Git Auto-complete not working in bash

Question

I recently installed git. I am using Ubuntu 14.04. However the autocomplete feature is not working.

Whenever I type git i then TAB it should be git init but it doesn't happen so. I have tried everything mentioned in this page, still no success.

Whenever I do git in then TAB it seems like git is pinging unknown host. Below is the screenshot:

How do I resolve this?

score 35 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 14:02

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Use this script for Ubuntu:

https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

Read the documentation on how to set it up:

 To use these routines:

    1) Copy this file to somewhere (e.g. ~/.git-completion.bash).
    2) Add the following line to your .bashrc/.zshrc:
       source ~/.git-completion.bash
    3) Consider changing your PS1 to also show the current branch,
       see git-prompt.sh for details.

A shorter solution:

# install the bash-completion vai apg-get 
sudo apt-get install git bash-completion

answered Apr 22 '16 at 14:02

CodeWizard

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I did step 1 and 2 still no success. – MysticCode Apr 22 '16 at 14:07
try the updated apt-get option and update me if it working or not – CodeWizard Apr 22 '16 at 14:09
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That also did not work out. It says bash-completion is already the newest version – MysticCode Apr 22 '16 at 14:11
Ok, now try to source it: `source ~/.git-completion.bash`. if still not working try to set the chmod 664/755 on this file – CodeWizard Apr 22 '16 at 14:12
I dont know but the problem still persists. I also tried changing the permissions. I also have sourced .git-completion.bash in my .bashrc. .git-completion.bash also exists in my home directory. I don't know what the problem is – MysticCode Apr 22 '16 at 14:24
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Finally resolved the problem. The problem seemed to be with my .bashrc file ..i replaced ~/.bashrc with /etc/skel/.bashrc now its working – MysticCode Apr 22 '16 at 15:11
The shorter solution did not work for me, but the former one did. – Asalle Feb 21 '17 at 15:17
Long oslution didn't work for me on Xenial, but shorter one did – Martin Lyne Feb 05 '18 at 13:05
@MysticCode The `/etc/skel/.bashrc` was the solution for me as well. You should add it as an answer and mark it as the solution. – Erasmus Cedernaes Jun 11 '18 at 20:21
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The "shorter solution" of this answer worked for me, though I had to close my terminal and open a new terminal in order for it to take effect. – MountainDrew Jul 03 '20 at 15:20
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Just running the second step worked for me. – J.Ko Apr 14 '21 at 19:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '23 at 02:11

Install git & bash-completion

sudo apt-get install git bash-completion -y

Download the matched version of git-completion.bash (You can change the version in the following download link)

Example:

git v2.7.4: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/v2.7.4/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

git v2.17.1: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/v2.17.1/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

Source this git-completion.bash
```
. git-completion.bash
```

Enjoy it

Git Auto-complete not working in bash

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