Getting bash completion on OS X and Linux
- Install bash-completion
on OS X:
sudo port install bash-completion
on Linux:
sudo apt-get install bash-completion
- Paste this in your .bashrc / .bash_profile
on OS X:
# MacPorts Bash shell command completion
if [ -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /opt/local/etc/bash_completion
fi
or for MacPorts since version 2.1.2 on Mountain Lion:
# MacPorts Bash shell command completion
if [ -f /opt/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh ]; then
. /opt/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
fi
or for MacPorts with newer versions of git:
if [ -f /opt/local/share/git-core/git-prompt.sh ]; then
. /opt/local/share/git-core/git-prompt.sh
fi
Note: Bash 4.1 or higher is required by bash_completion.sh. If completion doesn’t work try echo $BASH_VERSION to see if that’s the issue. If so, enter MacPorts bash by typing bash and try git completion again.
On Linux:
# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
Thanks for reading.
Sources:
-
https://superuser.com/questions/31744/how-to-get-git-completion-bash-to-work-on-mac-os-x
-
https://askubuntu.com/questions/33440/tab-completion-doesnt-work-for-commands