feat(cli): add shell completion scaffolding

[rbalachandar]

Splits #37 into a static-first scaffolding change. This adds the aenv completion <shell> command and the static completion surface; dynamic resource completion and automatic installer integration are deferred to follow-up work.

What it does

• aenv completion bash|zsh|fish emits a static completion script via clap_complete. The command tree is rebuilt from the Cli derive spec (crate::Cli::command()), so the generated script always reflects the real CLI. There is no separate completion definition to keep in sync.
• Covers everything Add dynamic shell completion to the aenv CLI #37 lists under static completion: top-level and nested subcommands, command aliases, flags, the --output table|json enum, and local path arguments such as the Dockerfile passed to aenv build.
• Documents manual installation into standard Bash, Zsh, and Fish completion directories, including the Zsh fpath guidance and one-session activation commands.
• Elvish and PowerShell are intentionally excluded; Add dynamic shell completion to the aenv CLI #37 scopes the shells to Bash, Zsh, and Fish.

Behavior change worth calling out

The command aliases cn, ls, rm, snap, templates and the snapshot/template subcommand aliases use visible_alias. clap_complete emits only visible aliases, so this is required for alias completion to work. The visible side effect is that these aliases now also appear in --help. Runtime parsing is unchanged; the aliases were already accepted as input.

Dependency

Adds clap_complete = "4", matching the existing clap = "4" major.

Testing

• cargo test -p aenv --bin aenv commands::completion — 11 completion tests covering Bash, Zsh, Fish, aliases, the --output enum, nested subcommands, and output/flush error handling.
• cargo fmt --all -- --check passes.
• cargo check -p aenv --bin aenv passes.

The workspace-wide make fmt / make clippy also build the server and storage crates, which require Linux and /dev/kvm, so only the aenv-scoped checks were run here. No integration tests apply to this CLI-only change.

Out of scope

Dynamic resource completion (sandbox IDs filtered by command-applicable state, template/snapshot names, and the aenv start --cold OCI-ref exception) and automatic completion installation/removal. The installer work will be handled separately using standard completion directories without modifying shell startup files.

Refs #37 - static scaffolding portion; dynamic completion and installer integration remain separate follow-up work.

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[LSX-s-Software]

Thanks for contributing. Could you please add some documentation to docs/src/getting-started/aenv-cli.md explaining how to use the completion command? In addition, could you help us implement the automatic shell completion installation mentioned in the issue?

[rbalachandar]

Thanks for contributing. Could you please add some documentation to docs/src/getting-started/aenv-cli.md explaining how to use the completion command? In addition, could you help us implement the automatic shell completion installation mentioned in the issue?

Added the documentation. Related to dynamic completion added a comment #37 (comment) related to clap . Could you please have a look and let know the best option, based on that I will do follow-up PR for dynamic shell completion.

[LSX-s-Software]

Thanks for adding the completion documentation. However, the documented installation paths are not correct for Bash and Zsh. Could you please update these instructions based on the Bash and Zsh documentation?

It would also be preferable to implement the automatic installation and removal requested in issue #37: make install-aenv, scripts/install-cli.sh, and the full installer should install lightweight completion loaders into the standard shell completion directories, while make uninstall-aenv should remove them. The loaders should generate completion code from the currently installed aenv binary when the shell starts, so upgrading the CLI does not leave stale generated scripts behind.

Regarding the dynamic completion feature, I think it's OK to wait for clap to support it in a stable version.

[rbalachandar]

Shell-completion installers — status and dispositions

Heads-up for reviewers on the aenv shell-completion installer work, since the OpenCodeReview bot re-runs on every push and re-flags the same declined items each round (it doesn't track replies/resolutions). This comment lists what's implemented, what's intentionally declined, and why, so the human review isn't obscured by the recurring bot noise.

Implemented (per the issue #37 ask + hardening)

• Regenerating loaders installed/removed by make install-aenv/uninstall-aenv, scripts/install-cli.sh, and scripts/install.sh: bash (lazy), fish (startup), zsh user (rc-snippet), zsh system (static _aenv). Completion is always generated from the installed aenv, so it never goes stale across upgrades.
• All writes go through one atomic-commit primitive (same-dir temp + rename, symlink-resolved, mode/owner preserved, empty/partial output rejected).
• Portable across GNU/Linux and BSD/macOS (no readlink -f, no chown --reference dependency); idempotent; resists malformed/partial state without truncating the user's rc; ownership marker so install/uninstall won't clobber a hand-written or package-managed completion; set -u/unset-HOME safe; failing/empty aenv completion never damages an existing file.

