Merge pull request #3587 from NixOS/bash-completion

Generic shell completion support for the 'nix' command

Makefile

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ makefiles = \
   src/resolve-system-dependencies/local.mk \
   scripts/local.mk \
   corepkgs/local.mk \
+  misc/bash/local.mk \
   misc/systemd/local.mk \
   misc/launchd/local.mk \
   misc/upstart/local.mk \

misc/bash/completion.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function _complete_nix {
+    local -a words
+    local cword cur
+    _get_comp_words_by_ref -n ':=&' words cword cur
+    local have_type
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        if [[ -z $have_type ]]; then
+            have_type=1
+            if [[ $line = filenames ]]; then
+                compopt -o filenames
+            fi
+        else
+            COMPREPLY+=("$line")
+        fi
+    done < <(NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS=$cword "${words[@]}")
+    __ltrim_colon_completions "$cur"
+}
+
+complete -F _complete_nix nix

misc/bash/local.mk

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$(eval $(call install-file-as, $(d)/completion.sh, $(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/_nix3, 0644))

src/libfetchers/registry.cc

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void overrideRegistry(
 static std::shared_ptr<Registry> getGlobalRegistry(ref<Store> store)
 {
     static auto reg = [&]() {
-        auto path = settings.flakeRegistry;
+        auto path = settings.flakeRegistry.get();
 
         if (!hasPrefix(path, "/")) {
             auto storePath = downloadFile(store, path, "flake-registry.json", false).storePath;

src/libmain/common-args.cc

@@ -33,9 +33,19 @@ MixCommonArgs::MixCommonArgs(const string & programName)
             try {
                 globalConfig.set(name, value);
             } catch (UsageError & e) {
-                warn(e.what());
+                if (!completions)
+                    warn(e.what());
             }
         }},
+        .completer = [](size_t index, std::string_view prefix) {
+            if (index == 0) {
+                std::map<std::string, Config::SettingInfo> settings;
+                globalConfig.getSettings(settings);
+                for (auto & s : settings)
+                    if (hasPrefix(s.first, prefix))
+                        completions->insert(s.first);
+            }
+        }
     });
 
     addFlag({

src/libutil/args.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "args.hh"
 #include "hash.hh"
 
+#include <glob.h>
+
 namespace nix {
 
 void Args::addFlag(Flag && flag_)
@@ -13,6 +15,20 @@ void Args::addFlag(Flag && flag_)
     if (flag->shortName) shortFlags[flag->shortName] = flag;
 }
 
+bool pathCompletions = false;
+std::shared_ptr<std::set<std::string>> completions;
+
+std::string completionMarker = "___COMPLETE___";
+
+std::optional<std::string> needsCompletion(std::string_view s)
+{
+    if (!completions) return {};
+    auto i = s.find(completionMarker);
+    if (i != std::string::npos)
+        return std::string(s.begin(), i);
+    return {};
+}
+
 void Args::parseCmdline(const Strings & _cmdline)
 {
     Strings pendingArgs;
@@ -20,6 +36,14 @@ void Args::parseCmdline(const Strings & _cmdline)
 
     Strings cmdline(_cmdline);
 
+    if (auto s = getEnv("NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS")) {
+        size_t n = std::stoi(*s);
+        assert(n > 0 && n <= cmdline.size());
+        *std::next(cmdline.begin(), n - 1) += completionMarker;
+        completions = std::make_shared<decltype(completions)::element_type>();
+        verbosity = lvlError;
+    }
+
     for (auto pos = cmdline.begin(); pos != cmdline.end(); ) {
 
         auto arg = *pos;
@@ -63,7 +87,7 @@ void Args::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
     for (auto & exp : expectedArgs) {
         std::cout << renderLabels({exp.label});
         // FIXME: handle arity > 1
-        if (exp.arity == 0) std::cout << "...";
+        if (exp.handler.arity == ArityAny) std::cout << "...";
         if (exp.optional) std::cout << "?";
     }
     std::cout << "\n";
@@ -104,6 +128,9 @@ bool Args::processFlag(Strings::iterator & pos, Strings::iterator end)
                 if (flag.handler.arity == ArityAny) break;
                 throw UsageError("flag '%s' requires %d argument(s)", name, flag.handler.arity);
             }
+            if (flag.completer)
+                if (auto prefix = needsCompletion(*pos))
+                    flag.completer(n, *prefix);
             args.push_back(*pos++);
         }
         flag.handler.fun(std::move(args));
@@ -111,6 +138,13 @@ bool Args::processFlag(Strings::iterator & pos, Strings::iterator end)
     };
 
     if (string(*pos, 0, 2) == "--") {
+        if (auto prefix = needsCompletion(*pos)) {
+            for (auto & [name, flag] : longFlags) {
+                if (!hiddenCategories.count(flag->category)
+                    && hasPrefix(name, std::string(*prefix, 2)))
+                    completions->insert("--" + name);
+            }
+        }
         auto i = longFlags.find(string(*pos, 2));
         if (i == longFlags.end()) return false;
         return process("--" + i->first, *i->second);
@@ -123,6 +157,14 @@ bool Args::processFlag(Strings::iterator & pos, Strings::iterator end)
         return process(std::string("-") + c, *i->second);
     }
 
