Add tab completion for Git branches in Powershell

For that to be possible, a git provider for PowerShell would need to exist.

After a quick search, something similar apparently exists, the bizarre but aptly named posh-git:

http://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git

A set of PowerShell scripts which provide Git/PowerShell integration

• Prompt for Git repositories: The prompt within Git repositories can show the current branch and the state of files (additions, modifications,
  deletions) within.
• Tab completion: Provides tab completion for common commands when using git. E.g. git ch<tab> --> git checkout

Usage

See profile.example.ps1 as to how you can integrate the tab completion and/or git prompt into your own profile. You can also choose whether advanced git commands are shown in the tab expansion or only simple/common commands. Default is simple.

I wrote this little PS "gem", if posh-git is too much.
Just put it in your PowerShell profile to be able to type co  (with a space) and hit Tab to trigger completion and cycle through the list of branches:

function co
{
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[ArgumentCompleter({
param($pCmd, $pParam, $pWord, $pAst, $pFakes)


$branchList = (git branch --format='%(refname:short)')


if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($pWord)) {
return $branchList;
}


$branchList | Select-String "$pWord"
})]
[string] $branch
)


git checkout $branch;
}

UPDATE: refactored to return a list of branches when tab-completion invoked after space and no partial string can be matched. Will return "master" if this is only one branch

As a bonus, did you know you can call TortoiseGit from shell?

function dif
{
TortoiseGitProc.exe /command:repostatus
}