v2.17.0

2.17.0 (2025-10-31)

Features

• _comp_backup_glob: add zsync .zs-old (a342d3a)
• _comp_compgen_help: enhance for smartctl (2f7513c)
• _comp_compgen: support -P prefix with adjusted cur (b6d4335)
• _comp_compgen: support -P prefix with auto-adjusted cur (6da0ae8)
• _filedir: add -f to manually suffix / to directory names (13868b8)
• _filedir: add tests with _comp_compgen -C (d99f06a)
• *sum: handle more common checksum filenames (6cc313f)
• 3rd party fallback completion loaders for diffoci, gomarklint, and mado (5e9ab5a)
• aptitude: update sub-commands (4ac918f)
• asdf: add 3rd-party fallback completion loader for "asdf" (cb9303f)
• associate .ogx and .oga with relevant programs (0a13be1)
• bombadil: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (90ef9a2)
• brave: alias to chromium (928c74f)
• bsdtar: support .apk, .ipa and .hap (bc10b93)
• coreutils: update for newer GNU coreutils (#1457) (594de4e)
• curl: Complete IP addresses for --interface (0ea21b9)
• diffoci: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (5d5f997)
• free: new completion (f82ac04)
• fsnotifywait,fsnotifywatch: new, alias to inotifywait (8e8dacc)
• glab: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (c298dcf)
• glances: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (4218596)
• gomarklint: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (162dcf1)
• mado: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (4e4f6be)
• nload: new completion (e700ae7)
• openssl: Complete encryption algos for enc (01b3aa2)
• openssl: show only standard commands (6fb0827)
• pytest: complete --asyncio-mode arg (6b27125)
• pytest: complete --record-mode arg (d14cf0d)
• shtab: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (90162b0)
• shtab: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (20f5622)
• smartctl: update for smartmontools 7.5 (31675a3)
• tldr: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (298700a)
• tmux: add a new completion (#1364) (1b87ff7)
• trash-cli: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (533244c)
• unzip,zipinfo: Android split APK .apkm .apks .xapk (92f558d)
• unzip,zipinfo: generate *.crx (Google Chrome Extension archives) (#1406) (1631952)
• unzip,zipinfo: recognize HarmonyOS .hap (21cf854)
• wget: ipv6 addresses for --bind-address (d3ff6a7)

Bug Fixes

• _comp_command_offset: work around nounset (28e19a2)
• _comp_compgen: go to the original directory on compgen failure (a5637e9)
• _comp_compgen: go to the original directory on compgen failure (83d92c2)
• _comp_dequote: set the literal value to REPLY as a fallback (#1483) (ed61fde)
• _filedir: always set compopt -o filenames to quote special chars (99c599b)
• _filedir: apply trailing slashes with -f (b373d00)
• _umount,feh,sbopkg: check diretory name for "_comp_compgen -C" (c2c6c08)
• _umount,feh,sbopkg: check diretory name for _comp_compgen -C (ff9e1d3)
• add miscellaneous fixes before implementing _comp_compgen -P (6bd5e26)
• brctl: fix quoting of the command name (#1296) (3201497)
• cd: fix the pattern matching (b6503ba)
• cd: generate only cdable_vars containing valid directory paths (b1374fc)
• cd: generate only cdable_vars containing valid directory paths (355eb4d)
• convert: Try calling magick, for IM7 (4509832)
• convert: Try calling magick, for IM7 (ba0b8b9)
• feh: fix "nounset" error (e9e665e)
• firefox: do not split longopt argument (5f3e5f8)
• interfaces: trim @link from completions (#1393) (51b009f)
• ip: Don't offer neighbour, only neighbor (79fd051)
• java,rsync,scp: handle quoted space in filepaths properly (c7be206)
• java,rsync,ssh: complete syntactically incomplete cur (32515a3)
• java,rsync,ssh: complete syntactically incomplete cur (da0df56)
• make,tshark: work around localvar_inherit (d4ae526)
• make: work around custom IFS ([27...

v2.16.0

2.16.0 (2024-12-25)

