git-completion, OS X, Homebrew instructions

thomasaw commented 8 years ago

For more recent versions of git (installed via brew), the shell script should be:

if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
fi

erikhuizinga commented 7 years ago

Does not work on my macOS Sierra with Git version 2.9.3 (Apple Git-75). I get errors:


-bash: __git_find_subcommand: command not found
-bash: __gitcomp: command not found

manodupont commented 7 years ago

WEll for me there is just nothing. So i added the git-flow-completion.bash into /etc/bash_completion.d folder.

i added this script to my .bash_profile

if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash
fi

then reload bash

source ~/.bash_profile

Then what ? No auto completion at all! What am i missing ?

thomasaw commented 7 years ago

@erikhuizinga @manodupont My suggestion only works when you install git via brew. (I recommended installing it via brew because you can get the latest version easier.)

manodupont commented 7 years ago

I did that too.

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thomasaw commented 7 years ago

When installed with brew the full path should be: /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash. It should be installed there when you install git (via brew).

erikhuizinga commented 7 years ago

Me too after all hassle. Brew update and brew install git and brew upgrade truly work magically!

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kwelch commented 7 years ago

I was able to fix this by relinking the newest.

brew install git && brew link --overwrite git

alicederyn commented 7 years ago

I had to brew uninstall git then brew install git, perhaps because git was installed before bash_completion and there were no updates to pick up.

dnetix commented 7 years ago

I just made it work! First install with brew bash-completion just running brew install bash-completion

Then download this two files git-completion.bash git-flow-completion.bash

Now copy them to the folder BREW_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/ typically BREW_PREFIX is /usr/local but you can figure out which one is yours just running the command brew --prefix And lastly copy this instructions to your ~/.profile file

if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
  . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi
if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash ]; then
  . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
fi
if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash
fi

Close the terminal or source the .profile file to enable autocompletion And now you can use tab to autocomplete commands on git

adrian2x commented 7 years ago

@dnetix Your solution worked for me too (Sierra 10.12.6) How comes those files are not downloaded automatically by bash though?

jack829 commented 6 years ago

@dnetix Thank you!!! Finally works. I'd been trying half-heartedly to get this working for a couple months and kept giving up.

GuanglinDu commented 6 years ago

@dnetix Many thanks for your solution. It works great. I've been annoyed by this Git-cannot-autocomplete for about 3 months after starting my journey on Mac OS (Sierra 10.12.6 + Git 2.14.3).

By the way either 'source ~/.bash_profile' or 'exec -l $SHELL' enables the autocompletion.

Irrizzit commented 6 years ago

another update to this little gem. thanks

patriciafrias commented 6 years ago

Thank you soooo much @dnetix. Finally it works!!!!

ghost commented 6 years ago

My usage

brew install bash bash-completion@2 and set it as my shell
put completion script to ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/<command_name> for lazy loading
- the script is not loaded until I TAB on the command
- use a jumper script if needed

e.g. a jumper script

# file: ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/git
if [ -f /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/git-completion.bash ]; then
    . /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/git-completion.bash
fi