From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19859 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 15:18:55 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 15:18:55 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 24213 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 15:18:51 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 15:18:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 2009 invoked by alias); 29 Jan 2009 15:18:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 26480 Received: (qmail 1993 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 15:18:44 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 15:18:44 -0000 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.170]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE3480271F0 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:18:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so8376173wff.3 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:18:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dbSl+UOxT1j2iL4OhkRkc3/8xfMU/8RYcCtFrlVCjuI=; b=CrQABKtcep/kwzgfYf/aRvy43jediNHHiFONSvLKsYbYccGeev/1Xs5BpEX+2OwgXw HKLQ91TOX9/vJFptW7t5YGmmyHK/W3vFsqxYjdLG3xpWzBDcsB+eqgb5Y2EWGk2KG/c/ e0fEqoQ0GE80B17nIl6rdHtMZDsf1+yqrRn50= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=TSPoVaDIt1SLPgmSNH1F5Hv5KkDC61XBwebNcmoITdvczXeRdICoTRSXy/cP7DPeMc bvbX5YHGIynAEzQx+Jr7cTUY2p2JW5+jrGPwZ8p5FDe0MVDAcVSu3Bot+Zdxl7hAkPBG wBgtnKinyo6nEjHzzaP1xxywby9RaDhJsCmB8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: nikolai.weibull@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.77.7 with SMTP id z7mr57926wfa.230.1233242308092; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:18:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2d460de70901290707m13032c77l782a8ca30ce09486@mail.gmail.com> References: <1233231710-1204-1-git-send-email-ingmar@exherbo.org> <2d460de70901290636g6e0b43fw971397716cba8886@mail.gmail.com> <237967ef0901290640u9adf073g204586c1b290d0@mail.gmail.com> <2d460de70901290707m13032c77l782a8ca30ce09486@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:18:28 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 94fb7c5d3dddab6a Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Updates to git completion From: Nikolai Weibull To: Richard Hartmann Cc: Mikael Magnusson , Ingmar Vanhassel , "Zsh Hackers' List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/8919/Thu Jan 29 14:05:38 2009 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 16:07, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 15:40, Mikael Magnusson wrote: >> I think trying to complete options for the right versions for ~130 >> commands could make the >> code just a bit convoluted and hard to follow. Not even git itself >> documents when options >> were introduced. > Catch 22 :( Yeah, that's way to complicated and adds even more complexity to an already complex code-base (I should know, I wrote the initial commit). One could follow upstream commits, but I found it easier to simply go through the manual pages after each new (major) revision, adding new options and removing old ones.