[Bug 1606576] [NEW] git diff may be run outside of git tree

[Thomas Loimer]

Public bug reported:

git diff can be run on two regular files, which are not under git source control. However, pressing Tab to auto-complete filenames gives an error "fatal: Not a git repository".
I believe, bash-completion is the culprit. It should not be overly smart and simply try to complete the filenames.
touch oldfile newfile
git diff oldfile newfile
# versus
git diff old<Tab>

** Affects: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  git diff may be run outside of git tree

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  git diff can be run on two regular files, which are not under git source control. However, pressing Tab to auto-complete filenames gives an error "fatal: Not a git repository".
  I believe, bash-completion is the culprit. It should not be overly smart and simply try to complete the filenames.
  touch oldfile newfile
  git diff oldfile newfile
  # versus
  git diff old<Tab>

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