Summary

Original issue: #6645

Documentation: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/unstable.html#native-completions

Testing instructions: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/unstable.html#native-completions

Implementation:

• feat: Add native comlpetion with CompleteEnv under the nightly #14493
• Add custom completer for cargo uninstall <TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing installed binaries #14534)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --bin=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing bin names #14533)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --bench=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing benchmark names #14532)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --example=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for cargo build --example=<TAB> #14531)
• Add custom completer for cargo test --test=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing test names #14548)
• Add custom completer for cargo update <TAB> (feat: Add support for completing cargo update <TAB> #14552)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --package=<TAB> (cli suggestions for --package #15004, Add native completions for --package on various commands #16210)
• Add custom completer for cargo help <TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for cargo help <TAB> #14557)
• Add custom completer for cargo -Z <TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for cargo -Z <TAB> #14536)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --target=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing target triple #14535)
• Add custom completer for cargo +<TAB> to complete toolchain name (feat: Add custom completer for cargo +<TAB> to complete toolchain name #15301)
• Add custom completer for cargo <TAB> to complete aliases defined in config.toml (feat: Add custom completer for cargo <TAB> to complete aliases defined in config.toml #15319)
• Add custom completer for cargo <TAB> to complete third-party subcommand names (feat(cli): Allow completions for third-party subcommand names #15961)
• Completing arguments after an alias
• Completing arguments after a +<toolchain>
• Ensure vcs, color, and message format possible values are completed (feat: vcs, color, and message format native completion #15322)
• Add custom completer for cargo publish --registry=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing registry name #14656)
• Add custom completer for cargo add --registry=<TAB> (feat: Add custom completer for completing registry name #14656)
• Add custom completer for --features (feat(completer): Added completion for --features flag #15309)
• Add completer for cargo build --manifest-path<TAB> (feat: add completions for --manifest-path #15225)
• Add completer for cargo build --lockfile-path<TAB> (feat: add completions for --lockfile-path #15238)
• Add completer for cargo install --path<TAB> (feat: add completions for install --path #15266)
• Add completer for cargo add --path<TAB> (feat: add completions for add --path #15288)
• Registering completions / using completions with +toolchain argument
• shell_completions test issues #14545
• Stabilize support in clap (Stablize Rust-Native Completion Engine Tracking Issue clap-rs/clap#3166)

Unresolved Issues

• Some tests are disabled on macOS.
• Distinguish whether different subcommands require path fallback.
• Completion candidates generation test code per completer.

Open Questions

• What should we support?
  • Today, cargo supports bash, zsh
  • Currently, this adds fish, elvish, powershell
  • rustup supports bash, fish, zsh, powershell, elvish
  • Are all of sufficient quality? powershell being the biggest question

Future Extensions

• Completing arguments for third-party subcommands through delegation
  • Stable Cargo has supported this for both bash and zsh already.
• Add custom completer for cargo <TAB> to cargo scripts
• Add custom completer for cargo test <TAB> (blocked on json protocol so we can cache the names of tests)
• Add custom completer for cargo build --profile=<TAB> (feat(complete): Added completion for --profile #15308)
• Add custom completer for cargo tree --format
  • Inside of {, offer each variable with closing } with a description of the variable
  • Outside of {}, offer each variable inside {} with description
• Should we add custom completer for cargo add <TAB> and cargo install <TAB> using crate.io search API
  • Performance?
  • Information leakage when using a different registry but the completer doesn't know
  • End-point usage

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