// Copyright 2013-2023 The Cobra Authors // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package cobra import ( "fmt" "os" "regexp" "strconv" "strings" "sync" "github.com/spf13/pflag" ) const ( // ShellCompRequestCmd is the name of the hidden command that is used to request // completion results from the program. It is used by the shell completion scripts. ShellCompRequestCmd = "__complete" // ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd is the name of the hidden command that is used to request // completion results without their description. It is used by the shell completion scripts. ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd = "__completeNoDesc" ) // Global map of flag completion functions. Make sure to use flagCompletionMutex before you try to read and write from it. var flagCompletionFunctions = map[*pflag.Flag]CompletionFunc{} // lock for reading and writing from flagCompletionFunctions var flagCompletionMutex = &sync.RWMutex{} // ShellCompDirective is a bit map representing the different behaviors the shell // can be instructed to have once completions have been provided. type ShellCompDirective int type flagCompError struct { subCommand string flagName string } // Error returns a descriptive error message indicating that the specified flag is not supported by the given subcommand. // Parameters: // - e: A pointer to a flagCompError instance containing details about the unsupported flag and subcommand. // Returns: // - A string representing the error message. func (e *flagCompError) Error() string { return "Subcommand '" + e.subCommand + "' does not support flag '" + e.flagName + "'" } const ( // ShellCompDirectiveError indicates an error occurred and completions should be ignored. ShellCompDirectiveError ShellCompDirective = 1 << iota // ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace indicates that the shell should not add a space // after the completion even if there is a single completion provided. ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace // ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp indicates that the shell should not provide // file completion even when no completion is provided. ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp // ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt indicates that the provided completions // should be used as file extension filters. // For flags, using Command.MarkFlagFilename() and Command.MarkPersistentFlagFilename() // is a shortcut to using this directive explicitly. The BashCompFilenameExt // annotation can also be used to obtain the same behavior for flags. ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt // ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs indicates that only directory names should // be provided in file completion. To request directory names within another // directory, the returned completions should specify the directory within // which to search. The BashCompSubdirsInDir annotation can be used to // obtain the same behavior but only for flags. ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs // ShellCompDirectiveKeepOrder indicates that the shell should preserve the order // in which the completions are provided ShellCompDirectiveKeepOrder // =========================================================================== // All directives using iota should be above this one. // For internal use. shellCompDirectiveMaxValue // ShellCompDirectiveDefault indicates to let the shell perform its default // behavior after completions have been provided. // This one must be last to avoid messing up the iota count. ShellCompDirectiveDefault ShellCompDirective = 0 ) const ( // Constants for the completion command compCmdName = "completion" compCmdNoDescFlagName = "no-descriptions" compCmdNoDescFlagDesc = "disable completion descriptions" compCmdNoDescFlagDefault = false ) // CompletionOptions are the options to control shell completion type CompletionOptions struct { // DisableDefaultCmd prevents Cobra from creating a default 'completion' command DisableDefaultCmd bool // DisableNoDescFlag prevents Cobra from creating the '--no-descriptions' flag // for shells that support completion descriptions DisableNoDescFlag bool // DisableDescriptions turns off all completion descriptions for shells // that support them DisableDescriptions bool // HiddenDefaultCmd makes the default 'completion' command hidden HiddenDefaultCmd bool } // Completion is a string that can be used for completions // // two formats are supported: // - the completion choice // - the completion choice with a textual description (separated by a TAB). // // [CompletionWithDesc] can be used to create a completion string with a textual description. // // Note: Go type alias is used to provide a more descriptive name in the documentation, but any string can be used. type Completion = string // CompletionFunc is a function that provides completion results. type CompletionFunc = func(cmd *Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]Completion, ShellCompDirective) // CompletionWithDesc constructs a Completion object with the provided choice and description. The completion follows the TAB-delimited format where the choice is followed by a tab character and then the description. // // Parameters: // - choice: A string representing the main element of the completion. // - description: A string providing additional information about the choice. // // Returns: // - Completion: A new Completion object combining the choice and description in the specified format. func CompletionWithDesc(choice string, description string) Completion { return choice + "\t" + description } // NoFileCompletions can be used to disable file completion for commands that should // not trigger file completions. // // This method satisfies [CompletionFunc]. // It can be used with [Command.