Features

• alp: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (606017f)
• apko: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (e906c75)
• aqua: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (#1275) (379a951)
• argc: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (f0c3b59)
• argo: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (c069996)
• atlas: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ce0abdd)
• atmos: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (8796f86)
• bashbot: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (494e625)
• bosh: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (21fcca5)
• caddy: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (6b999e5)
• chamber: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (d6f2798)
• changie: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (5268e0b)
• clusterctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (6124044)
• cmctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (4dcef0b)
• coder: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (4dc827a)
• colima: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (55a75aa)
• conform: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (676c062)
• conftest: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (123c8d5)
• container-structure-test: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (42d9241)
• cosign: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (#1286) (2dba9c6)
• crane,gcrane,krane: add 3rd party fallback completion loaders (24918db)
• crictl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (7823df8)
• ctlptl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (c3784cc)
• cue: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (b9b56e0)
• dagger: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (fb50c08)
• dapr: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (12b91f1)
• dasel: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (6c85159)
• deck: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (254f76a)
• delta: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (164852f)
• depot: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ba56206)
• devspace: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ad11337)
• driftctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (fffafbc)
• dyff: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (3a37c60)
• esc: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (48a2811)
• flux: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ddd108b)
• furyctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (01ee387)
• fx: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (86b838c)
• ghorg: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (7313401)
• gitconfig: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (1fe9904)
• gitleaks: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (a642fc8)
• gitsign: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (635d734)
• glen: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (89ad58f)
• glow: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (8c3166b)
• gopass: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (81c6273)
• grype: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (a1b3831)
• helmfile: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (3dec92b)
• hostctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (25700b6)
• imgpkg: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (c7da7bb)
• jj: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (d70381e)
• just: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (de59a20)
• jwt: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (03229b3)
• k0sctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (9a78b89)
• k3d: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (9bb60a3)
• k3sup: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (c58ae25)
• k6: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (05ec5d8)
• k9s: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (cb5005c)
• kafkactl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (baeb267)
• kapp: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (dd6c685)
• kconf: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (9609b50)
• kind: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (bf54a1f)
• ko: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ae1b9a2)
• kompose: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (e291111)
• kops: add 3rd party fallback completion loader ([6dad3f5](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commi...

v2.15.0

2.15.0 (2024-11-24)

Features

• _comp_abspath: handle ".." (d599dcf)
• _comp_compgen_filedir,_comp_compgen_filedir_xspec: don’t suggest . and .. (#1230) (0e7a0cf)
• associate unzip and friends with *.vsix (3c3ab17)
• curl: Complete "%", "-" for --trace[-ascii] (b44b29c)
• curl: Complete files for --json, --write-out (62c0ecb)
• curl: Complete stdin "-" in file locations (9c72cf8)
• fprintd-*: new completions (8aa4914)
• iftop: -G, -s, -L, and -o arg (non-)completions (35293af)
• ip: complete ip ntable show (432f95f)
• java: enable .java filename completion for java command (959ce82), closes #1196
• kata-runtime: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (5ff8055)
• nerdctl: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (cf0591a)
• ngrok: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (#1252) (df48031)
• openssl: Stop having subcommands hardcoded (300b936)
• python,pyvenv: versioned 3.13 executable support (3039122)
• set: more featureful completion (1cb3eae)
• slabtop: new completion (64be5ea)
• sops: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (47af482)
• tar: use long option compression options (0518a21)
• todoist: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (75f5d26)
• uv: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (ba003af)
• uvx: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (499ecab)
• wine: complete with *.bat and *.cmd (01b34cb)
• xv: associate with *.webp and *.pnm (#1227) (2dab633)
• xxd: add -n, -o, and -R arg (non-)completions (8304d33)

