bash autocompletion with alias command

Question

in my ~/.bashrc, for git I have this alias

alias g='git'

how I can use the autocompletion of git with my alias g ?

chepner · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-03 14:05:59Z

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Add the following line to your .bashrc file:

complete -F XXX g

where XXX should be replaced by the value following -F in the output of the following command:

complete -p git

(It is likely, but not guaranteed, that this will be _git.)

answered Mar 3, 2014 at 14:05

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2 Comments

thanks, I add this line complete -o bashdefault -o default -o nospace -F _git g

Actually only complete -F _git g would be needed. Not sure if et matters though.