Bug 442372 - auto completion for config keys and values
Summary: auto completion for config keys and values
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
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Reported: 2014-08-22 08:38 EDT by Michael Keppler CLA
Modified: 2015-06-30 15:55 EDT (History)
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Description Michael Keppler CLA 2014-08-22 08:38:24 EDT 
Whenever I'm adding some configuration values on new repositories in egit, I have to run a Google search in advance, as I often can't remember the exact key and value of the configuration aspect I want to change.

egit could help me a lot by providing field assistance in the "Add a configuration value" dialog as described here: http://help.eclipse.org/luna/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fjface_fieldassist.htm
Comment 1 Robin Stocker CLA 2014-08-23 23:52:11 EDT 
What configuration values do you add to Git repositories? Maybe we could offer those in a nicer UI somewhere?

(I'm not against adding auto-completion, just wonder if we can't do better than that.)
Comment 2 Robin Rosenberg CLA 2014-08-24 11:00:37 EDT 
+1 for auto-completion
Comment 3 Robin Rosenberg CLA 2014-08-24 11:02:41 EDT 
Better than just auto-completion in the current ui would free-text editing with auto-completion. Entering configuration in the current ui is a pain. I almost never do it.
Comment 4 Mykola Nikishov CLA 2015-06-30 15:55:03 EDT 
[Batch change] Remove pre-3.7 Target Milestones

If anyone on CC list is going to fix/implement this, please assign a new 3.7+ target milestone.