Bug Fixes

• _comp_compgen: use compgen -V array_name in bash >= 5.3 (2b5f9fa)
• _comp_expand_glob: set LC_COLLATE for the sorting order (ce98f68)
• _comp_expand_glob: work around GLOBSORT in Bash 5.3 (0fda821)
• compatdir: use _comp_expand_glob for the correct order (51e680a)
• curl: Complete all and category for --help (7eb2eb2)
• dpkg: Add missing short option -R (9891762)
• rsync,ssh: do not overescape spaces in remote filenames (#910) (e8dc253)
• source files using absolute paths for absolute BASH_SOURCE (e1a70c6)
• tar: Complete added files with long opts (c94bebb)
• update-alternatives: fix the "--help" parsing (07605cb)

v2.14.0

2.14.0 (2024-05-09)

Features

• bao: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (af7fbb9)
• cryptsetup: complete --header with filenames (4c9fc87)
• dlv: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (eefe71d)
• env: complete commands and variable assignments (5c75fa3)
• env: treat -* as the command name after - and -- (0cd2883)
• env: treat -* as the command name after assignments (71b7fb2)
• gup: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (>= 0.25.0) (1641f1a)
• incus: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (7108d9c)
• ip: Complete 'route get' options (12fbdb1)
• ip: Complete addr add/change/replace options (8262664)
• ip: Complete ip route list options (43beafc)
• ip: Complete link afstats command (6721346)
• ip: Complete neigh add, del, change, replace (ba80203)
• ip: Complete route save/showdump (606f650)
• iperf: --tos/-S argument completion (d2f59bb)
• ssh-copy-id: (non-)complete args to -t and -F (53fdce4)
• ssh-keygen: complete -r/-Y specific -O args (d6977fc)
• ssh-keyscan: complete -O argument (39ea543)
• tofu: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (4edd9a2)
• zarf: add 3rd party fallback completion loader (032f0f0)

Bug Fixes

• comp{compgen,xfunc}: use declare -F -- for arbitrary funcs (8998491)
• comp{load,realcommand}: handle option-like command name (883946d)
• available_interfaces: strip only trailing colon from entries (a452aee)
• bash_completion,conftest: use complete -p -- for arbitrary cmds (dafd338)
• fio: engines completion (27a0ef8)
• ip: Complete link change as well as set (956bd5d)
• ip: Don't stop at proxy and nomaster in neigh (d58ea76)
• scp remote_files: do not filter generated paths with "$cur" (bc812df)
• scp remote_files: localize variable cur (34f7d0c)
• ssh-keygen: handling of bundled short options (18e436d)
• ssh-keygen: make work with custom IFS (b71340b)
• ssh-keygen: suggest -O arg completions depending on mode (b49ab1d)
• use -- to pass arbitrary cmdnames to _comp_load (3c1d9bc)
• use pathcmd=$(type -P -- "$1") for arbitrary cmds (8795ca9)

v2.13.0

2.13.0 (2024-04-03)

Features

• curl: Complete protocols for --proto-default (7051379)
• ip: Add completion for netconf subcommand (03a10ff)
• ip: Complete commands for netns exec (1f03796)
• ip: Complete help for unknown subcommands (21f7e32)
• ip: Complete ip link property (efa663c)
• ip: Complete link types for address show (ca5ea03)
• ip: Complete neigh show and flush (c7c3c03)
• ip: Complete stats subcommand (cd73e8c)
• ip: Create function to get link types (8e60245)
• rg: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (7e4cc2f)
• xmllint,xmlwf: also suggest *.rss files (a89cde2)

Bug Fixes

• available_interfaces: fix regression of unwanted trailing colons (c2f83e0)
• ip: Complete addrlabel add/del properties (ea07616)
• ip: Complete ip delete with type correctly (f3a9be3)
• ip: Complete more variations of subcommands (c8920c5)
• ip: Complete netns attach subcommand (bfb1de6)
• ip: Complete only relevant addrlabel subcmds (05147f1)
• ip: Keep completing after -netns name (1a5df4f)
• ip: Quote all instantiation of ip as "$1" (ef25163)
• ip: Quote network namespace names (216734b)
• Makefile: include api-and-naming.md in dist (fdd8048)

v2.12.0

2.12.0 (2024-02-21)

