Re: Use helper functions for git completion in my own completions

["Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is it possible to use the helper functions defined in "_git" for the 
> git command in my own completion functions?

Yes, though with the recent(-ish) rewrite (and in general), I'm not sure 
there's really a stable API.

E.g. if __git_pattern_escape isn't needed by _git anymore, I suspect it 
would simply disappear.  As would __git_commits2, or whatnot.


> I am taking my first steps with writing completions for the 
> git-import-dsc, git-import-orig commands in Debian, but am not surehow 
> I can make sure helper functions such as __git_branch_names are 
> available when I user "git-import-dsc" (they are available when I use 
> "git import-dsc").

If you create the _git-{command-name} function (e.g. _git-import-dsc), 
it will be used by _git (at least by the version of _git I'm currently 
using).  By virtue of being used from within _git, all of the helper 
functions will exist, because they're defined when _git is autoloaded.

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Best,
Ben