completion: bash: improve alias loop detection

felipec · gitster · commit e4c75edb52ac · 2020-11-17T10:57:46.000-08:00
It is possible for the name of an alias to end with the name of another
alias, in which case the code will incorrectly detect a loop.

We can fix that by adding an extra space between words.

Suggested-by: SZEDER Gábor &lt;szeder.dev@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras &lt;felipe.contreras@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1120,16 +1120,17 @@ __git_pretty_aliases ()
 # __git_aliased_command requires 1 argument
 __git_aliased_command ()
 {
-	local cur=$1 list word cmdline
+	local cur=$1 last list word cmdline
 
 	while [[ -n "$cur" ]]; do
-		if [[ "$list" == *"$cur "* ]]; then
+		if [[ "$list" == *" $cur "* ]]; then
 			# loop detected
 			return
 		fi
 
 		cmdline=$(__git config --get "alias.$cur")
-		list="$cur $list"
+		list=" $cur $list"
+		last=$cur
 		cur=
 
 		for word in $cmdline; do
@@ -1153,7 +1154,7 @@ __git_aliased_command ()
 		done
 	done
 
-	cur="${list%% *}"
+	cur=$last
 	if [[ "$cur" != "$1" ]]; then
 		echo "$cur"
 	fi
