Add fish shell completion support

fish.go

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+// ToFishCompletion creates a fish completion string for the `*App`
+// The function errors if either parsing or writing of the string fails.
+func (a *App) ToFishCompletion() (string, error) {
+	var w bytes.Buffer
+	if err := a.writeFishCompletionTemplate(&w); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return w.String(), nil
+}
+
+type fishCompletionTemplate struct {
+	App         *App
+	Completions []string
+	AllCommands []string
+}
+
+func (a *App) writeFishCompletionTemplate(w io.Writer) error {
+	const name = "cli"
+	t, err := template.New(name).Parse(FishCompletionTemplate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	allCommands := []string{}
+
+	// Add global flags
+	completions := a.prepareFishFlags(a.VisibleFlags(), allCommands)
+
+	// Add help flag
+	if !a.HideHelp {
+		completions = append(
+			completions,
+			a.prepareFishFlags([]Flag{HelpFlag}, allCommands)...,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Add version flag
+	if !a.HideVersion {
+		completions = append(
+			completions,
+			a.prepareFishFlags([]Flag{VersionFlag}, allCommands)...,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Add commands and their flags
+	completions = append(
+		completions,
+		a.prepareFishCommands(a.VisibleCommands(), &allCommands, []string{})...,
+	)
+
+	return t.ExecuteTemplate(w, name, &fishCompletionTemplate{
+		App:         a,
+		Completions: completions,
+		AllCommands: allCommands,
+	})
+}
+
+func (a *App) prepareFishCommands(
+	commands []Command,
+	allCommands *[]string,
+	previousCommands []string,
+) []string {
+	completions := []string{}
+	for i := range commands {
+		command := &commands[i]
+
+		var completion strings.Builder
+		completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(
+			"complete -c %s -f -n '%s' -a '%s'",
+			a.Name,
+			a.fishSubcommandHelper(previousCommands),
+			strings.Join(command.Names(), " "),
+		))
+
+		if command.Usage != "" {
+			completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" -d '%s'", command.Usage))
+		}
+
+		if !command.HideHelp {
+			completions = append(
+				completions,
+				a.prepareFishFlags([]Flag{HelpFlag}, command.Names())...,
+			)
+		}
+
+		*allCommands = append(*allCommands, command.Names()...)
+		completions = append(completions, completion.String())
+		completions = append(
+			completions,
+			a.prepareFishFlags(command.Flags, command.Names())...,
+		)
+
+		// recursevly iterate subcommands
+		if len(command.Subcommands) > 0 {
+			completions = append(
+				completions,
+				a.prepareFishCommands(
+					command.Subcommands, allCommands, command.Names(),
+				)...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return completions
+}
+
+func (a *App) prepareFishFlags(
+	flags []Flag,
+	previousCommands []string,
+) []string {
+	completions := []string{}
+	for _, f := range flags {
+		flag, ok := f.(DocGenerationFlag)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var completion strings.Builder
+		completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(
+			"complete -c %s -f -n '%s'",
+			a.Name,
+			a.fishSubcommandHelper(previousCommands),
+		))
+
+		for idx, opt := range strings.Split(flag.GetName(), ",") {
+			if idx == 0 {
+				completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(
+					" -l %s", strings.TrimSpace(opt),
+				))
+			} else {
+				completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(
+					" -s %s", strings.TrimSpace(opt),
+				))
+
+			}
+		}
+
+		if flag.TakesValue() {
+			completion.WriteString(" -r")
+		}
+
+		if flag.GetUsage() != "" {
+			completion.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" -d '%s'", flag.GetUsage()))
+		}
+
+		completions = append(completions, completion.String())
+	}
+
+	return completions
+}
+
+func (a *App) fishSubcommandHelper(allCommands []string) string {
+	fishHelper := fmt.Sprintf("__fish_%s_no_subcommand", a.Name)
+	if len(allCommands) > 0 {
+		fishHelper = fmt.Sprintf(
+			"__fish_seen_subcommand_from %s",
+			strings.Join(allCommands, " "),
+		)
+	}
+	return fishHelper
+
+}

fish_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFishCompletion(t *testing.T) {
+	// Given
+	app := testApp()
+
+	// When
+	res, err := app.ToFishCompletion()
+
+	// Then
+	expect(t, err, nil)
+	expectFileContent(t, "testdata/expected-fish-full.fish", res)
+}

template.go

@@ -105,3 +105,17 @@ var MarkdownDocTemplate = `% {{ .App.Name }}(8) {{ .App.Description }}
 # COMMANDS
 {{ range $v := .Commands }}
 {{ $v }}{{ end }}{{ end }}`
+
+var FishCompletionTemplate = `# {{ .App.Name }} fish shell completion
+
+function __fish_{{ .App.Name }}_no_subcommand --description 'Test if there has been any subcommand yet'
+    for i in (commandline -opc)
+        if contains -- $i{{ range $v := .AllCommands }} {{ $v }}{{ end }}
+            return 1
+        end
+    end
+    return 0
+end
+
+{{ range $v := .Completions }}{{ $v }}
+{{ end }}`

testdata/expected-fish-full.fish

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# greet fish shell completion
+
+function __fish_greet_no_subcommand --description 'Test if there has been any subcommand yet'
+    for i in (commandline -opc)
+        if contains -- $i config c sub-config s ss info i in some-command
+            return 1
+        end
+    end
+    return 0
+end
+
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -l socket -s s -r -d 'some usage text'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -l flag -s fl -s f -r
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -l another-flag -s b -d 'another usage text'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -l version -s v -d 'print the version'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from config c' -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -a 'config c' -d 'another usage test'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from config c' -l flag -s fl -s f -r
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from config c' -l another-flag -s b -d 'another usage text'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from sub-config s ss' -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from config c' -a 'sub-config s ss' -d 'another usage test'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from sub-config s ss' -l sub-flag -s sub-fl -s s -r
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from sub-config s ss' -l sub-command-flag -s s -d 'some usage text'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from info i in' -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -a 'info i in' -d 'retrieve generic information'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from some-command' -l help -s h -d 'show help'
+complete -c greet -f -n '__fish_greet_no_subcommand' -a 'some-command'