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Tab completion in GNU Readline

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GNU Readline is a powerful line editor with support for fancy editing commands, history, and tab completion. Even if you’re not familiar with the name Readline you might still be using it: it’s integrated into all kinds of tools including GNU Bash, various language REPLs, and our own gitsh project.

This post will talk you through the more advanced Readline tab completion features gitsh uses and show you how to use them in your own programs.

Read this post in full on the thoughtbot blog: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/tab-completion-in-gnu-readline