How can I remove autocomplete text after colon on fetch?

Question

How to remove the fetch autocomplete feature, but only after the colon (:), on git?

I mean, after I type

$ git fetch origin m<tab>

, it autocompletes to

$ git fetch origin master:master

, and I want to autocomplete to just

$ git fetch origin master

, without the 'colon part' (like the previous versions of git).

Most times I'm already on master - or whatever branch, and I don't want to merge the remote branch into my local branch like this.

Thanks!

What do you mean by "on git"? The autocompletion will be done by whichever shell you're using. Which shell are you using? — evolutionxbox, Jan 04 '19 at 12:32
I'm using the vanilla Linux shell (no customs). I mean, is there a way to do that? I'm not familiar with this kind of customization in the Linux shell... — Juliano A. Felipe, Jan 04 '19 at 12:53
You need to modify your `git-completion` script. Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12399002/how-to-configure-git-bash-command-line-completion) out to know where to find it. — clamentjohn, Jan 04 '19 at 12:59
There is no vanilla Linux shell as such. A shell is just another program. Most likely, you mean bash. — Mad Physicist, Jan 04 '19 at 15:22
Sure, I know, was just trying to say 'without any customization', but thanks for pointing out! :) — Juliano A. Felipe, Jan 04 '19 at 15:23

Juliano A. Felipe · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-04T15:22:45.120

Thanks clmno for pointing this out.

I edited the file /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git, in the __git_complete_remote_or_refspec () function, commenting the following lines:

case "$cmd" in
  fetch)
    #if [ $lhs = 1 ]; then
    #  __gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs2 "$remote")" "$pfx" "$cur_"
    #else
      __gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs)" "$pfx" "$cur_" # leave this uncommented
    #fi
    ;;

And it works as I ~~want~~ expect.

How can I remove autocomplete text after colon on fetch?

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