Description
The following problems from an SAP-1.5.0-generated zsh completion script for the auto-created --help
flag, the auto-created -h
flag, & the auto-created help
subcommand might occur for SAP-generated bash and/or fish scripts, too, but I'll just detail the problems seen in zsh.
I'm writing a command-line app that has subcommands (let's call it command
).
SAP automatically created a help
subcommand for command
.
SAP also automatically created synonymous --help
& -h
top-level flags that output the same usage info as the help
subcommand.
command --help|-h|help
output
The auto-created help
subcommand is not included in the subcommand list output by command --help
, command -h
, or command help
. It should be inserted alphabetically into the list for each of the 3 commands.
command help <tab>
completion
When I tab complete after a space after command help
, the completion list is empty. If I manually type in command help subcommand
, I get the help for subcommand
.
The completion list after command help
should thus include the list of subcommands.
command --help|-h <tab>
completion
When I tab complete after a space after command --help
or command -h
, the completion list contains all the subcommands (including help
).
All arguments after command --help
or command -h
, however, are ignored by SAP when the command is run; the command just outputs the top-level help, i.e. the list of subcommands along with top-level options.
The completion list after command --help
or command -h
should thus be empty.
I'd imagine that other top-level flags / options are ignored even if they're before --help
or -h
; if so, then the presence of any other flag / option / whatever should move --help
& -h
from any subsequent completion lists for the command / subcommand.
command subcommand --help|-h <tab>
completion
SAP also auto-created --help
& -h
flags for each of my subcommands. The behavior of the top-level-command --help
& -h
flags should be replicated for the same two flags for each subcommand.