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc] and for [Command.ValidArgsFunction]. // // Parameters: // - cmd: The command instance for which file completion is being disabled. // - args: The current arguments passed to the command. // - toComplete: The partial string that needs completion. // // Returns: // - []Completion: An empty slice, indicating no completions are available. // - ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp: A directive indicating that file completion should not be performed. func NoFileCompletions(cmd *Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]Completion, ShellCompDirective) { return nil, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp } // FixedCompletions can be used to create a completion function which always returns the same results. // // This method returns a function that satisfies [CompletionFunc] and can be used with [Command.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc] and for [Command.ValidArgsFunction]. func FixedCompletions(choices []Completion, directive ShellCompDirective) CompletionFunc { return func(cmd *Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]Completion, ShellCompDirective) { return choices, directive } } // RegisterFlagCompletionFunc registers a function to provide completion for a specified flag in the command. // // The flagName parameter is the name of the flag for which completion needs to be registered. // The f parameter is the completion function that will be called to generate completion suggestions. // // If the flag does not exist, an error is returned with a message indicating that the flag does not exist. // // If the flag is already registered, an error is returned with a message indicating that the flag is already registered. // // The completion function provided must be thread-safe as it may be called concurrently from multiple goroutines. func (c *Command) RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(flagName string, f CompletionFunc) error { flag := c.Flag(flagName) if flag == nil { return fmt.Errorf("RegisterFlagCompletionFunc: flag '%s' does not exist", flagName) } flagCompletionMutex.Lock() defer flagCompletionMutex.Unlock() if _, exists := flagCompletionFunctions[flag]; exists { return fmt.Errorf("RegisterFlagCompletionFunc: flag '%s' already registered", flagName) } flagCompletionFunctions[flag] = f return nil } // GetFlagCompletionFunc returns the completion function for the given flag of the command, if available. It takes a flagName string as an argument and returns a CompletionFunc and a boolean indicating whether the completion function was found. If the flag does not exist, it returns nil and false. func (c *Command) GetFlagCompletionFunc(flagName string) (CompletionFunc, bool) { flag := c.Flag(flagName) if flag == nil { return nil, false } flagCompletionMutex.RLock() defer flagCompletionMutex.RUnlock() completionFunc, exists := flagCompletionFunctions[flag] return completionFunc, exists } // string returns a string listing the different directive enabled in the specified parameter. It checks each bit of the ShellCompDirective and appends the corresponding directive name to the directives slice if the bit is set. If no bits are set, it defaults to "ShellCompDirectiveDefault". If the value exceeds shellCompDirectiveMaxValue, it returns an error message indicating an unexpected value. func (d ShellCompDirective) string() string { var directives []string if d&ShellCompDirectiveError != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveError") } if d&ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace") } if d&ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp") } if d&ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt") } if d&ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs") } if d&ShellCompDirectiveKeepOrder != 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveKeepOrder") } if len(directives) == 0 { directives = append(directives, "ShellCompDirectiveDefault") } if d >= shellCompDirectiveMaxValue { return fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: unexpected ShellCompDirective value: %d", d) } return strings.Join(directives, ", ") } // initCompleteCmd adds a special hidden command that can be used to request custom completions. func (c *Command) initCompleteCmd(args []string) { completeCmd := &Command{ Use: fmt.Sprintf("%s [command-line]", ShellCompRequestCmd), Aliases: []string{ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd}, DisableFlagsInUseLine: