Improved auto-completion instructions and example gifs

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Mason Johnson 2020-02-05 17:51:33 -07:00
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@ -995,10 +995,75 @@ have a single leading `-` or this will result in failures. For example,
### Bash Completion
You can enable completion commands by setting the `EnableBashCompletion`
flag on the `App` object. By default, this setting will only auto-complete to
show an app's subcommands, but you can write your own completion methods for
the App or its subcommands.
flag on the `App` object to `true`. By default, this setting will allow auto-completion
for an app's subcommands, but you can write your own completion methods for
the App or its subcommands as well.
#### Default auto-completion
```go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"github.com/urfave/cli"
)
func main() {
app := cli.NewApp()
app.EnableBashCompletion = true
app.Commands = []cli.Command{
{
Name: "add",
Aliases: []string{"a"},
Usage: "add a task to the list",
Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
fmt.Println("added task: ", c.Args().First())
return nil
},
},
{
Name: "complete",
Aliases: []string{"c"},
Usage: "complete a task on the list",
Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
fmt.Println("completed task: ", c.Args().First())
return nil
},
},
{
Name: "template",
Aliases: []string{"t"},
Usage: "options for task templates",
Subcommands: []cli.Command{
{
Name: "add",
Usage: "add a new template",
Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
fmt.Println("new task template: ", c.Args().First())
return nil
},
},
{
Name: "remove",
Usage: "remove an existing template",
Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
fmt.Println("removed task template: ", c.Args().First())
return nil
},
},
},
},
}
err := app.Run(os.Args)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
```
![](/docs/v2/images/default-bash-autocomplete.gif)
#### Custom auto-completion
<!-- {
"args": ["complete", "&#45;&#45;generate&#45;bash&#45;completion"],
"output": "laundry"
@ -1047,30 +1112,52 @@ func main() {
}
}
```
![](/docs/v2/images/custom-bash-autocomplete.gif)
#### Enabling
Source the `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` file in your .bashrc file while setting the `PROG` variable to the name of your program:
To enable auto-completion for the current shell session, a bash script,
`autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` is included in this repo.
```
PROG=myprogram source /.../cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete
```
To use `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` set an environment variable named `PROG` to
the name of your program and then `source` the `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` file.
#### Distribution
For example, if your cli program is called `myprogram`:
`PROG=myprogram source path/to/cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete`
Auto-completion is now enabled for the current shell, but will not persist into a new shell.
#### Distribution and Persistent Autocompletion
Copy `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` into `/etc/bash_completion.d/` and rename
it to the name of the program you wish to add autocomplete support for (or
automatically install it there if you are distributing a package). Don't forget
to source the file to make it active in the current shell.
to source the file or restart your shell to activate the auto-completion.
```
sudo cp src/bash_autocomplete /etc/bash_completion.d/<myprogram>
sudo cp path/to/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete /etc/bash_completion.d/<myprogram>
source /etc/bash_completion.d/<myprogram>
```
Alternatively, you can just document that users should source the generic
`autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` in their bash configuration with `$PROG` set
to the name of their program (as above).
Alternatively, you can just document that users should `source` the generic
`autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` and set `$PROG` within their bash configuration
file, adding these lines:
```
PROG=<myprogram>
source path/to/cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete
```
Keep in mind that if they are enabling auto-completion for more than one program,
they will need to set `PROG` and source `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` for each
program, like so:
```
PROG=<program1>
source path/to/cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete
PROG=<program2>
source path/to/cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete
```
#### Customization
@ -1107,6 +1194,23 @@ func main() {
}
```
#### ZSH Support
Auto-completion for ZSH is also supported using the `autocomplete/zsh_autocomplete`
file included in this repo. Two environment variables are used, `PROG` and `_CLI_ZSH_AUTOCOMPLETE_HACK`.
Set `PROG` to the program name as before, set `_CLI_ZSH_AUTOCOMPLETE_HACK` to `1`, and
then `source path/to/autocomplete/zsh_autocomplete`. Adding the following lines to your ZSH
configuration file (usually `.zshrc`) will allow the auto-completion to persist across new shells:
```
PROG=<myprogram>
_CLI_ZSH_AUTOCOMPLETE_HACK=1
source path/to/autocomplete/zsh_autocomplete
```
#### ZSH default auto-complete example
![](/docs/v2/images/default-zsh-autocomplete.gif)
#### ZSH custom auto-complete example
![](/docs/v2/images/custom-zsh-autocomplete.gif)
### Generated Help Text
The default help flag (`-h/--help`) is defined as `cli.HelpFlag` and is checked