ndmitchell/shake

Provide autocompletion for Bash

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#601 opened on Jun 6, 2018

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help wanted

Description

As requested at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44985042/does-shake-support-bash-completion

Contributor guide

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Familiarity with bash completionKnowledge of Shake CLI interface
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
Investigate the Shake CLI interface to list all commands and options. Look at existing completion scripts in similar build tools (e.g., make, ninja) for reference. The issue references a StackOverflow question (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44985042/does shake support bash completion) that may contain suggestions. No maintainer guidance is visible in the comments.