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git-completions: add correct completion for git checkout -b and git switch -c #1219

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion custom-completions/git/git-completions.nu
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Expand Up @@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ def "nu-complete git checkout" [context: string, position?:int] {
}
# Already typed first argument.
if ($prev_tokens | length) > 2 and $preceding ends-with ' ' {
return (get-checkoutable-files)
# If we are creating a new branch, we may want to specify a start point
if ("-b" not-in $prev_tokens) and ("-B" not-in $prev_tokens) and ("--orphan" not-in $prev_tokens) {
return (get-checkoutable-files)
}
}
# The first argument can be local branches, remote branches, files and commits
# Get local and remote branches
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# Switch between branches and commits
export extern "git switch" [
switch?: string@"nu-complete git switch" # name of branch to switch to
start_point?: string@"nu-complete git rebase" # name of the start point
--create(-c) # create a new branch
--detach(-d): string@"nu-complete git log" # switch to a commit in a detached state
--force-create(-C): string # forces creation of new branch, if it exists then the existing branch will be reset to starting point
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