true, Hidden: true, DisableFlagParsing: true, Args: MinimumNArgs(1), Short: "Request shell completion choices for the specified command-line", Long: fmt.Sprintf("%[2]s is a special command that is used by the shell completion logic\n%[1]s", "to request completion choices for the specified command-line.", ShellCompRequestCmd), Run: func(cmd *Command, args []string) { finalCmd, completions, directive, err := cmd.getCompletions(args) if err != nil { CompErrorln(err.Error()) // Keep going for multiple reasons: // 1- There could be some valid completions even though there was an error // 2- Even without completions, we need to print the directive } noDescriptions := cmd.CalledAs() == ShellCompNoDescRequestCmd if !noDescriptions { if doDescriptions, err := strconv.ParseBool(getEnvConfig(cmd, configEnvVarSuffixDescriptions)); err == nil { noDescriptions = !doDescriptions } } noActiveHelp := GetActiveHelpConfig(finalCmd) == activeHelpGlobalDisable out := finalCmd.OutOrStdout() for _, comp := range completions { if noActiveHelp && strings.HasPrefix(comp, activeHelpMarker) { // Remove all activeHelp entries if it's disabled. continue } if noDescriptions { // Remove any description that may be included following a tab character. comp = strings.SplitN(comp, "\t", 2)[0] } // Make sure we only write the first line to the output. // This is needed if a description contains a linebreak. // Otherwise the shell scripts will interpret the other lines as new flags // and could therefore provide a wrong completion. comp = strings.SplitN(comp, "\n", 2)[0] // Finally trim the completion. This is especially important to get rid // of a trailing tab when there are no description following it. // For example, a sub-command without a description should not be completed // with a tab at the end (or else zsh will show a -- following it // although there is no description). comp = strings.TrimSpace(comp) // Print each possible completion to the output for the completion script to consume. fmt.Fprintln(out, comp) } // As the last printout, print the completion directive for the completion script to parse. // The directive integer must be that last character following a single colon (:). // The completion script expects : fmt.Fprintf(out, ":%d\n", directive) // Print some helpful info to stderr for the user to understand. // Output from stderr must be ignored by the completion script. fmt.Fprintf(finalCmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Completion ended with directive: %s\n", directive.string()) }, } c.AddCommand(completeCmd) subCmd, _, err := c.Find(args) if err != nil || subCmd.Name() != ShellCompRequestCmd { // Only create this special command if it is actually being called. // This reduces possible side-effects of creating such a command; // for example, having this command would cause problems to a // cobra program that only consists of the root command, since this // command would cause the root command to suddenly have a subcommand. c.RemoveCommand(completeCmd) } } // SliceValue is a reduced version of [pflag.SliceValue]. It is used to detect // flags that accept multiple values and therefore can provide completion // multiple times. type SliceValue interface { // GetSlice returns the flag value list as an array of strings. GetSlice() []string } func (c *Command) getCompletions(args []string) (*Command, []Completion, ShellCompDirective, error) { // The last argument, which is not completely typed by the user, // should not be part of the list of arguments toComplete := args[len(args)-1] trimmedArgs := args[:len(args)-1] var finalCmd *Command var finalArgs []string var err error // Find the real command for which completion must be performed // check if we need to traverse here to parse local flags on parent commands if c.Root().TraverseChildren { finalCmd, finalArgs, err = c.Root().Traverse(trimmedArgs) } else { // For Root commands that don't specify any value for their Args fields, when we call // Find(), if those Root commands don't have any sub-commands, they will accept arguments. // However, because we have added the __complete sub-command in the current code path, the // call to Find() -> legacyArgs() will return an error if there are any arguments. // To avoid this, we first remove the __complete command to get back to having no sub-commands. rootCmd := c.Root() if len(rootCmd.Commands()) == 1 { rootCmd.RemoveCommand(c) } finalCmd, finalArgs, err = rootCmd.Find(trimmedArgs) } if err != nil { // Unable to find the real command. E.g., someInvalidCmd return c, []Completion{}, ShellCompDirectiveDefault, fmt.Errorf("unable to find a command for arguments: %v", trimmedArgs) } finalCmd.ctx = c.ctx // These flags are normally added when `execute()` is called on `finalCmd`, // however, when doing completion, we don't call `finalCmd.execute()`. // Let's add the --help and --version flag ourselves but only if the finalCmd // has not disabled flag parsing; if flag parsing is disabled, it is up to the // finalCmd itself to handle the completion of *all* flags. if !finalCmd.DisableFlagParsing { finalCmd.InitDefaultHelpFlag() finalCmd.InitDefaultVersionFlag() } // Check if we are doing flag value completion before parsing