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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/zsh_completions.md b/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/zsh_completions.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7cff61787 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/zsh_completions.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +## Generating Zsh Completion For Your cobra.Command + +Please refer to [Shell Completions](shell_completions.md) for details. + +## Zsh completions standardization + +Cobra 1.1 standardized its zsh completion support to align it with its other shell completions. Although the API was kept backwards-compatible, some small changes in behavior were introduced. + +### Deprecation summary + +See further below for more details on these deprecations. + +* `cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile(pos, []string{})` is no longer needed. It is therefore **deprecated** and silently ignored. +* `cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile(pos, glob[])` is **deprecated** and silently ignored. + * Instead use `ValidArgsFunction` with `ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt`. +* `cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentWords()` is **deprecated** and silently ignored. + * Instead use `ValidArgsFunction`. + +### Behavioral changes + +**Noun completion** +|Old behavior|New behavior| +|---|---| +|No file completion by default (opposite of bash)|File completion by default; use `ValidArgsFunction` with `ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp` to turn off file completion on a per-argument basis| +|Completion of flag names without the `-` prefix having been typed|Flag names are only completed if the user has typed the first `-`| +`cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile(pos, []string{})` used to turn on file completion on a per-argument position basis|File completion for all arguments by default; `cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile()` is **deprecated** and silently ignored| +|`cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile(pos, glob[])` used to turn on file completion **with glob filtering** on a per-argument position basis (zsh-specific)|`cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentFile()` is **deprecated** and silently ignored; use `ValidArgsFunction` with `ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt` for file **extension** filtering (not full glob filtering)| +|`cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentWords(pos, words[])` used to provide completion choices on a per-argument position basis (zsh-specific)|`cmd.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentWords()` is **deprecated** and silently ignored; use `ValidArgsFunction` to achieve the same behavior| + +**Flag-value completion** + +|Old behavior|New behavior| +|---|---| +|No file completion by default (opposite of bash)|File completion by default; use `RegisterFlagCompletionFunc()` with `ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp` to turn off file completion| +|`cmd.MarkFlagFilename(flag, []string{})` and similar used to turn on file completion|File completion by default; `cmd.MarkFlagFilename(flag, []string{})` no longer needed in this context and silently ignored| +|`cmd.MarkFlagFilename(flag, glob[])` used to turn on file completion **with glob filtering** (syntax of `[]string{"*.yaml", "*.yml"}` incompatible with bash)|Will continue to work, however, support for bash syntax is added and should be used instead so as to work for all shells (`[]string{"yaml", "yml"}`)| +|`cmd.MarkFlagDirname(flag)` only completes directories (zsh-specific)|Has been added for all shells| +|Completion of a flag name does not repeat, unless flag is of type `*Array` or `*Slice` (not supported by bash)|Retained for `zsh` and added to `fish`| +|Completion of a flag name does not provide the `=` form (unlike bash)|Retained for `zsh` and added to `fish`| + +**Improvements** + +* Custom completion support (`ValidArgsFunction` and `RegisterFlagCompletionFunc()`) +* File completion by default if no other completions found +* Handling of required flags +* File extension filtering no longer mutually exclusive with bash usage +* Completion of directory names *within* another directory +* Support for `=` form of flags |