+    if (auto prefix = needsCompletion(*pos)) {
+        if (prefix == "-") {
+            completions->insert("--");
+            for (auto & [flag, _] : shortFlags)
+                completions->insert(std::string("-") + flag);
+        }
+    }
+
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -138,12 +180,17 @@ bool Args::processArgs(const Strings & args, bool finish)
 
     bool res = false;
 
-    if ((exp.arity == 0 && finish) ||
+    if ((exp.handler.arity == ArityAny && finish) ||
-        (exp.arity > 0 && args.size() == exp.arity))
+        (exp.handler.arity != ArityAny && args.size() == exp.handler.arity))
     {
         std::vector<std::string> ss;
-        for (auto & s : args) ss.push_back(s);
+        for (const auto &[n, s] : enumerate(args)) {
-        exp.handler(std::move(ss));
+            ss.push_back(s);
+            if (exp.completer)
+                if (auto prefix = needsCompletion(s))
+                    exp.completer(n, *prefix);
+        }
+        exp.handler.fun(ss);
         expectedArgs.pop_front();
         res = true;
     }
@@ -164,10 +211,46 @@ Args::Flag Args::Flag::mkHashTypeFlag(std::string && longName, HashType * ht)
             *ht = parseHashType(s);
             if (*ht == htUnknown)
                 throw UsageError("unknown hash type '%1%'", s);
-        }}
+        }},
+        .completer = [](size_t index, std::string_view prefix) {
+            for (auto & type : hashTypes)
+                if (hasPrefix(type, prefix))
+                    completions->insert(type);
+        }
     };
 }
 
+static void completePath(std::string_view prefix, bool onlyDirs)
+{
+    pathCompletions = true;
+    glob_t globbuf;
+    int flags = GLOB_NOESCAPE | GLOB_TILDE;
+    #ifdef GLOB_ONLYDIR
+    if (onlyDirs)
+        flags |= GLOB_ONLYDIR;
+    #endif
+    if (glob((std::string(prefix) + "*").c_str(), flags, nullptr, &globbuf) == 0) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < globbuf.gl_pathc; ++i) {
+            if (onlyDirs) {
+                auto st = lstat(globbuf.gl_pathv[i]);
+                if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) continue;
+            }
+            completions->insert(globbuf.gl_pathv[i]);
+        }
+        globfree(&globbuf);
+    }
+}
+
+void completePath(size_t, std::string_view prefix)
+{
+    completePath(prefix, false);
+}
+
+void completeDir(size_t, std::string_view prefix)
+{
+    completePath(prefix, true);
+}
+
 Strings argvToStrings(int argc, char * * argv)
 {
     Strings args;
@@ -215,13 +298,22 @@ void Command::printHelp(const string & programName, std::ostream & out)
 MultiCommand::MultiCommand(const Commands & commands)
     : commands(commands)
 {
-    expectedArgs.push_back(ExpectedArg{"command", 1, true, [=](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+    expectArgs({
-        assert(!command);
+        .label = "command",
-        auto i = commands.find(ss[0]);
+        .optional = true,
-        if (i == commands.end())
+        .handler = {[=](std::string s) {
-            throw UsageError("'%s' is not a recognised command", ss[0]);
+            assert(!command);
-        command = {ss[0], i->second()};
+            if (auto prefix = needsCompletion(s)) {
-    }});
+                for (auto & [name, command] : commands)
+                    if (hasPrefix(name, *prefix))
+                        completions->insert(name);
+            }
+            auto i = commands.find(s);
+            if (i == commands.end())
+                throw UsageError("'%s' is not a recognised command", s);
+            command = {s, i->second()};
+        }}
+    });
 
     categories[Command::catDefault] = "Available commands";
 }

src/libutil/args.hh

@@ -28,61 +28,67 @@ protected:
 
     static const size_t ArityAny = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
 
