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kubernetes-sigs / kubebuilder / 24062067765

07 Apr 2026 02:47AM UTC coverage: 80.377% (-0.2%) from 80.62%
24062067765

Pull #5587

github

vitorfloriano
feat(cli): show hint when file completion not applicable

When hitting TAB on subcommands that don't
take files as arguments, the cli will show a
hint message (ActiveHelp) on how to list flags
instead of showing file completions.
Pull Request #5587: ✨ feat(cli): Show hint message when file completion not applicable to subcommand

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/pkg/cli/version.go
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/*
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Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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You may obtain a copy of the License at
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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*/
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package cli
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import (
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        "fmt"
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        "github.com/spf13/cobra"
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)
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func (c CLI) newVersionCmd() *cobra.Command {
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        cmd := &cobra.Command{
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                Use:     "version",
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                Short:   fmt.Sprintf("Print the %s version", c.commandName),
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                Long:    fmt.Sprintf("Print the %s version", c.commandName),
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                Example: fmt.Sprintf("%s version", c.commandName),
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                RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
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                        fmt.Println(c.version)
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                        return nil
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                },
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        }
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        // Show hint message on how to list flags instead of showing file completion for commands that don't take files as arguments
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        cmd.ValidArgsFunction = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]cobra.Completion, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
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                completions := []cobra.Completion{}
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                if len(args) == 0 && toComplete == "" {
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                        completions = cobra.AppendActiveHelp(completions, "Type '--' and press TAB to list flags")
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                }
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                return completions, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
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        }
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        return cmd
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}
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