Re: Git commands or aliases first?

[Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On 22 July 2011 13:40, Nikolai Weibull <now@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> What is the desired tag order for Git commands and aliases?
>>
>> My conclusion is that the current behavior is incorrect.  My reasoning
>> is that git will prefer invoking a command over an alias with the same
>> name.
>>
>> Does anyone have a contradictory opinion, or should I merge this change?
>
> We could show aliases first, but leave out ones that are also
> commands? On the one hand, I would want to complete my aliases before
> the commands, on the other hand I usually make alias names short
> enough to not need completing. On the third hand it's configurable
> with group-order anyway, so either is fine with me :). Ie
> zstyle ':completion:*:git:*' group-order main-porcelain-commands

If there is a git alias "add", git will still use the command, not the
alias. So that would make sense.

I also think aliases should be completed before commands, since that
will probably be "commands" the user calls regularly.

Regards, Frank