feat: Add tab completion library - #16
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The built-in completion support worked by having the shell script append a hidden --generate-bash-completion flag, which App.Run stripped off before flag parsing and answered by calling a user-supplied BashCompleteFunc that printed candidate names. Applications had to write those callbacks by hand, and completion of flag values was not supported at all. Replace it with github.com/posener/complete. App.Run now detects a completion request via COMP_LINE and answers it from a complete.Command tree built by walking the app's commands, aliases, flags and global flags. - Flag gains GetPredictor(); each generated flag type gains a CustomFlagPredictor field for completing its value. - Command.BashComplete is replaced by Command.CustomCompletePredictor for completing positional arguments. - New SetupShellCompletion (install.go) installs and uninstalls the shell hook, replacing the hand-maintained autocomplete/ scripts. - BashCompleteFunc, BashCompletionFlag, DefaultAppComplete, ShowCompletions, ShowCommandCompletions and Context.shellComplete are removed. The code generator is fixed to run under python3 (NamedTemporaryFile needs an explicit text mode) and renamed to generate-flag-types.py; the doc comment in cli.go is reflowed to gofmt's current style.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe CLI replaces callback-based Bash completion with ChangesShell completion
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This PR changes command completion behavior and adds shell-startup installation, but the current implementation can report a failed installation as successful, omit global-flag suggestions, break applications with custom flags, and offer incorrect completions after value flags. The PR is not merge-ready until these bounded correctness and compatibility issues are resolved or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Shell
participant App
participant CompletionBuilder
participant CompleteLibrary
Shell->>App: Set COMP_LINE and COMP_POINT
App->>CompletionBuilder: Build visible commands and flags
CompletionBuilder->>CompleteLibrary: Provide predictors
CompleteLibrary-->>Shell: Write completion predictions
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In `@complete.go`:
- Around line 46-50: Update cmdToCompleteCmd so every generated child
complete.Command receives the application’s global flag map in GlobalFlags,
allowing complete.Command.predict to resolve global flags during recursive
subcommand prediction while preserving the existing Sub, Args, and Flags
mappings.
In `@flag.go`:
- Line 59: Remove GetCompleter from the public Flag interface to preserve
compatibility with existing implementations. Define a separate optional
completer interface, and update flagsToCompleteFlags to use its GetCompleter
implementation when available or complete.PredictNothing otherwise.
In `@generate-flag-types.py`:
- Around line 183-185: Update the predictor_body generation for value flags to
return complete.PredictAnything when f.Completer is nil, while preserving the
existing f.Completer behavior when present; then regenerate flag_generated.go so
the generated implementation reflects this fallback.
In `@install.go`:
- Line 115: Update the installation decision flow around isInstalled(cmd) to
check whether the detected shell itself is registered before assigning
AlreadyInstalled. Preserve installErr when that shell’s configuration write
failed, even if completeinstall.IsInstalled reports another shell as installed;
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| compCmd := complete.Command{ | ||
| Sub: sub, | ||
| Args: cmd.Completer, | ||
| Flags: flagsToCompleteFlags(cmd.Flags), | ||
| } |
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Propagate application global flags to generated subcommands.
complete.Command.predict recurses into the matched child before checking GlobalFlags. Because cmdToCompleteCmd leaves each child’s GlobalFlags empty, prog widget --profile cannot predict dev or prod. Pass the application global flag map to every generated child command.
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In `@complete.go` around lines 46 - 50, Update cmdToCompleteCmd so every generated
child complete.Command receives the application’s global flag map in
GlobalFlags, allowing complete.Command.predict to resolve global flags during
recursive subcommand prediction while preserving the existing Sub, Args, and
Flags mappings.
| // Apply Flag settings to the given flag set | ||
| Apply(*flag.FlagSet) | ||
| GetName() string | ||
| GetCompleter() complete.Predictor |
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Preserve source compatibility for custom Flag implementations.
Adding GetCompleter() to the public Flag interface makes external implementations that follow the previous contract fail to compile when assigned to []Flag. Define completion as an optional secondary interface and use complete.PredictNothing in flagsToCompleteFlags when it is not implemented.
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In `@flag.go` at line 59, Remove GetCompleter from the public Flag interface to
preserve compatibility with existing implementations. Define a separate optional
completer interface, and update flagsToCompleteFlags to use its GetCompleter
implementation when available or complete.PredictNothing otherwise.
| predictor_body = ( | ||
| "return f.Completer" if typedef['value'] | ||
| else "return complete.PredictNothing" |
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github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3 command.go flag predictor nil PredictAnything behavior
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In github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3, the PredictAnything variable is defined as a PredictFunc that returns nil: var PredictAnything = PredictFunc(func(Args) []string { return nil }) [1] When a flag or command is configured with PredictAnything, the predictor interface's Predict method is invoked [2][3]. Because PredictAnything returns nil, no specific completion options are provided back to the shell [1]. In the context of the command.go logic, when a flag with a predictor is encountered (and is not nil), the package executes the predictor's Predict method [2][3]: if predictor, ok:= c.Flags[a.LastCompleted]; ok && predictor!= nil { return predictor.Predict(a), true } By returning nil, PredictAnything effectively indicates that there are no specific candidates to suggest for that flag, allowing the shell to fall back to its default behavior (such as file or directory completion if configured by the shell environment, or simply displaying nothing if no matches are found) [2][1]. It is used when a flag expects an arbitrary value (like a number or string) that does not require specialized completion logic from the Go package [4].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/posener/complete/blob/v1.2.3/predict.go
- 2: https://github.com/posener/complete/blob/v1.2.3/command.go
- 3: https://github.com/posener/complete/blob/v1/command.go
- 4: https://github.com/posener/complete/blob/v1/doc.go
Generate a non-nil fallback for value flags.
When f.Completer is nil, GetCompleter returns nil and posener/complete does not treat the preceding flag as consuming a value. Completion after --output can then include unrelated commands and flags. Return complete.PredictAnything for nil completers, then regenerate flag_generated.go.
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In `@generate-flag-types.py` around lines 183 - 185, Update the predictor_body
generation for value flags to return complete.PredictAnything when f.Completer
is nil, while preserving the existing f.Completer behavior when present; then
regenerate flag_generated.go so the generated implementation reflects this
fallback.
| // Install() may have partially failed (e.g. some shell config | ||
| // already had it) while still succeeding for shell; re-check actual | ||
| // disk state rather than trust the error alone. | ||
| if !isInstalled(cmd) { |
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Do not convert a partial installation error into AlreadyInstalled.
completeinstall.IsInstalled returns true when any shell installer finds the registration. If the detected shell’s configuration write fails while another shell is already registered, line 115 hides installErr and returns success. The detected shell remains unavailable. Check the detected shell separately before setting AlreadyInstalled.
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In `@install.go` at line 115, Update the installation decision flow around
isInstalled(cmd) to check whether the detected shell itself is registered before
assigning AlreadyInstalled. Preserve installErr when that shell’s configuration
write failed, even if completeinstall.IsInstalled reports another shell as
installed; only return AlreadyInstalled when the detected shell is available.
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This moves the posener/complete library into this package, replacing the old bash completion setup. Each command and flag (except bool flag) now has a Completer field that can carry a complete.Predictor. Also, the installation has been moved here as well.
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