diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 2ba1461422..6df62c2173 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -53,19 +53,6 @@ __gitdir ()
 	fi
 }
 
-__gitcomp_1 ()
-{
-	local c IFS=$' \t\n'
-	for c in $1; do
-		c="$c$2"
-		case $c in
-		--*=*|*.) ;;
-		*) c="$c " ;;
-		esac
-		printf '%s\n' "$c"
-	done
-}
-
 # The following function is based on code from:
 #
 #   bash_completion - programmable completion functions for bash 3.2+
@@ -195,8 +182,18 @@ _get_comp_words_by_ref ()
 }
 fi
 
-# Generates completion reply with compgen, appending a space to possible
-# completion words, if necessary.
+__gitcompadd ()
+{
+	local i=0
+	for x in $1; do
+		if [[ "$x" == "$3"* ]]; then
+			COMPREPLY[i++]="$2$x$4"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# Generates completion reply, appending a space to possible completion words,
+# if necessary.
 # It accepts 1 to 4 arguments:
 # 1: List of possible completion words.
 # 2: A prefix to be added to each possible completion word (optional).
@@ -208,19 +205,25 @@ __gitcomp ()
 
 	case "$cur_" in
 	--*=)
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		;;
 	*)
-		local IFS=$'\n'
-		COMPREPLY=($(compgen -P "${2-}" \
-			-W "$(__gitcomp_1 "${1-}" "${4-}")" \
-			-- "$cur_"))
+		local c i=0 IFS=$' \t\n'
+		for c in $1; do
+			c="$c${4-}"
+			if [[ $c == "$cur_"* ]]; then
+				case $c in
+				--*=*|*.) ;;
+				*) c="$c " ;;
+				esac
+				COMPREPLY[i++]="${2-}$c"
+			fi
+		done
 		;;
 	esac
 }
 
-# Generates completion reply with compgen from newline-separated possible
-# completion words by appending a space to all of them.
+# Generates completion reply from newline-separated possible completion words
+# by appending a space to all of them.
 # It accepts 1 to 4 arguments:
 # 1: List of possible completion words, separated by a single newline.
 # 2: A prefix to be added to each possible completion word (optional).
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ __gitcomp ()
 __gitcomp_nl ()
 {
 	local IFS=$'\n'
-	COMPREPLY=($(compgen -P "${2-}" -S "${4- }" -W "$1" -- "${3-$cur}"))
+	__gitcompadd "$1" "${2-}" "${3-$cur}" "${4- }"
 }
 
 # Generates completion reply with compgen from newline-separated possible
@@ -614,7 +617,6 @@ __git_complete_remote_or_refspec ()
 			case "$cmd" in
 			push) no_complete_refspec=1 ;;
 			fetch)
-				COMPREPLY=()
 				return
 				;;
 			*) ;;
@@ -630,7 +632,6 @@ __git_complete_remote_or_refspec ()
 		return
 	fi
 	if [ $no_complete_refspec = 1 ]; then
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		return
 	fi
 	[ "$remote" = "." ] && remote=
@@ -951,7 +952,6 @@ _git_am ()
 			"
 		return
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_apply ()
@@ -971,7 +971,6 @@ _git_apply ()
 			"
 		return
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_add ()
@@ -1031,7 +1030,6 @@ _git_bisect ()
 		__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs)"
 		;;
 	*)
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -1124,9 +1122,14 @@ _git_cherry ()
 
 _git_cherry_pick ()
 {
+	local dir="$(__gitdir)"
+	if [ -f "$dir"/CHERRY_PICK_HEAD ]; then
+		__gitcomp "--continue --quit --abort"
+		return
+	fi
 	case "$cur" in
 	--*)
-		__gitcomp "--edit --no-commit"
+		__gitcomp "--edit --no-commit --signoff --strategy= --mainline"
 		;;
 	*)
 		__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs)"
@@ -1170,7 +1173,6 @@ _git_clone ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_commit ()
@@ -1354,7 +1356,6 @@ _git_fsck ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_gc ()
@@ -1365,7 +1366,6 @@ _git_gc ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_gitk ()
@@ -1442,7 +1442,6 @@ _git_init ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_ls_files ()
@@ -1578,7 +1577,6 @@ _git_mergetool ()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
-	COMPREPLY=()
 }
 
