completion: add and use --list-cmds=alias

By providing aliases via --list-cmds=, we could simplify command
collection code in the script. We only issue one git command. Before
this patch that is "git config", after it's "git --list-cmds=". In
"git help" completion case we actually reduce one "git" process (for
getting guides) but that call was added in this series so it does not
really count.

A couple of bash functions are removed because they are not needed
anymore. __git_compute_all_commands() and $__git_all_commands stay
because they are still needed for completing pager.* config and
without "alias" group, the result is still cacheable.

There is a slight (good) change in _git_help() with this patch: before
"git help <tab>" shows external commands (as in _not_ part of git) as
well as part of $__git_all_commands. We have finer control over
command listing now and can exclude that because we can't provide a
man page for external commands anyway.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git.txt

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
 	parse-options), main (all commands in libexec directory),
 	others (all other commands in `$PATH` that have git- prefix),
 	list-<category> (see categories in command-list.txt),
-	nohelpers (exclude helper commands).
+	nohelpers (exclude helper commands) and alias.
 
 GIT COMMANDS
 ------------

alias.c

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "alias.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "string-list.h"
 
 struct config_alias_data {
 	const char *alias;
 	char *v;
+	struct string_list *list;
 };
 
 static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
@@ -12,8 +14,16 @@ static int config_alias_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
 	struct config_alias_data *data = d;
 	const char *p;
 
-	if (skip_prefix(key, "alias.", &p) && !strcasecmp(p, data->alias))
+	if (!skip_prefix(key, "alias.", &p))
-		return git_config_string((const char **)&data->v, key, value);
+		return 0;
+
+	if (data->alias) {
+		if (!strcasecmp(p, data->alias))
+			return git_config_string((const char **)&data->v,
+						 key, value);
+	} else if (data->list) {
+		string_list_append(data->list, p);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -27,6 +37,13 @@ char *alias_lookup(const char *alias)
 	return data.v;
 }
 
+void list_aliases(struct string_list *list)
+{
+	struct config_alias_data data = { NULL, NULL, list };
+
+	read_early_config(config_alias_cb, &data);
+}
+
 #define SPLIT_CMDLINE_BAD_ENDING 1
 #define SPLIT_CMDLINE_UNCLOSED_QUOTE 2
 static const char *split_cmdline_errors[] = {

alias.h

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef __ALIAS_H__
 #define __ALIAS_H__
 
+struct string_list;
+
 char *alias_lookup(const char *alias);
 int split_cmdline(char *cmdline, const char ***argv);
 /* Takes a negative value returned by split_cmdline */
 const char *split_cmdline_strerror(int cmdline_errno);
+void list_aliases(struct string_list *list);
 
 #endif

contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

@@ -834,51 +834,11 @@ __git_complete_strategy ()
 	return 1
 }
 
-# __git_commands requires 1 argument:
-# 1: the command group, either "all" or "porcelain"
-__git_commands () {
-	case "$1" in
-	porcelain)
-		if test -n "$GIT_TESTING_PORCELAIN_COMMAND_LIST"
-		then
-			printf "%s" "$GIT_TESTING_PORCELAIN_COMMAND_LIST"
-		else
-			git --list-cmds=list-mainporcelain,others,nohelpers,list-complete
-		fi
-		;;
-	all)
-		if test -n "$GIT_TESTING_ALL_COMMAND_LIST"
-		then
-			printf "%s" "$GIT_TESTING_ALL_COMMAND_LIST"
-		else
-			git --list-cmds=main,others,nohelpers
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-}
-
-__git_list_all_commands ()
-{
-	__git_commands all
-}
-
 __git_all_commands=
 __git_compute_all_commands ()
 {
 	test -n "$__git_all_commands" ||
-	__git_all_commands=$(__git_list_all_commands)
+	__git_all_commands=$(git --list-cmds=main,others,alias,nohelpers)
-}
-
-__git_list_porcelain_commands ()
-{
-	__git_commands porcelain
-}
-
-__git_porcelain_commands=
-__git_compute_porcelain_commands ()
-{
-	test -n "$__git_porcelain_commands" ||
-	__git_porcelain_commands=$(__git_list_porcelain_commands)
 }
 
 # Lists all set config variables starting with the given section prefix,
@@ -896,11 +856,6 @@ __git_pretty_aliases ()
 	__git_get_config_variables "pretty"
 }
 
-__git_aliases ()
-{
-	__git_get_config_variables "alias"
-}
-
 # __git_aliased_command requires 1 argument
 __git_aliased_command ()
 {
@@ -1500,13 +1455,6 @@ _git_grep ()
 	__git_complete_refs
 }
 
-__git_all_guides=
-__git_compute_all_guides ()
-{
-	test -n "$__git_all_guides" ||
-	__git_all_guides=$(git --list-cmds=list-guide)
-}
-
 _git_help ()
 {
 	case "$cur" in
@@ -1515,11 +1463,12 @@ _git_help ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	__git_compute_all_commands
+	if test -n "$GIT_TESTING_ALL_COMMAND_LIST"
-	__git_compute_all_guides
+	then
-	__gitcomp "$__git_all_commands $(__git_aliases) $__git_all_guides
+		__gitcomp "$GIT_TESTING_ALL_COMMAND_LIST $(git --list-cmds=alias,list-guide) gitk"
-		gitk
+	else
-		"
+		__gitcomp "$(git --list-cmds=main,nohelpers,alias,list-guide) gitk"
+	fi
 }
 
 _git_init ()
@@ -3058,8 +3007,14 @@ __git_main ()
 			--help
 			"
 			;;
-		*)     __git_compute_porcelain_commands
+		*)
-		       __gitcomp "$__git_porcelain_commands $(__git_aliases)" ;;
+			if test -n "$GIT_TESTING_PORCELAIN_COMMAND_LIST"
+			then
+				__gitcomp "$GIT_TESTING_PORCELAIN_COMMAND_LIST"
+			else
+				__gitcomp "$(git --list-cmds=list-mainporcelain,others,nohelpers,alias,list-complete)"
+			fi
+			;;
 		esac
 		return
 	fi

git.c

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static int list_cmds(const char *spec)
 			list_all_other_cmds(&list);
 		else if (match_token(spec, len, "nohelpers"))
 			exclude_helpers_from_list(&list);
+		else if (match_token(spec, len, "alias"))
+			list_aliases(&list);
 		else if (len > 5 && !strncmp(spec, "list-", 5)) {
 			struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 

t/t9902-completion.sh

@@ -1192,17 +1192,6 @@ test_expect_success '__git_pretty_aliases' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '__git_aliases' '
-	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
-	ci
-	co
-	EOF
-	test_config alias.ci commit &&
-	test_config alias.co checkout &&
-	__git_aliases >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'basic' '
 	run_completion "git " &&
 	# built-in
@@ -1511,13 +1500,6 @@ test_expect_success 'sourcing the completion script clears cached commands' '
 	verbose test -z "$__git_all_commands"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'sourcing the completion script clears cached porcelain commands' '
-	__git_compute_porcelain_commands &&
-	verbose test -n "$__git_porcelain_commands" &&
-	. "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash" &&
-	verbose test -z "$__git_porcelain_commands"
-'
-
 test_expect_success !GETTEXT_POISON 'sourcing the completion script clears cached merge strategies' '
 	__git_compute_merge_strategies &&
 	verbose test -n "$__git_merge_strategies" &&