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On 09/18/2010 05:35 AM, SJ Wright wrote:
> Is there any reason, when bash itself nowadays has pretty good
> tab-completion, why bash-completion is still available in setup.exe or
> elsewhere in the Luniverse?

Yes.  Builtin bash completion ONLY targets command names (in the first 
shell word) and file names (in subsequent shell words). The 
bash-completion package adds context-sensitive tab completion (ssh <TAB> 
completes on known machine names, chown <TAB> completes on known user 
names, git branch <TAB> completes on branch names in the current 
repository, etc.).  If you want the additional context sensitivity 
(which _I_ do), then bash-completion is a must.  If you don't mind 
losing out on the extra context sensitivity and want bash to use less 
resources, then avoid bash-completion.  It's up to you.

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volunteer cygwin bash-completion maintainer

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