Oh, this is supported and documented in a .txt that the .deb doesn't ship.
simply put COMP_FILEDIR_FALLBACK=1 in your ~/.bash_completion (or ~/.bashrc)
doc/bash_completion.txt in the source tree.
https://alioth.debian.org/plugins/scmgit/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bash-completion/bash-completion.git;a=blob;f=doc/bash_completion.txt;h=c6e53d4c0534416d2507607ee9a90f1b1dd3abe9;hb=HEAD
close this bug once Ubuntu ships upstream's doc/bash_completion.txt
Oh, this is supported and documented in a .txt that the .deb doesn't ship.
simply put FALLBACK= 1
COMP_FILEDIR_
in your ~/.bash_completion (or ~/.bashrc)
doc/bash_ completion. txt in the source tree.
https:/ /alioth. debian. org/plugins/ scmgit/ cgi-bin/ gitweb. cgi?p=bash- completion/ bash-completion .git;a= blob;f= doc/bash_ completion. txt;h=c6e53d4c0 534416d2507607e e9a90f1b1dd3abe 9;hb=HEAD
close this bug once Ubuntu ships upstream's doc/bash_ completion. txt