How do I get bash completion to work with aliases?

Question

Case in point:

I\'m a on mac with bash v3.2.17, I\'m using git installed via macports with the bash_completion variant.

When I type git checkout m<

Answer 1

Ideally I'd like autocompletion to just magically work for all my aliases. Is it possible?

Yes, it is possible with the complete-alias project (on Linux). Support for Mac is experimental but users have reported success.