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Asked: May 21, 20262026-05-21T18:02:27+00:00 2026-05-21T18:02:27+00:00

The git autocompletion has show and show-branch but not show-ref . Is this because

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The git autocompletion has show and show-branch but not show-ref. Is this because autocompletion list is not complete? or is there any other reason?

[note] I am using the latest git from source (git version 1.7.5.128.g50d30)

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    2026-05-21T18:02:27+00:00Added an answer on May 21, 2026 at 6:02 pm

    Come to think of it, that was the asnwer, of course:

    I think show-ref is plumbing, not porcelain

    Porcelain can be used in various contexts including non-standard (overriden GIT_DIR, GIT_WORK_TREE, temporary directories, locks, whatnot). It would be ill-advised to use completion scripts indiscriminately during such operations, because they would invariably rely on other git subcommands, that may not exactly be valid at that time

    This is my theory, people are welcome to supplement that 🙂

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