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Using zsh autocompletion for alias
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)
2019 Community Moderator Election Results
Why I closed the “Why is Kali so hard” questionWhat's the intended use case for COMPLETE_ALIASES in zsh?zsh alias expansionHow do I get my shell functions to make use of existing autocompletion in zsh?How to disable autocompletion for sudo …?ZSH autocompletion gives seemingly random errors after some timeHow do I set Zsh autocompletion rules for second argument (of function) to an existing command's rules?zsh parse error after alias do=…Bash (Git) - Functions, Alias, and SH script filesCan I change how zsh autocomplete works?zsh: remove predicted textHow to use aliases with auto completion in oh-my-zsh?
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I have created a few aliases for git in zsh, for example gch = git checkout, grb = git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date and some more complex useful zsh functions for git commands. But how can I allow these aliases to use zsh git autocompletion?
zsh autocomplete alias oh-my-zsh
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
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I have created a few aliases for git in zsh, for example gch = git checkout, grb = git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date and some more complex useful zsh functions for git commands. But how can I allow these aliases to use zsh git autocompletion?
zsh autocomplete alias oh-my-zsh
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
1
What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead justzsh -fand thenautoload -U compinitand thencompinitand then create the aliases?
– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36
add a comment |
I have created a few aliases for git in zsh, for example gch = git checkout, grb = git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date and some more complex useful zsh functions for git commands. But how can I allow these aliases to use zsh git autocompletion?
zsh autocomplete alias oh-my-zsh
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
I have created a few aliases for git in zsh, for example gch = git checkout, grb = git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date and some more complex useful zsh functions for git commands. But how can I allow these aliases to use zsh git autocompletion?
zsh autocomplete alias oh-my-zsh
zsh autocomplete alias oh-my-zsh
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
edited Mar 7 '18 at 15:45
Michael Mrozek♦
62.5k29194214
62.5k29194214
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
asked Jan 5 '17 at 17:49
Patrick ArtounianPatrick Artounian
163
163
1
What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead justzsh -fand thenautoload -U compinitand thencompinitand then create the aliases?
– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36
add a comment |
1
What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead justzsh -fand thenautoload -U compinitand thencompinitand then create the aliases?
– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36
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1
What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead just
zsh -f and then autoload -U compinit and then compinit and then create the aliases?– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36
What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead just
zsh -f and then autoload -U compinit and then compinit and then create the aliases?– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36
add a comment |
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If you open the file which contains the autoloaded function defintion for git completion:
On my ubuntu system, its:
/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git
at the top of the file you will see the #compdef declaration
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-shell gitk tig
you can try adding your aliases to the #compdef definition, e.g.
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack [...] tig gch grb
^^^ ^^^
Then starting a new shell to get that new directive loaded.
Then try invoking completion.
What is /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git?
Its the file that contains the autoloaded "function" defining the completion behaviour for the all the commands defined in the #compdef directive, in this case the git family of commands, it lives in fpath and is autoloaded by compinit when the completion system is initialized.
What is #compdef ?
from man zshcompsys
#compdef name ... [ -P pattern ... [ -N name ... ] ]
The file will be made autoloadable and the function defined in it
will be called when completing names, each of which is either the
name of a command whose arguments are to be completed or one of a
number of special contexts in the form -context- described below.
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
add a comment |
I've done something very similar. Are you using oh-my-zsh? If so, make sure you've enabled the zsh-completions plugin in your .zshrc file. I'd also recommend the zsh-autosuggestions plugin.
Once you've done that, you'll need to add the following to your .zshrc file (if it's not already there)
fpath=(~/.zsh/completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
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Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
add a comment |
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If you open the file which contains the autoloaded function defintion for git completion:
On my ubuntu system, its:
/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git
at the top of the file you will see the #compdef declaration
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-shell gitk tig
you can try adding your aliases to the #compdef definition, e.g.
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack [...] tig gch grb
^^^ ^^^
Then starting a new shell to get that new directive loaded.
Then try invoking completion.
What is /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git?
Its the file that contains the autoloaded "function" defining the completion behaviour for the all the commands defined in the #compdef directive, in this case the git family of commands, it lives in fpath and is autoloaded by compinit when the completion system is initialized.
What is #compdef ?
from man zshcompsys
#compdef name ... [ -P pattern ... [ -N name ... ] ]
The file will be made autoloadable and the function defined in it
will be called when completing names, each of which is either the
name of a command whose arguments are to be completed or one of a
number of special contexts in the form -context- described below.
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
add a comment |
If you open the file which contains the autoloaded function defintion for git completion:
On my ubuntu system, its:
/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git
at the top of the file you will see the #compdef declaration
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-shell gitk tig
you can try adding your aliases to the #compdef definition, e.g.
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack [...] tig gch grb
^^^ ^^^
Then starting a new shell to get that new directive loaded.
