How to configure git bash command line completion?

Question

E.g. on a fresh ubuntu machine, I\'ve just run sudo apt-get git, and there\'s no completion when typing e.g. git check[tab].

I didn\'t find

Answer 1

Ubuntu 14.10

Install git-core and bash-completion

sudo apt-get install -y git-core bash-completion

• For current session usage

  source /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
  

• To have it always on for all sessions

  echo "source /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git" >> ~/.bashrc