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Here is my setup:

brew install git bash-completion
Warning: git-2.1.3 already installed
Warning: bash-completion-1.3 already installed

In .bash_profile:

if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi

But I still don't have autocompletion for git commands. (I used macports before, but completely removed it because I couldn't get git commands to autocomplete no matter what I tried.)

I am on OSX 10.10

qed
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3 Answers3

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For Yosemite, after I upgraded to git 2.1.3 with homebrew, this worked in my .profile file (.bash_profile or similar would work, too):

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

I used to have git-prompt.sh there, but changing it to git-completion.bash worked for me. ymmv.

boorad
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Try download directly in your home directory:

curl -O https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
mv git-completion.bash .git-completion.bash

Then in your .bash_profile add the following:

if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then
    . ~/.git-completion.bash
fi
jherran
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    Did this wget https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash && source git-completion.bash, no luck yet. – qed Nov 04 '14 at 21:00
  • @qed, that + answer's .bash_profile worked for me. – Maragues Dec 08 '14 at 18:09
  • Even . ~/.git-completion.bash directly in the shell does not work. No error message either. – qed Apr 04 '16 at 12:08
  • The link above is a redirect, so we need to follow it: curl -L https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash > .git-completion.bash – gRizzlyGR Aug 14 '23 at 07:37
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On my system (10.10.5), I fixed this by creating a symlink in /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ to the bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash in the GIT directory. In my case:

cd /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
ln -s ../../Cellar/git/2.7.2/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash git-completion.bash

be sure to checkout your installed version of git and replace 2.7.2 with your version.

Patrick van Efferen
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