Then try invoking completion.
What is /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git?
Its the file that contains the autoloaded "function" defining the completion behaviour for the all the commands defined in the #compdef directive, in this case the git family of commands, it lives in fpath and is autoloaded by compinit when the completion system is initialized.
What is #compdef ?
from man zshcompsys
#compdef name ... [ -P pattern ... [ -N name ... ] ]
The file will be made autoloadable and the function defined in it
will be called when completing names, each of which is either the
name of a command whose arguments are to be completed or one of a
number of special contexts in the form -context- described below.
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
add a comment |
If you open the file which contains the autoloaded function defintion for git completion:
On my ubuntu system, its:
/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git
at the top of the file you will see the #compdef declaration
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-shell gitk tig
you can try adding your aliases to the #compdef definition, e.g.
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack [...] tig gch grb
^^^ ^^^
Then starting a new shell to get that new directive loaded.
Then try invoking completion.
What is /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git?
Its the file that contains the autoloaded "function" defining the completion behaviour for the all the commands defined in the #compdef directive, in this case the git family of commands, it lives in fpath and is autoloaded by compinit when the completion system is initialized.
What is #compdef ?
from man zshcompsys
#compdef name ... [ -P pattern ... [ -N name ... ] ]
The file will be made autoloadable and the function defined in it
will be called when completing names, each of which is either the
name of a command whose arguments are to be completed or one of a
number of special contexts in the form -context- described below.
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
If you open the file which contains the autoloaded function defintion for git completion:
On my ubuntu system, its:
/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git
at the top of the file you will see the #compdef declaration
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-shell gitk tig
you can try adding your aliases to the #compdef definition, e.g.
#compdef git git-cvsserver git-receive-pack [...] tig gch grb
^^^ ^^^
Then starting a new shell to get that new directive loaded.
Then try invoking completion.
What is /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix/_git?
Its the file that contains the autoloaded "function" defining the completion behaviour for the all the commands defined in the #compdef directive, in this case the git family of commands, it lives in fpath and is autoloaded by compinit when the completion system is initialized.
What is #compdef ?
from man zshcompsys
#compdef name ... [ -P pattern ... [ -N name ... ] ]
The file will be made autoloadable and the function defined in it
will be called when completing names, each of which is either the
name of a command whose arguments are to be completed or one of a
number of special contexts in the form -context- described below.
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
edited Jan 5 '17 at 21:19
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
answered Jan 5 '17 at 21:13
the_velour_fogthe_velour_fog
5,47753467
5,47753467
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
add a comment |
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
Is there a nicer way to make this happen so it can fit into my dotfiles?
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:24
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
yes there are other ways to script this out but did this work for you? I guess there is no point bothering with improving on this solution if it fundamentally didnt work in the first place.
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:27
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
Just tried it and no dice. I apologize for rushing into things.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:50
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
@patrick oh ok sorry. it works for me with functions, however I dont use aliases anymore so I couldnt test on my system
– the_velour_fog
Jan 8 '17 at 21:54
add a comment |
I've done something very similar. Are you using oh-my-zsh? If so, make sure you've enabled the zsh-completions plugin in your .zshrc file. I'd also recommend the zsh-autosuggestions plugin.
Once you've done that, you'll need to add the following to your .zshrc file (if it's not already there)
fpath=(~/.zsh/completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
add a comment |
I've done something very similar. Are you using oh-my-zsh? If so, make sure you've enabled the zsh-completions plugin in your .zshrc file. I'd also recommend the zsh-autosuggestions plugin.
Once you've done that, you'll need to add the following to your .zshrc file (if it's not already there)
fpath=(~/.zsh/completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
add a comment |
I've done something very similar. Are you using oh-my-zsh? If so, make sure you've enabled the zsh-completions plugin in your .zshrc file. I'd also recommend the zsh-autosuggestions plugin.
Once you've done that, you'll need to add the following to your .zshrc file (if it's not already there)
fpath=(~/.zsh/completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
I've done something very similar. Are you using oh-my-zsh? If so, make sure you've enabled the zsh-completions plugin in your .zshrc file. I'd also recommend the zsh-autosuggestions plugin.
Once you've done that, you'll need to add the following to your .zshrc file (if it's not already there)
fpath=(~/.zsh/completions $fpath)
autoload -U compinit && compinit
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
edited 10 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
42.1k1484142
42.1k1484142
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
answered Jan 5 '17 at 19:20
Brian TullyBrian Tully
11
11
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
add a comment |
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
Yes, I am oh-my-zsh and I also already have that in the zshrc.
– Patrick Artounian
Jan 8 '17 at 21:21
add a comment |
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What happens when you remove oh-my-zsh and instead just
zsh -fand thenautoload -U compinitand thencompinitand then create the aliases?– thrig
Jan 5 '17 at 18:36