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