the flags. // This is important because if we are completing a flag value, we need to also // remove the flag name argument from the list of finalArgs or else the parsing // could fail due to an invalid value (incomplete) for the flag. flag, finalArgs, toComplete, flagErr := checkIfFlagCompletion(finalCmd, finalArgs, toComplete) // Check if interspersed is false or -- was set on a previous arg. // This works by counting the arguments. Normally -- is not counted as arg but // if -- was already set or interspersed is false and there is already one arg then // the extra added -- is counted as arg. flagCompletion := true _ = finalCmd.ParseFlags(append(finalArgs, "--")) newArgCount := finalCmd.Flags().NArg() // Parse the flags early so we can check if required flags are set if err = finalCmd.ParseFlags(finalArgs); err != nil { return finalCmd, []Completion{}, ShellCompDirectiveDefault, fmt.Errorf("Error while parsing flags from args %v: %s", finalArgs, err.Error()) } realArgCount := finalCmd.Flags().NArg() if newArgCount > realArgCount { // don't do flag completion (see above) flagCompletion = false } // Error while attempting to parse flags if flagErr != nil { // If error type is flagCompError and we don't want flagCompletion we should ignore the error if _, ok := flagErr.(*flagCompError); !(ok && !flagCompletion) { return finalCmd, []Completion{}, ShellCompDirectiveDefault, flagErr } } // Look for the --help or --version flags. If they are present, // there should be no further completions. if helpOrVersionFlagPresent(finalCmd) { return finalCmd, []Completion{}, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp, nil } // We only remove the flags from the arguments if DisableFlagParsing is not set. // This is important for commands which have requested to do their own flag completion. if !finalCmd.DisableFlagParsing { finalArgs = finalCmd.Flags().Args() } if flag != nil && flagCompletion { // Check if we are completing a flag value subject to annotations if validExts, present := flag.Annotations[BashCompFilenameExt]; present { if len(validExts) != 0 { // File completion filtered by extensions return finalCmd, validExts, ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt, nil } // The annotation requests simple file completion. There is no reason to do // that since it is the default behavior anyway. Let's ignore this annotation // in case the program also registered a completion function for this flag. // Even though it is a mistake on the program's side, let's be nice when we can. } if subDir, present := flag.Annotations[BashCompSubdirsInDir]; present { if len(subDir) == 1 { // Directory completion from within a directory return finalCmd, subDir, ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs, nil } // Directory completion return finalCmd, []Completion{}, ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs, nil } } var completions []Completion var directive ShellCompDirective // Enforce flag groups before doing flag completions finalCmd.enforceFlagGroupsForCompletion() // Note that we want to perform flagname completion even if finalCmd.DisableFlagParsing==true; // doing this allows for completion of persistent flag names even for commands that disable flag parsing. // // When doing completion of a flag name, as soon as an argument starts with // a '-' we know it is a flag. We cannot use isFlagArg() here as it requires // the flag name to be complete if flag == nil && len(toComplete) > 0 && toComplete[0] == '-' && !strings.Contains(toComplete, "=") && flagCompletion { // First check for required flags completions = completeRequireFlags(finalCmd, toComplete) // If we have not found any required flags, only then can we show regular flags if len(completions) == 0 { doCompleteFlags := func(flag *pflag.Flag) { _, acceptsMultiple := flag.Value.(SliceValue) acceptsMultiple = acceptsMultiple || strings.Contains(flag.Value.Type(), "Slice") || strings.Contains(flag.Value.Type(), "Array") || strings.HasPrefix(flag.Value.Type(), "stringTo") if !flag.Changed || acceptsMultiple { // If the flag is not already present, or if it can be specified multiple times (Array, Slice, or stringTo) // we suggest it as a completion completions = append(completions, getFlagNameCompletions(flag, toComplete)...) } } // We cannot use finalCmd.Flags() because we may not have called ParsedFlags() for commands // that have set DisableFlagParsing; it is ParseFlags() that merges the inherited and // non-inherited flags. finalCmd.InheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) { doCompleteFlags(flag) }) // Try to complete non-inherited flags even if DisableFlagParsing==true. // This allows programs to tell Cobra about flags for completion even // if the actual parsing of flags is not done by Cobra. // For instance, Helm uses this to provide flag name completion for // some of its plugins. finalCmd.NonInheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) { doCompleteFlags(flag) }) } directive = ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp if len(completions) == 1 && strings.HasSuffix(completions[0], "=") { // If there is a single completion, the shell usually adds a space // after the completion. We