Features

• _comp_backup_glob: add ucf generated backup files (351be1c)
• _comp_backup_glob: require dash in dpkg backup files (59a57f9)
• comp_compgen{filedir,set}: define exit status (7920c9d)
• _comp_compgen_commands: align return value with other compgens (9d3362e)
• _comp_compgen_commands: auto set -o filenames when appropriate (4d4839e)
• _comp_compgen_commands: include dirs (b9c7b5d)
• _comp_compgen_known_hosts: return 2 on usage error (43bb8f0)
• _comp_compgen: support -i cmd and -x cmd (39cc200)
• _comp_compgen: support -U var to unlocal var (b603535)
• _comp_compgen: support option -C (6b3dfa5)
• _comp_expand_glob: fail when no paths are generated (6b0a466)
• _comp_get_fist_arg: support "-o GLOB" to skip optargs (0f14cc0)
• _ip_addresses: auto ltrim colon completions when appropriate (ccdf953)
• add _comp_compgen_split (542bf73)
• add _comp_locate_first_arg (0384bd5)
• airflow: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (bf5550b)
• ansible:* add fallback 3rd party completion loader (5f8384e)
• apt-get: prefer apt-cache in same dir as command (a731bfd)
• b2sum: new completion (cd985df)
• bash_completion: add function _comp_compgen_ltrim_colon (ce5889b)
• black,blackd: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (47a1f05)
• carton: support exec command completions (0eb3a21)
• chezmoi: add 3rd-party completion loader (cobra) (31baa69)
• conda: add 3rd-party completion loader (argcomplete) (c0f5ba2)
• crc: add 3rd-party completion loader (cobra) (f10866e)
• cz: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (b7ba70e)
• dot: support filename extension .gv (be0010e)
• dprint: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (e201e0e)
• eog: add missing extension .heif (9e4a48f)
• eog: associate with *.avif and *.webp (#1005) (f1c04b8)
• eog: associate with *.heic and *.jxl (20c9cea)
• eog: associate with *.pbm (#1006) (5472cc1)
• feh: associate with y4m and heic/heif/avif (e252c73)
• feh: deassociate with avci/avcs (af46f34)
• flask: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (3e0d00d)
• hash: new completion (#1013) (4d0bffb)
• httpx: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (3f4861c)
• ip: Add completion for monitor subcommand (fa696e6)
• jungle: add fallback 3rd-party completion loader (c69845a)
• keyring: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (8082602)
• kontena: add fallback 3rd-party completion loader (5eef0ce)
• lefthook: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (dc9650e)
• mailman: prefer list_lists in same dir as command (a46ccf1)
• mysql: prefer mysqlshow from same dir (643886c)
• no empty command completion if no_empty_cmd_completion is on (faab292)
• npm: add fallback 3rd-party completion loader (f1c085c)
• nvm: add fallback 3rd-party completion loader (dea7e1d)
• oc: add 3rd-party completion loader (cobra) (26b5f09)
• pip{,3}: add fallback 3rd-party completion loader (e3cbfba)
• pipenv: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (#1020) (6ecf5bd)
• pytest: complete new --import-mode value (#1021) (2d636a3)
• rtx: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (0628e22)
• scp,sftp: prefer ssh from same dir to resolve options etc (d55f5e6)
• ssh-copy-id,ssh-keygen: prefer ssh from same dir (5c1d270)
• ssh-inscribe: add fallback 3rd party completion loader (7f2c197)
• ssh: complete RequiredRSASize (#1064) (de15205)
• tkn-pac: add 3rd-party completion loader (cobra) (d0f2604)
• tkn: add 3rd-party completion loader (cobra) (161fc5d)
• xrandr: comma separated --setmonitor third argument (8a76f3d)

Bug Fixes

• __load_completion: quoted compspec for variants (#1008) (0a2443e)
• _cd_devices: /dev/cdc-* CDC device false positives (5250728)
• **_comp__init_set_up_service...

2.11

Main things to notice in this release:

• 4.2 is now the oldest supported version of bash
• we should be compatible with nounset mode from now on

Other than that, the usual bunch of smaller items, see CHANGES or the git commit log for details.

2.10

Release 2.10

2.9

Release 2.9

2.8

Release 2.8