# Bug: dev two repos, hit tab key, Pkg crashes

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [December 1, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324 "2024-12-01T10:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/phma/32/6576_2.png) [@phma](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/phma)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324/1 "2024-12-01T10:03:30Z")

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I hit `]` for Pkg and tried to dev two repos called `wormcode` and `sumsquare`, hitting tab after the first few letters of each. (These are not the actual names of the repos and are actually in C++ and Rust respectively. I used these to prove that the actual directory names are irrelevant, because I’m working on code that’s currently a trade secret.) Julia version is 1.11.1 and I’m running Linux on an AMD Ryzen. As soon as I hit tab the second time, I got this:

```julia
(snip) pkg> dev ../wormcode/,../sum┌ Error: Error in the keymap
│ exception =
│ BoundsError: attempt to access 6-codeunit String at index [17]
│ Stacktrace:
│ [1] prevind(s::String, i::Int64, n::Int64)
│ @ Base ./strings/basic.jl:516
│ [2] prevind
│ @ ./strings/basic.jl:511 [inlined]
│ [3] (::REPLExt.var"#3#6"{String, Int64, UnitRange{Int64}})(x::String)
│ @ REPLExt /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:42
│ [4] filter!(f::REPLExt.var"#3#6"{String, Int64, UnitRange{Int64}}, a::Vector{String})
│ @ Base ./array.jl:2910
│ [5] complete_expanded_local_dir(s::String, i1::Int64, i2::Int64, expanded_user::Bool, oldi2::Int64)
│ @ REPLExt /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:40
│ [6] complete_local_dir(s::String, i1::Int64, i2::Int64)
│ @ REPLExt /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:33
│ [7] complete_add_dev(options::Dict{Symbol, Any}, partial::String, i1::Int64, i2::Int64; hint::Bool)
│ @ REPLExt /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:156
│ [8] complete_add_dev
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:155 [inlined]                                                                      
│ [9] #34#35
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:207 [inlined]                                                                      
│ [10] complete_argument(spec::Pkg.REPLMode.CommandSpec, options::Vector{String}, partial::String, offset::Int64, index::Int64; hint::Bool)
│ @ REPLExt /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:221
│ [11] #_completions#38
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:249
│ [12] _completions
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:224 [inlined]                                                                      
│ [13] #completions#42
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:278
│ [14] completions
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/completions.jl:266 [inlined]                                                                      
│ [15] #complete_line#46
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/Pkg/ext/REPLExt/REPLExt.jl:29
│ [16] complete_line(c::REPL.LineEdit.CompletionProvider, s::Any, ::Module; hint::Bool)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:188
│ [17] complete_line(s::REPL.LineEdit.PromptState, repeats::Int64, mod::Module; hint::Bool)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:428
│ [18] complete_line(s::REPL.LineEdit.PromptState, repeats::Int64, mod::Module)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:427
│ [19] complete_line(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:369
│ [20] edit_tab(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, jump_spaces::Bool, delete_trailing::Bool)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2419
│ [21] edit_tab
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2419 [inlined]
│ [22] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#118#174")(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any})
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2465
│ [23] #invokelatest#2
│ @ ./essentials.jl:1055 [inlined]
│ [24] invokelatest
│ @ ./essentials.jl:1052 [inlined]
│ [25] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#30#31"{REPL.LineEdit.var"#118#174", String})(s::Any, p::Any)
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1711
│ [26] macro expansion
│ @ /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2861 [inlined]
│ [27] macro expansion
│ @ ./lock.jl:273 [inlined]
│ [28] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#282#284"{REPL.Terminals.TTYTerminal, REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ReentrantLock, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})()
│ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2851
└ @ REPL.LineEdit /usr/local/lib/julia-1.11.1/share/julia/stdlib/v1.11/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2863
julia> 

```

Using two separate `dev` statements worked (if one package depends on another, I may have to put both packages in one `dev` statement).

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-dev-two-repos-hit-tab-key-pkg-crashes/123324/2 "2024-12-01T10:45:13Z")

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> [@phma](#):
>
> `(snip) pkg> dev ../wormcode/,../sum┌ Error: Error in the keymap`

This should of course fail more gracefully but other than that the problem is that Pkg REPL mode does not separate packages with comma. Try to use a space instead.