Re: Git commands or aliases first?

[Nikolai Weibull <now@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 14:06, Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

OK, I’ve implemented it this way now.