Intentionally declined (with rationale)

These recur on every bot run; I'm recording the rationale once rather than re-litigating each round:

1. Privilege routing for system-mode writes from install-cli.sh. A curl … | bash installer silently invoking sudo mid-stream is surprising and risky UX. The Makefile path (AENV_INSTALL_SUDO) and install.sh (run as root) install system completions correctly; the rare install-cli.sh-into-/usr/local case degrades to a clear warning.
2. File-level locking for concurrent installs. Concurrent installs into the same \$HOME are not a realistic target for a CLI installer, and the atomic-rename already prevents partial/corrupt state (the only real data-loss vector). A lock would add a privileged-run symlink surface and a leftover artifact for no realistic gain.
3. Ownership/content gate before replacing completion stubs. The destination filenames are aenv-specific (completions/aenv, aenv.fish, _aenv). A content gate was nonetheless added (install + uninstall now both check the ownership marker before touching an existing file).
4. sed byte-exactness in the drift checker. The three copies are extracted and compared on the same platform in one run; the cross-platform EOF-newline concern is hypothetical and guarded by the blocks always terminating with a newline.

Happy to revisit any of these if a maintainer disagrees — flagging them here so the recurring bot comments can be read as known/decided rather than new.

[LSX-s-Software]

Thanks for implementing the automatic completion installation as requested. However, I did not expect the installation support to require this much new infrastructure. After reviewing the resulting implementation, I have two blocking design concerns.

1. The installer must not modify ~/.zshrc

The user-mode installation currently installs Zsh completion by inserting a managed block into ~/.zshrc.

This directly conflicts with issue #37, which explicitly states:

Installers should use standard completion directories and must not modify .bashrc, .zshrc, or Fish configuration files automatically. If additional shell configuration is required, the installer should print an actionable message.

Shell startup files are user-managed configuration. Automatically rewriting them introduces behavior users may not expect and requires the installer to handle marker parsing, upgrades, locking, atomic replacement, symlinks, file permissions, and uninstall restoration. Most of the complexity added by this PR exists solely because it chose to edit .zshrc.

Please install the Zsh completion file into the standard user completion directory instead, for example:

~/.local/share/zsh/site-functions/_aenv

If that directory is not present in the user’s fpath, the installer should print an actionable message such as:

fpath=(~/.local/share/zsh/site-functions $fpath)
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

The user can then decide whether and where to add that configuration. Installation and removal should only manage the completion file itself, not the user’s shell startup files.

2. The installer implementation is disproportionately large and duplicated

This PR is described as a static completion scaffolding change, but it currently adds approximately 2,300 lines. A major part of that comes from copying the same roughly 500-line aenv_completion_install implementation into three files:

• scripts/shell-completion.sh
• scripts/install-cli.sh
• scripts/install.sh

That is approximately 1,500 lines of duplicated shell code. The duplication then requires an additional synchronization checker, dedicated filesystem-management tests, and a separate CI job.

This is disproportionate to the feature being implemented. The required behavior is relatively small:

• install three lightweight completion loaders into standard directories;
• remove the files during uninstall;
• avoid overwriting unrelated files;
• cover basic installation, upgrade, and removal behavior;
• print configuration guidance when necessary.

Without editing .zshrc or implementing a general-purpose shell configuration file manager, I would expect the automatic installation portion to be roughly 200–300 lines including its tests. This is an estimate rather than a strict line-count requirement, but if a robust implementation cannot reasonably stay within approximately 300–400 lines, that is a strong indication that it should be reviewed separately.

Therefore, either of the following approaches would be acceptable:

Option A: Keep automatic installation in this PR

This is fine if the implementation can be significantly simplified:

• do not modify shell startup files;
• install only small files into the standard completion directories;
• remove the large duplicated helper and its synchronization machinery;
• keep the installation implementation and tests within a reasonably small scope.

Option B: Split the work into two PRs

If automatic installation still requires substantial installer-specific work, please split it:

1. This PR contains:

   • aenv completion bash|zsh|fish;
   • visible aliases;
   • Rust tests;
   • manual activation documentation.

2. A follow-up PR contains:

   • automatic installation and removal;
   • standard completion-directory integration;
   • installer-specific tests and documentation.

Again, I appreciate that the combined scope came from my earlier request. The concern is not that automatic installation was included, but that the current solution has grown into a large and duplicated shell file-management subsystem. Please either simplify that portion substantially or move it into a focused follow-up PR.

[rbalachandar]

Option B: Split the work into two PRs

If automatic installation still requires substantial installer-specific work, please split it:

1. This PR contains:

   • aenv completion bash|zsh|fish;
   • visible aliases;
   • Rust tests;
   • manual activation documentation.

2. A follow-up PR contains:

   • automatic installation and removal;
   • standard completion-directory integration;
   • installer-specific tests and documentation.

Again, I appreciate that the combined scope came from my earlier request. The concern is not that automatic installation was included, but that the current solution has grown into a large and duplicated shell file-management subsystem. Please either simplify that portion substantially or move it into a focused follow-up PR.

Removed installation related changes for separate PR.
Draft: #115

[rbalachandar]

@yingdi-shan adding a comment/reason for closing would be helpful, so it is clear that the pr no longer relevant.