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@@ -121,6 +121,31 @@ A. No. Use `M-/` to (in the words of the bash man page) attempt file
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 A. Put them in `~/.bash_completion`, which is parsed at the end of the
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    main completion script. See also the next question.
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+**Q. How can I override a completion shipped by bash-completion?**
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+
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+A. Install a local completion of your own appropriately for the desired
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+   command, and it will take precedence over the one shipped by us. See the
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+   next answer for details where to install it, if you are doing it on per
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+   user basis. If you want to do it system wide, you can install eagerly
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+   loaded files in `compatdir` (see a couple of questions further down for
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+   more info) and install a completion for the commands to override
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+   completions shipped by us.
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+
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+   If you want to use bash's default completion instead of one of ours,
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+   something like this should work (where `$cmd` is the command to override
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+   completion for): `complete -o default -o bashdefault $cmd`
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+
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+**Q. Where should I install my own local completions?**
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+
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+A. Put them in the `completions` subdir of `$BASH_COMPLETION_USER_DIR`
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+   (defaults to `$XDG_DATA_HOME/bash-completion` or
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+    `~/.local/share/bash-completion`
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+   if `$XDG_DATA_HOME` is not set) to have them loaded on demand.
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+   See also the next question's answer for considerations for these
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+   files' names, they apply here as well. Alternatively, you can write
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+   them directly in `~/.bash_completion` which is loaded eagerly by
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+   our main script.
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+
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 **Q. I author/maintain package X and would like to maintain my own
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    completion code for this package. Where should I put it to be sure
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    that interactive bash shells will find it and source it?**