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		panpanna on May 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More Productive Git Same in Ubuntu. Bash completion on Ubuntu/debian is out of this world. I can do things like lxc exec <TAB> and get a list of currently running containers.

johnhenry on May 24, 2019 | [–]

Fun fact: Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian!

panpanna on May 24, 2019 | | [–]

Yeah, but they also have added some stuff that is not part of standard Debian.

paulddraper on May 24, 2019 | [–]

git has a whole bash library for autocompletion stuff (like complete ref, complete tree). You can even use it when writing your own commands.

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