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From: Pino Toscano <ptoscano@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 15:18:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] * src/augtool.c: hopefully fix readline quoting issues

Configure the quoting (also using a detector) and word break characters,
so it is possible to autocomplete paths with special characters (like
spaces, which are already quoted by augeas).
---
 src/augtool.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/augtool.c b/src/augtool.c
index b42ef630..31a991eb 100644
--- a/src/augtool.c
+++ b/src/augtool.c
@@ -267,10 +267,22 @@ static char *get_home_dir(uid_t uid) {
     return result;
 }
 
+/* Inspired from:
+ * https://thoughtbot.com/blog/tab-completion-in-gnu-readline
+ */
+static int quote_detector(char *str, int index) {
+    return index > 0
+           && str[index - 1] == '\\'
+           && quote_detector(str, index - 1) == 0;
+}
+
 static void readline_init(void) {
     rl_readline_name = "augtool";
     rl_attempted_completion_function = readline_completion;
     rl_completion_entry_function = readline_path_generator;
+    rl_completer_quote_characters = "\"'";
+    rl_completer_word_break_characters = (char *) " ";
+    rl_char_is_quoted_p = &quote_detector;
 
     /* Set up persistent history */
     char *home_dir = get_home_dir(getuid());
-- 
2.24.1