 _git_merge_base ()
@@ -1831,7 +1829,7 @@ _git_config ()
 		local remote="${prev#remote.}"
 		remote="${remote%.fetch}"
 		if [ -z "$cur" ]; then
-			COMPREPLY=("refs/heads/")
+			__gitcompadd "refs/heads/" "" "" ""
 			return
 		fi
 		__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs_remotes "$remote")"
@@ -1891,7 +1889,6 @@ _git_config ()
 		return
 		;;
 	*.*)
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		return
 		;;
 	esac
@@ -2272,7 +2269,6 @@ _git_remote ()
 		__gitcomp "$c"
 		;;
 	*)
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -2388,8 +2384,6 @@ _git_stash ()
 		*)
 			if [ -z "$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$save_opts")" ]; then
 				__gitcomp "$subcommands"
-			else
-				COMPREPLY=()
 			fi
 			;;
 		esac
@@ -2402,14 +2396,12 @@ _git_stash ()
 			__gitcomp "--index --quiet"
 			;;
 		show,--*|drop,--*|branch,--*)
-			COMPREPLY=()
 			;;
 		show,*|apply,*|drop,*|pop,*|branch,*)
 			__gitcomp_nl "$(git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" stash list \
 					| sed -n -e 's/:.*//p')"
 			;;
 		*)
-			COMPREPLY=()
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi
@@ -2526,7 +2518,6 @@ _git_svn ()
 			__gitcomp "--revision= --parent"
 			;;
 		*)
-			COMPREPLY=()
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi
@@ -2551,13 +2542,10 @@ _git_tag ()
 
 	case "$prev" in
 	-m|-F)
-		COMPREPLY=()
 		;;
 	-*|tag)
 		if [ $f = 1 ]; then
 			__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_tags)"
-		else
-			COMPREPLY=()
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index adc1372b3c..6d9d1418a0 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ run_completion ()
 	local -a COMPREPLY _words
 	local _cword
 	_words=( $1 )
+	test "${1: -1}" == ' ' && _words+=('')
 	(( _cword = ${#_words[@]} - 1 ))
 	__git_wrap__git_main && print_comp
 }
@@ -104,6 +105,23 @@ test_gitcomp ()
 	test_cmp expected out
 }
 
+# Test __gitcomp_nl
+# Arguments are:
+# 1: current word (cur)
+# -: the rest are passed to __gitcomp_nl
+test_gitcomp_nl ()
+{
+	local -a COMPREPLY &&
+	sed -e 's/Z$//' >expected &&
+	cur="$1" &&
+	shift &&
+	__gitcomp_nl "$@" &&
+	print_comp &&
+	test_cmp expected out
+}
+
+invalid_variable_name='${foo.bar}'
+
 test_expect_success '__gitcomp - trailing space - options' '
 	test_gitcomp "--re" "--dry-run --reuse-message= --reedit-message=
 		--reset-author" <<-EOF
@@ -147,8 +165,51 @@ test_expect_success '__gitcomp - suffix' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp - doesnt fail because of invalid variable name' '
+	__gitcomp "$invalid_variable_name"
+'
+
+read -r -d "" refs <<-\EOF
+maint
+master
+next
+pu
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp_nl - trailing space' '
+	test_gitcomp_nl "m" "$refs" <<-EOF
+	maint Z
+	master Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp_nl - prefix' '
+	test_gitcomp_nl "--fixup=m" "$refs" "--fixup=" "m" <<-EOF
+	--fixup=maint Z
+	--fixup=master Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp_nl - suffix' '
+	test_gitcomp_nl "branch.ma" "$refs" "branch." "ma" "." <<-\EOF
+	branch.maint.Z
+	branch.master.Z
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp_nl - no suffix' '
+	test_gitcomp_nl "ma" "$refs" "" "ma" "" <<-\EOF
+	maintZ
+	masterZ
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success '__gitcomp_nl - doesnt fail because of invalid variable name' '
+	__gitcomp_nl "$invalid_variable_name"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'basic' '
-	run_completion "git \"\"" &&
+	run_completion "git " &&
 	# built-in
 	grep -q "^add \$" out &&
 	# script
@@ -271,7 +332,7 @@ test_expect_success 'complete tree filename with spaces' '
 	EOF
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'complete tree filename with metacharacters' '
+test_expect_success 'complete tree filename with metacharacters' '
 	echo content >"name with \${meta}" &&
 	git add . &&
 	git commit -m meta &&