git grep -l -e prefixcmp -e suffixcmp -- \*.c | grep -v strbuf\\.c | xargs perl -pi -e ' s|!prefixcmp\(|starts_with\(|g; s|prefixcmp\(|!starts_with\(|g; s|!suffixcmp\(|ends_with\(|g; s|suffixcmp\(|!ends_with\(|g; ' on the result of preparatory changes in this series. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-09-20Merge branch 'bk/refs-multi-update'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+251
Give "update-refs" a "--stdin" option to read multiple update requests and perform them in an all-or-none fashion. * bk/refs-multi-update: update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updates refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates refs: add function to repack without multiple refs refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs
2013-09-09update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesLibravatar Brad King1-1/+251
Add a --stdin signature to read update instructions from standard input and apply multiple ref updates together. Use an input format that supports any update that could be specified via the command-line, including object names like "branch:path with space". Signed-off-by: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-05Replace deprecated OPT_BOOLEAN by OPT_BOOLLibravatar Stefan Beller1-2/+2
This task emerged from b04ba2bb (parse-options: deprecate OPT_BOOLEAN, 2011-09-27). All occurrences of the respective variables have been reviewed and none of them relied on the counting up mechanism, but all of them were using the variable as a true boolean. This patch does not change semantics of any command intentionally. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-22Use imperative form in help usage to describe an actionLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-08-22i18n: update-ref: mark parseopt strings for translationLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-5/+5
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-25update-ref: whitespace fixLibravatar Pang Yan Han1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Pang Yan Han <pangyanhan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-22Move 'builtin-*' into a 'builtin/' subdirectoryLibravatar Linus Torvalds1-0/+58
This shrinks the top-level directory a bit, and makes it much more pleasant to use auto-completion on the thing. Instead of [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab> Display all 180 possibilities? (y or n) [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-sh builtin-shortlog.c builtin-show-branch.c builtin-show-ref.c builtin-shortlog.o builtin-show-branch.o builtin-show-ref.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shor<tab> builtin-shortlog.c builtin-shortlog.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin-shortlog.c you get [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em buil<tab> [type] builtin/ builtin.h [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin [auto-completes to] [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sh<tab> [type] shortlog.c shortlog.o show-branch.c show-branch.o show-ref.c show-ref.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/sho [auto-completes to] [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shor<tab> [type] shortlog.c shortlog.o [torvalds@nehalem git]$ em builtin/shortlog.c which doesn't seem all that different, but not having that annoying break in "Display all 180 possibilities?" is quite a relief. NOTE! If you do this in a clean tree (no object files etc), or using an editor that has auto-completion rules that ignores '*.o' files, you won't see that annoying 'Display all 180 possibilities?' message - it will just show the choices instead. I think bash has some cut-off around 100 choices or something. So the reason I see this is that I'm using an odd editory, and thus don't have the rules to cut down on auto-completion. But you can simulate that by using 'ls' instead, or something similar. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>