git-completion, OS X, Homebrew instructions

[thomasaw]

For more recent versions of git (installed via brew), the shell script should be:

if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
fi

[erikhuizinga]

Does not work on my macOS Sierra with Git version 2.9.3 (Apple Git-75). I get errors:

-bash: __git_find_subcommand: command not found
-bash: __gitcomp: command not found

[manodupont]

WEll for me there is just nothing. So i added the git-flow-completion.bash into /etc/bash_completion.d folder.

i added this script to my .bash_profile

if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash
fi

then reload bash

source ~/.bash_profile

Then what ? No auto completion at all! What am i missing ?

[thomasaw]

@erikhuizinga @manodupont My suggestion only works when you install git via brew. (I recommended installing it via brew because you can get the latest version easier.)

[manodupont]

I did that too.

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[thomasaw]

When installed with brew the full path should be: /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash. It should be installed there when you install git (via brew).

[erikhuizinga]

Me too after all hassle. Brew update and brew install git and brew upgrade truly work magically!

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[kwelch]

I was able to fix this by relinking the newest.

brew install git && brew link --overwrite git

[alicederyn]

I had to brew uninstall git then brew install git, perhaps because git was installed before bash_completion and there were no updates to pick up.

[dnetix]

I just made it work!
First install with brew bash-completion just running brew install bash-completion

Then download this two files
git-completion.bash
git-flow-completion.bash

Now copy them to the folder BREW_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/ typically BREW_PREFIX is /usr/local but you can figure out which one is yours just running the command brew --prefix
And lastly copy this instructions to your ~/.profile file

if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
  . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi
if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash ]; then
  . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
fi
if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash ]; then
  . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-flow-completion.bash
fi

Close the terminal or source the .profile file to enable autocompletion
And now you can use tab to autocomplete commands on git

[adrian2x]

@dnetix Your solution worked for me too (Sierra 10.12.6)
How comes those files are not downloaded automatically by bash though?

[jack829]

@dnetix Thank you!!! Finally works. I'd been trying half-heartedly to get this working for a couple months and kept giving up.

[GuanglinDu]

@dnetix Many thanks for your solution. It works great. I've been annoyed by this Git-cannot-autocomplete for about 3 months after starting my journey on Mac OS (Sierra 10.12.6 + Git 2.14.3).

By the way either 'source ~/.bash_profile' or 'exec -l $SHELL' enables the autocompletion.

[Irrizzit]

another update to this little gem.
thanks

[patriciafrias]

Thank you soooo much @dnetix. Finally it works!!!!

[ghost]

My usage

• brew install bash bash-completion@2 and set it as my shell
• put completion script to ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/<command_name> for lazy loading
  • the script is not loaded until I TAB on the command
  • use a jumper script if needed

e.g. a jumper script

# file: ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/git
if [ -f /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/git-completion.bash ]; then
    . /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/git-completion.bash
fi

[YellowPlusX]

@dnetix thank you for your solution.It works for me.

[spen]

+1 hat tip for this 👌

[MBerger1]

+1 - ty @dnetix !!

[nattsdaff]

finally!!! Thank you @dnetix

[scoreytime]

Thank you @dnetix! This worked great for me on OS Catalina 10.15.1

[ahmedhamdy2121]

Nono of the above worked for me :(

I am using macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (19H114)

@dnetix your solution gives me this error /usr/local/etc/bash_completion:1577: command not found: complete when running source ~/.bash_profile

Anyone can help?

[chadfurman]

This is quite ancient -- the .bash script is now considered deprecated, apparently -- zsh is now the default terminal on OSX it seems.