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Can I setup auto-complete for git on Windows via cmd.exe?

I've recently learned that on linux, git can be setup to autocomplete commands: If you type

git br<TAB>

Then it will complete it to git branch.

Can the same auto-completion be set up on Windows?

Update - I'm usually working with git via cmd.exe (I added git to my path). This question is about adding auto-completion to git on cmd, if that's possible.

Solution

  • You have to use some form of bash to get it to work, either git bash that comes with msysgit or some other bash (which you need to setup to use the autocompletion used in git bash). With cmd.exe you will have no luck.

    Look at this as a sign for you to leave old rusty cmd.exe behind. Enter the light of bash! : )