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25.1.91; vc-retrieve-tag does not offer branch namd completion

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Message #23 received at 25710 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Cc: 25710 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25710: Acknowledgement (25.1.91; vc-retrieve-tag does not
 offer branch namd completion)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:26:37 +0200

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On 15.02.2017 06:35, Tom Tromey wrote:

> Emacs itself has 144 tags, while I have about 16 branches.
> So for me at least, for this project, that's 90% clutter and 10% things
> I might actually want to complete.

All Emacs tags start with "emacs-", so if you just input any other 
character and press TAB, you won't see the tags.

> For my gdb checkout I have 32 branches and there are 636 tags, so the
> ratio is even worse there -- about 5% useful things.

I think we should consider whether it's likely to be a problem, and not 
just reject the unlikely options. Because other people's workflows can 
be different.

And I do anticipate having to check out a particular release version, 
someday.

Further, like Artem reminded us, we already have a revisions completion 
table. So the attached patch seems preferable to me. WDYT?

[vc-retrieve-tag-completion.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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