Need help with OMZ git completions

[cviebrock]

I'm recently switched from OMZ to oh-my-posh, but would like to keep the alias and completions provided by the OMZ git and composer plugins. On my Linux machine, my .zshrc file looks like this:

export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH

# Set custom umask
umask 0007

export PAGER='less -X -F'

# zinit and plugins
ZINIT_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}/zinit/zinit.git"
[ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME ] && mkdir -p "$(dirname $ZINIT_HOME)"
[ ! -d $ZINIT_HOME/.git ] && git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit.git "$ZINIT_HOME"
source "${ZINIT_HOME}/zinit.zsh"

zinit snippet OMZL::git.zsh
zinit ice atload"unalias grv"
zinit snippet OMZP::git
zinit snippet OMZP::composer

# oh-my-posh prompt
eval "$(oh-my-posh init zsh --config ~/.mytheme.omp.json)"

# custom git aliases
alias grpo='git remote prune origin'
function gdrb() {
    git fetch -p
    git branch -r | awk '{print $1}' | egrep -v -f /dev/fd/0 <(git branch -vv | grep origin) | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r git branch -d
}

The aliases work (i.e. running aliases lists all the ones I'd expect from OMZ), but completions don't seem to work. Typing gsw then TAB to try and get a list of branches to switch to only pulls up the current directory listing (i.e. completion on the files, not git branches).

What am I missing? I've tried adding autoload -Uz compinit && compinit before loading the oh-my-posh prompt, but that doesn't seem to help.

[vladdoster]

@cviebrock,

Try setting setopt NO_complete_aliases

I was able to get it working using your config, see below.

zinit-issue-757.mp4

[cviebrock]

Thanks @vladdoster ... that doesn't seem to help for me. I tried no_completealiases and completealiases to check both.

FWIW, I have the same configuration on a Mac and on a Linux machine. Completion of gsw (for example) works on the Mac, but not on the Linux box.

If it's also of help, this might be limited to the gsw alias or git switch command, neither of which complete. Typing gco -b or git checkout -b then TAB triggers completion of branch names.

[vladdoster]

@cviebrock,

I see your Linux system is running zsh 5.5, so the issue might stem from old program versions. Please check that the git version (git --version) is >=2.23 on Linux and compare it to your mac.

If it is an old version of git, upgrade it and see if that resolves the issue.

[cviebrock]

FWIW, the Linux machine is running:

• zsh 5.5.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
• git version 2.43.7

My Mac (Tahoe 26.2)

• zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin25.0)
• git version 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)

I'll see about upgrading the Linux machine and will report back.

[cviebrock]

Same result after upgrading to git version 2.52.0. gb +TAB shows branch names for completion, but gsw +TAB does not, with either setopt completealiases or setopt no_completealiases.