don't want that if the flag ends with an = directive = ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace } if !finalCmd.DisableFlagParsing { // If DisableFlagParsing==false, we have completed the flags as known by Cobra; // we can return what we found. // If DisableFlagParsing==true, Cobra may not be aware of all flags, so we // let the logic continue to see if ValidArgsFunction needs to be called. return finalCmd, completions, directive, nil } } else { directive = ShellCompDirectiveDefault if flag == nil { foundLocalNonPersistentFlag := false // If TraverseChildren is true on the root command we don't check for // local flags because we can use a local flag on a parent command if !finalCmd.Root().TraverseChildren { // Check if there are any local, non-persistent flags on the command-line localNonPersistentFlags := finalCmd.LocalNonPersistentFlags() finalCmd.NonInheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) { if localNonPersistentFlags.Lookup(flag.Name) != nil && flag.Changed { foundLocalNonPersistentFlag = true } }) } // Complete subcommand names, including the help command if len(finalArgs) == 0 && !foundLocalNonPersistentFlag { // We only complete sub-commands if: // - there are no arguments on the command-line and // - there are no local, non-persistent flags on the command-line or TraverseChildren is true for _, subCmd := range finalCmd.Commands() { if subCmd.IsAvailableCommand() || subCmd == finalCmd.helpCommand { if strings.HasPrefix(subCmd.Name(), toComplete) { completions = append(completions, CompletionWithDesc(subCmd.Name(), subCmd.Short)) } directive = ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp } } } // Complete required flags even without the '-' prefix completions = append(completions, completeRequireFlags(finalCmd, toComplete)...) // Always complete ValidArgs, even if we are completing a subcommand name. // This is for commands that have both subcommands and ValidArgs. if len(finalCmd.ValidArgs) > 0 { if len(finalArgs) == 0 { // ValidArgs are only for the first argument for _, validArg := range finalCmd.ValidArgs { if strings.HasPrefix(validArg, toComplete) { completions = append(completions, validArg) } } directive = ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp // If no completions were found within commands or ValidArgs, // see if there are any ArgAliases that should be completed. if len(completions) == 0 { for _, argAlias := range finalCmd.ArgAliases { if strings.HasPrefix(argAlias, toComplete) { completions = append(completions, argAlias) } } } } // If there are ValidArgs specified (even if they don't match), we stop completion. // Only one of ValidArgs or ValidArgsFunction can be used for a single command. return finalCmd, completions, directive, nil } // Let the logic continue so as to add any ValidArgsFunction completions, // even if we already found sub-commands. // This is for commands that have subcommands but also specify a ValidArgsFunction. } } // Find the completion function for the flag or command var completionFn CompletionFunc if flag != nil && flagCompletion { flagCompletionMutex.RLock() completionFn = flagCompletionFunctions[flag] flagCompletionMutex.RUnlock() } else { completionFn = finalCmd.ValidArgsFunction } if completionFn != nil { // Go custom completion defined for this flag or command. // Call the registered completion function to get the completions. var comps []Completion comps, directive = completionFn(finalCmd, finalArgs, toComplete) completions = append(completions, comps...) } return finalCmd, completions, directive, nil } // helpOrVersionFlagPresent checks if either the "version" or "help" flag is present and has been changed. // It returns true if either flag is set, otherwise false. func helpOrVersionFlagPresent(cmd *Command) bool { if versionFlag := cmd.Flags().Lookup("version"); versionFlag != nil && len(versionFlag.Annotations[FlagSetByCobraAnnotation]) > 0 && versionFlag.Changed { return true } if helpFlag := cmd.Flags().Lookup(helpFlagName); helpFlag != nil && len(helpFlag.Annotations[FlagSetByCobraAnnotation]) > 0 && helpFlag.Changed { return true } return false } // getFlagNameCompletions returns completion suggestions for a flag based on the partial name provided. // It checks if the flag is non-completable and returns an empty slice if true. // For each prefix match, it appends both the long and short form of the flag (without the '=') to the completions list, // providing descriptions based on the flag's usage. func getFlagNameCompletions(flag *pflag.Flag, toComplete string) []Completion { if nonCompletableFlag(flag) { return []Completion{} } var completions []Completion flagName := "--" + flag.Name if strings.HasPrefix(flagName, toComplete) { // Flag without the = completions = append(completions, CompletionWithDesc(flagName, flag.Usage)) // Why suggest both long forms: --flag and --flag= ? // This forces the user to *always* have to type either an = or a space after the flag name. // Let's be nice and avoid making users have to do that. // Since boolean flags and shortname flags don't show the = form, let's go that route and never show it. // The = form will still work, we just won't suggest it. // This