Add utility to generate shell completions

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Alexander Hess 2026-08-03 09:36:33 +02:00
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complete -W '--force' dotfiles-install dotfiles-update
complete -W '--quieter' generate-shell-completions
# Automagical completion for all ~/.config/shell/aliases
#
# See: https://github.com/cykerway/complete-alias

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fi
sh "$XDG_BIN_HOME/generate-shell-completions" --quieter \
|| echo "WARN: generating shell completions failed" >&2
# Keep only the most recent backups
_keep=10
if [ -d "$BACKUPS_DIR" ]; then

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#!/bin/sh
# Generate shell completions for various tools into the XDG data directories,
# so that they are loaded lazily instead of `eval`ed on every shell start
#
# Run this after installing or updating any of the tools below
set -eu
XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
XDG_STATE_HOME="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}"
BASH_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/bash-completion/completions"
ZSH_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/zsh/completions"
case "${1:-}" in
"") _quieter=0 ;;
--quieter) _quieter=1 ;;
*)
echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [--quieter]" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
# We consider these folders owned by this script and
# regenerate them deterministically on each run
# => Never place completion files here manually
rm -rf "$BASH_DIR" "$ZSH_DIR"
mkdir -p "$BASH_DIR" "$ZSH_DIR"
_command_exists() {
command -v "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
}
# Write to a temporary file first,
# so that a failing tool does not leave a truncated completion file
_generate() {
_name="$1"
_target="$2"
shift 2
if "$@" > "$_target.tmp" 2>/dev/null && [ -s "$_target.tmp" ]; then
mv "$_target.tmp" "$_target"
echo " $_name"
else
rm -f "$_target.tmp"
echo " $_name => FAILED" >&2
fi
}
echo "Generating bash completions in: $BASH_DIR"
_command_exists pip \
&& _generate pip "$BASH_DIR/pip" pip completion --bash
_command_exists register-python-argcomplete \
&& _command_exists pipx \
&& _generate pipx "$BASH_DIR/pipx" register-python-argcomplete pipx
_command_exists poetry \
&& _generate poetry "$BASH_DIR/poetry" poetry completions bash
echo "Generating zsh completions in: $ZSH_DIR"
_strip_leading_blanks() { "$@" | sed '/./,$!d'; }
_pip_zsh() {
pip completion --zsh | sed -n '/^#compdef/,$p'
}
_pipx_zsh() {
_strip_leading_blanks register-python-argcomplete --shell zsh pipx
}
_poetry_zsh() {
_strip_leading_blanks poetry completions zsh
}
_command_exists pip \
&& _generate pip "$ZSH_DIR/_pip" _pip_zsh
_command_exists register-python-argcomplete \
&& _command_exists pipx \
&& _generate pipx "$ZSH_DIR/_pipx" _pipx_zsh
_command_exists poetry \
&& _generate poetry "$ZSH_DIR/_poetry" _poetry_zsh
rm -f "$XDG_STATE_HOME/zsh/zcompdump"*
if [ "$_quieter" -ne 1 ]; then
echo ""
echo "Reload your shell to use them:"
echo " exec \$SHELL -l"
echo ""
fi

6
.zshrc
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@ -63,12 +63,18 @@ stty -ixon # Prevent <Control>s from freezing `zsh`
# Enable (tab) completions
# Look for completion files generated by ~/.local/bin/generate-shell-completions
fpath=("${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zsh/completions" $fpath)
# "-u" disables the ownership check on completion dirs, which is safe since only we write to them
autoload -Uz compinit && compinit -u -d "${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/zsh/zcompdump"
# Complete the `--force` flag of the `dotfiles` utilities in ~/.local/bin
compdef '_arguments "--force[skip safety checks / reinstall]"' dotfiles-install dotfiles-update
# Complete the `--quieter` flag of the `generate-shell-completions` utility in ~/.local/bin
compdef '_arguments "--quieter[suppress the reload hint]"' generate-shell-completions
# Enable match highlighting and scrolling through long lists,
# and provide a different style of menu completion
zmodload zsh/complist