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Enabling the auto-complete feature in Git with Z-shell
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- Name
- interglobalmedia
- @letsbsocial1
- Link to Enabling the auto-complete feature in Git with Z-shell podcast on anchorfm
Not only can you auto-complete
command line commands
in Zsh
, for example, but you can auto-complete commands in Git
as well! And it is quite simple.
First, go to the Git
repository on Github
and to the following link:
There, you will see a number of files for different Git
shell environments. Bash
, Zsh
, Prompt
(for Windows), to name a couple. I use Zsh
, so I downloaded the git-completion.zsh
file to my desktop and then moved it into my ~
(Home) directory. After that, I added the following to my .zshrc
file (also located in my home directory):
source ~/git-completion.zsh
I placed this line right above my PATH
exports.
I made sure to quit Terminal
and then open a new Terminal
window instance before testing out my new Git
auto-complete feature. And it works! For example, if I type che
followed by the tab
key, I get the following in Terminal
:
There are other ways of getting the git-completion.zsh
file onto your desktop from Github such as with git pull
, but I will get into that in another podcast (post).
I will be embedding this episode of Plugging in The Holes along with a transcript in the form of a post on interglobalmedianetwork.com for your hearing and reading pleasure. Bye for now!