also makes the list of suggested flags shorter as we avoid all the = forms. // // if len(flag.NoOptDefVal) == 0 { // // Flag requires a value, so it can be suffixed with = // flagName += "=" // completions = append(completions, CompletionWithDesc(flagName, flag.Usage)) // } } flagName = "-" + flag.Shorthand if len(flag.Shorthand) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(flagName, toComplete) { completions = append(completions, CompletionWithDesc(flagName, flag.Usage)) } return completions } // completeRequireFlags generates completion suggestions for required flags of a command. // It takes a pointer to the final Command and the string being completed as input. // It returns a slice of Completion objects representing the suggested flag names. func completeRequireFlags(finalCmd *Command, toComplete string) []Completion { var completions []Completion doCompleteRequiredFlags := func(flag *pflag.Flag) { if _, present := flag.Annotations[BashCompOneRequiredFlag]; present { if !flag.Changed { // If the flag is not already present, we suggest it as a completion completions = append(completions, getFlagNameCompletions(flag, toComplete)...) } } } // We cannot use finalCmd.Flags() because we may not have called ParsedFlags() for commands // that have set DisableFlagParsing; it is ParseFlags() that merges the inherited and // non-inherited flags. finalCmd.InheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) { doCompleteRequiredFlags(flag) }) finalCmd.NonInheritedFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) { doCompleteRequiredFlags(flag) }) return completions } // checkIfFlagCompletion checks if the given arguments suggest that a flag is being completed and returns the relevant flag, trimmed arguments, and any error. // If flag completion is not applicable or no flag is found, it returns nil for the flag and the original arguments along with nil error. // It handles both shorthand and full flag names, as well as flags with an '=' sign. // If the command has disabled flag parsing, it directly returns without attempting to complete a flag. // The function ensures that if a flag completion is attempted but does not apply, it reverts to noun completion by resetting the arguments. // It also checks for unsupported flags and returns an error indicating so. func checkIfFlagCompletion(finalCmd *Command, args []string, lastArg string) (*pflag.Flag, []string, string, error) { if finalCmd.DisableFlagParsing { // We only do flag completion if we are allowed to parse flags // This is important for commands which have requested to do their own flag completion. return nil, args, lastArg, nil } var flagName string trimmedArgs := args flagWithEqual := false orgLastArg := lastArg // When doing completion of a flag name, as soon as an argument starts with // a '-' we know it is a flag. We cannot use isFlagArg() here as that function // requires the flag name to be complete if len(lastArg) > 0 && lastArg[0] == '-' { if index := strings.Index(lastArg, "="); index >= 0 { // Flag with an = if strings.HasPrefix(lastArg[:index], "--") { // Flag has full name flagName = lastArg[2:index] } else { // Flag is shorthand // We have to get the last shorthand flag name // e.g. `-asd` => d to provide the correct completion // https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/1257 flagName = lastArg[index-1 : index] } lastArg = lastArg[index+1:] flagWithEqual = true } else { // Normal flag completion return nil, args, lastArg, nil } } if len(flagName) == 0 { if len(args) > 0 { prevArg := args[len(args)-1] if isFlagArg(prevArg) { // Only consider the case where the flag does not contain an =. // If the flag contains an = it means it has already been fully processed, // so we don't need to deal with it here. if index := strings.Index(prevArg, "="); index < 0 { if strings.HasPrefix(prevArg, "--") { // Flag has full name flagName = prevArg[2:] } else { // Flag is shorthand // We have to get the last shorthand flag name // e.g. `-asd` => d to provide the correct completion // https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/1257 flagName = prevArg[len(prevArg)-1:] } // Remove the uncompleted flag or else there could be an error created // for an invalid value for that flag trimmedArgs = args[:len(args)-1] } } } } if len(flagName) == 0 { // Not doing flag completion return nil, trimmedArgs, lastArg, nil } flag := findFlag(finalCmd, flagName) if flag == nil { // Flag not supported by this command, the interspersed option might be set so return the original args return nil, args, orgLastArg, &flagCompError{subCommand: finalCmd.Name(), flagName: flagName} } if !flagWithEqual { if len(flag.NoOptDefVal) != 0 { // We had assumed dealing with a two-word flag but the flag is a boolean flag. // In that case, there is no value following it, so we are not really doing flag completion. // Reset everything to do noun completion. trimmedArgs = args flag = nil } } return flag, trimmedArgs, lastArg, nil } // InitDefaultCompletionCmd adds a default 'completion' command to c. // This function will do nothing if any of the following is true: // 1- the feature has been explicitly disabled by the program, // 2- c has no subcommands (to avoid creating one), // 3- c already has a 'completion' command provided by the program. func (c *Command) InitDefaultCompletionCmd(args ...string) { if c.CompletionOptions.DisableDefaultCmd { return } for _, cmd := range c.commands { if cmd.Name() == compCmdName || cmd.HasAlias(compCmdName) { // A completion command is already available return } } haveNoDescFlag := !c.CompletionOptions.DisableNoDescFlag && !c.CompletionOptions.DisableDescriptions // Special case to know if there are sub-commands or not. hasSubCommands := false for _, cmd := range c.commands { if cmd.Name() != ShellCompRequestCmd && cmd.Name() != helpCommandName { // We found a real sub-command (not 'help' or '__complete') hasSubCommands = true break } } completionCmd := &Command{ Use: compCmdName, Short: "Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell", Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for %[1]s for the specified shell. See each sub-command's help for details on how to use the generated script. `, c.Root().Name()), Args: NoArgs, ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions, Hidden: c.CompletionOptions.HiddenDefaultCmd, GroupID: c.completionCommandGroupID, } c.AddCommand(completionCmd) if !hasSubCommands { // If the 'completion' command will be the only sub-command, // we only create it if it is actually being called. // This avoids breaking programs that would suddenly find themselves with // a subcommand, which would prevent them from accepting arguments. // We also create the 'completion' command if the user is triggering // shell completion for it (prog __complete completion '') subCmd, cmdArgs, err := c.Find(args) if err != nil || subCmd.Name() != compCmdName && !(subCmd.Name() == ShellCompRequestCmd && len(cmdArgs) > 1 && cmdArgs[0] == compCmdName) { // The completion command is not being called or being completed so we remove it. c.RemoveCommand(completionCmd) return } } out := c.OutOrStdout() noDesc := c.CompletionOptions.DisableDescriptions shortDesc := "Generate the autocompletion script for %s" bash := &Command{ Use: "bash", Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "bash"), Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for the bash shell. This script depends on the 'bash-completion' package. If it is not installed already, you can install it via your OS's package manager. To load completions in your current shell session: source <(%[1]s completion bash) To load completions for every new session, execute once: #### Linux: %[1]s completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/%[1]s #### macOS: %[1]s completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/%[1]s You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect. `, c.Root().Name()), Args: NoArgs, DisableFlagsInUseLine: true, ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions, RunE: func(cmd *Command, args []string) error { return cmd.Root().GenBashCompletionV2(out, !noDesc) }, } if haveNoDescFlag { bash.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc) } zsh := &Command{ Use: "zsh", Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "zsh"), Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for the zsh shell. If shell completion is not already enabled in your environment you will need to enable it. You can execute the following once: echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc To load completions in your current shell session: source <(%[1]s completion zsh) To load completions for every new session, execute once: #### Linux: %[1]s completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_%[1]s" #### macOS: %[1]s completion zsh > $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh/site-functions/_%[1]s You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect. `, c.Root().Name()), Args: NoArgs, ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions, RunE: func(cmd *Command, args []string) error { if noDesc { return cmd.Root().GenZshCompletionNoDesc(out) } return cmd.Root().GenZshCompletion(out) }, } if haveNoDescFlag { zsh.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc) } fish := &Command{ Use: "fish", Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "fish"), Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for the fish shell. To load completions in your current shell session: %[1]s completion fish | source To load completions for every new session, execute once: %[1]s completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/%[1]s.fish You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect. `, c.Root().Name()), Args: NoArgs, ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions, RunE: func(cmd *Command, args []string) error { return cmd.Root().GenFishCompletion(out, !noDesc) }, } if haveNoDescFlag { fish.