Suggestion: Bash completion arguments only by default

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Issue type
Feature
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Tech stack
haskell
Domain
cli

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No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the Bash-completion implementation and its existing tests, then verify that only arguments with a HasCompleter modifier are completed by default while options remain completable after an initial '-'.

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Description

Right now when typing binary <TAB> optparse-applicative will auto complete to all options and arguments. I'd like to suggest changing this to auto completing only arguments, provided a HasCompleter modifier was added to them.

My reason for this is that it would help to make it clearer when auto completing for files and directories. It would still be possible to tab complete options as well by just typing the initial -.

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