Deactivate command completion on empty lines, to avoid long pause times #657
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When attempting command completion on an empty/blank line, Bash will attempt to resolve all possibilities, which can take several seconds. Worse yet, this is easy to trigger -- accidentally press tab after enter instead of before. So, deactivating by default. Signed-off-by: David Alayachew <[email protected]>
…ty or blank lines Signed-off-by: David Alayachew <[email protected]>
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This resolves git-for-windows/git#5289. |
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Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <[email protected]>
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/add relnote feature Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes the session to "freeze". The workflow run was started |
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Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash [no longer causes the session to "freeze"](#657). Signed-off-by: gitforwindowshelper[bot] <[email protected]>
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When attempting command completion on an empty/blank line, Bash will attempt to resolve all possibilities, which can take several seconds. Worse yet, this is easy to trigger -- accidentally press tab after enter instead of before.
So, deactivating by default.