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc) } powershell := &Command{ Use: "powershell", Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "powershell"), Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for powershell. To load completions in your current shell session: %[1]s completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression To load completions for every new session, add the output of the above command to your powershell profile. `, c.Root().Name()), Args: NoArgs, ValidArgsFunction: NoFileCompletions, RunE: func(cmd *Command, args []string) error { if noDesc { return cmd.Root().GenPowerShellCompletion(out) } return cmd.Root().GenPowerShellCompletionWithDesc(out) }, } if haveNoDescFlag { powershell.Flags().BoolVar(&noDesc, compCmdNoDescFlagName, compCmdNoDescFlagDefault, compCmdNoDescFlagDesc) } completionCmd.AddCommand(bash, zsh, fish, powershell) } // findFlag searches for a flag with the given name in the provided command. // If the name is a single character, it first attempts to convert it into a long flag // by looking up its shorthand in the current and inherited flag sets. If found, // it returns the corresponding flag; otherwise, it returns nil. // // Parameters: // - cmd: The command in which to search for the flag. // - name: The name of the flag to search for. // // Returns: // - *pflag.Flag: The found flag if successful, or nil if not found. func findFlag(cmd *Command, name string) *pflag.Flag { flagSet := cmd.Flags() if len(name) == 1 { // First convert the short flag into a long flag // as the cmd.Flag() search only accepts long flags if short := flagSet.ShorthandLookup(name); short != nil { name = short.Name } else { set := cmd.InheritedFlags() if short = set.ShorthandLookup(name); short != nil { name = short.Name } else { return nil } } } return cmd.Flag(name) } // CompDebug prints the specified string to the same file as where the completion script prints its logs. // Note that completion printouts should never be on stdout as they would be wrongly interpreted as actual completion choices by the completion script. // The message is prefixed with "[Debug] " before printing. If BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE environment variable is set, the message is appended to the specified file. // If printToStdErr is true, the message is printed to stderr instead of stdout, ensuring it is not read by the completion script. func CompDebug(msg string, printToStdErr bool) { msg = fmt.Sprintf("[Debug] %s", msg) // Such logs are only printed when the user has set the environment // variable BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE to the path of some file to be used. if path := os.Getenv("BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE"); path != "" { f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644) if err == nil { defer f.Close() WriteStringAndCheck(f, msg) } } if printToStdErr { // Must print to stderr for this not to be read by the completion script. fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, msg) } } // CompDebugln prints the specified string with a newline at the end to the same file as where the completion script prints its logs. // It only has an effect if the user has set the environment variable BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE to the path of some file to be used. // If printToStdErr is true, the message will be printed to standard error instead of the debug file. func CompDebugln(msg string, printToStdErr bool) { CompDebug(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", msg), printToStdErr) } // CompError prints the specified completion message to stderr with an error prefix. func CompError(msg string) { msg = fmt.Sprintf("[Error] %s", msg) CompDebug(msg, true) } // CompErrorln prints the specified completion message to stderr with a newline at the end. It wraps the original CompError function, appending a newline character to the message before printing it. func CompErrorln(msg string) { CompError(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", msg)) } // These values should not be changed: users will be using them explicitly. const ( configEnvVarGlobalPrefix = "COBRA" configEnvVarSuffixDescriptions = "COMPLETION_DESCRIPTIONS" ) var configEnvVarPrefixSubstRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[^A-Z0-9_]`) // ConfigEnvVar returns the name of the program-specific configuration environment variable. It has the format _ where is the name of the root command in upper case, with all non-ASCII-alphanumeric characters replaced by `_`. This format should not be changed: users will be using it explicitly. // Parameters: // - name: The name of the root command. // - suffix: Additional text to append to the program name for uniqueness. // Returns: // - A string representing the configuration environment variable name. func configEnvVar(name, suffix string) string { // This format should not be changed: users will be using it explicitly. v := strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", name, suffix)) v = configEnvVarPrefixSubstRegexp.ReplaceAllString(v, "_") return v } // getEnvConfig returns the value of the configuration environment variable // _ where is the name of the root command in upper // case, with all non-ASCII-alphanumeric characters replaced by `_`. // If the value is empty or not set, the value of the environment variable // COBRA_ is returned instead. func getEnvConfig(cmd *Command, suffix string) string { v := os.Getenv(configEnvVar(cmd.Root().Name(), suffix)) if v == "" { v = os.Getenv(configEnvVar(configEnvVarGlobalPrefix, suffix)) } return v }