[Bash-completion-devel] alias completion: is apprending '=' by default really useful ?

[Guillaume Rousse]

Alias completion currently completes on alias name, always appending '=' 
sign to them. It might be useful if the intent is actually to define, 
but if the goal is just to inspect current definition, it's not, and 
requires additional user effort to edit its current command line. 
According to minimal completion principle, I'd rather drop it.

Additionaly, it can even get considered harmful, as if the user confirms 
the command line too quickly, it will wipe out alias in question...


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