How can I set up autocompletion for Git commands?

Question

I have Git (version 1.7.2.5) bash compeletion working on my Debian squeeze (6.0). Git was installed with aptitude and I am using standard debian\'s bash, which supp

Answer 1

The shortest way to activate the bash auto-completion for Git on Debian is to add

source /etc/bash_completion.d/git

to the ~/.bashrc (and restart the terminal).

See also here: "Pro Git" -> 2.7 Git Basics - Tips and Tricks -> Auto-Completion.

Answer 2

For Ubuntu/Debian

Install Git and bash-completion by the following command:

sudo apt-get install git bash-completion

I don't think you need to do anything else.

Answer 3

Recent versions of Ubuntu (observed on 20.04) seem to have split completions into multiple paths. For Ubuntu 20.04, I had to add the following to my .bashrc (taken from the default bashrc found in /etc/bash.bashrc):

if ! shopt -oq posix; then
  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
  fi
fi