+    struct Handler
+    {
+        std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> fun;
+        size_t arity;
+
+        Handler() {}
+
+        Handler(std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> && fun)
+            : fun(std::move(fun))
+            , arity(ArityAny)
+        { }
+
+        Handler(std::function<void()> && handler)
+            : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string>) { handler(); })
+            , arity(0)
+        { }
+
+        Handler(std::function<void(std::string)> && handler)
+            : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+                handler(std::move(ss[0]));
+              })
+            , arity(1)
+        { }
+
+        Handler(std::function<void(std::string, std::string)> && handler)
+            : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+                handler(std::move(ss[0]), std::move(ss[1]));
+              })
+            , arity(2)
+        { }
+
+        Handler(std::vector<std::string> * dest)
+            : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = ss; })
+            , arity(ArityAny)
+        { }
+
+        template<class T>
+        Handler(T * dest)
+            : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = ss[0]; })
+            , arity(1)
+        { }
+
+        template<class T>
+        Handler(T * dest, const T & val)
+            : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = val; })
+            , arity(0)
+        { }
+    };
+
     /* Flags. */
     struct Flag
     {
         typedef std::shared_ptr<Flag> ptr;
 
-        struct Handler
-        {
-            std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> fun;
-            size_t arity;
-
-            Handler() {}
-
-            Handler(std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> && fun)
-                : fun(std::move(fun))
-                , arity(ArityAny)
-            { }
-
-            Handler(std::function<void()> && handler)
-                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string>) { handler(); })
-                , arity(0)
-            { }
-
-            Handler(std::function<void(std::string)> && handler)
-                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
-                    handler(std::move(ss[0]));
-                  })
-                , arity(1)
-            { }
-
-            Handler(std::function<void(std::string, std::string)> && handler)
-                : fun([handler{std::move(handler)}](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
-                    handler(std::move(ss[0]), std::move(ss[1]));
-                  })
-                , arity(2)
-            { }
-
-            template<class T>
-            Handler(T * dest)
-                : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = ss[0]; })
-                , arity(1)
-            { }
-
-            template<class T>
-            Handler(T * dest, const T & val)
-                : fun([=](std::vector<std::string> ss) { *dest = val; })
-                , arity(0)
-            { }
-        };
-
         std::string longName;
         char shortName = 0;
         std::string description;
         std::string category;
         Strings labels;
         Handler handler;
+        std::function<void(size_t, std::string_view)> completer;
 
         static Flag mkHashTypeFlag(std::string && longName, HashType * ht);
     };
@@ -98,9 +104,9 @@ protected:
     struct ExpectedArg
     {
         std::string label;
-        size_t arity; // 0 = any
+        bool optional = false;
-        bool optional;
+        Handler handler;
-        std::function<void(std::vector<std::string>)> handler;
+        std::function<void(size_t, std::string_view)> completer;
     };
 
     std::list<ExpectedArg> expectedArgs;
@@ -174,20 +180,28 @@ public:
         });
     }
 
+    void expectArgs(ExpectedArg && arg)
+    {
+        expectedArgs.emplace_back(std::move(arg));
+    }
+
     /* Expect a string argument. */
     void expectArg(const std::string & label, string * dest, bool optional = false)
     {
-        expectedArgs.push_back(ExpectedArg{label, 1, optional, [=](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+        expectArgs({
-            *dest = ss[0];
+            .label = label,
-        }});
+            .optional = true,
+            .handler = {dest}
+        });
     }
 
     /* Expect 0 or more arguments. */
     void expectArgs(const std::string & label, std::vector<std::string> * dest)
     {
-        expectedArgs.push_back(ExpectedArg{label, 0, false, [=](std::vector<std::string> ss) {
+        expectArgs({
-            *dest = std::move(ss);
+            .label = label,
-        }});
+            .handler = {dest}
+        });
     }
 
     friend class MultiCommand;
@@ -256,4 +270,13 @@ typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> Table2;
 
 void printTable(std::ostream & out, const Table2 & table);
 
+extern std::shared_ptr<std::set<std::string>> completions;
+extern bool pathCompletions;
+
+std::optional<std::string> needsCompletion(std::string_view s);
+
+void completePath(size_t, std::string_view prefix);
+
+void completeDir(size_t, std::string_view prefix);
+
 }

src/libutil/hash.cc

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
+std::set<std::string> hashTypes = { "md5", "sha1", "sha256", "sha512" };
+
+
 void Hash::init()
 {
     if (type == htMD5) hashSize = md5HashSize;

src/libutil/hash.hh

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const int sha1HashSize = 20;
 const int sha256HashSize = 32;
 const int sha512HashSize = 64;
 
+extern std::set<std::string> hashTypes;
+
 extern const string base32Chars;
 
 enum Base : int { Base64, Base32, Base16, SRI };

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ bool statusOk(int status)
 }
 
 
-bool hasPrefix(const string & s, const string & prefix)
+bool hasPrefix(std::string_view s, std::string_view prefix)
 {
     return s.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix) == 0;
 }

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ template<class N> bool string2Float(const string & s, N & n)
 
 
 /* Return true iff `s' starts with `prefix'. */
-bool hasPrefix(const string & s, const string & prefix);
+bool hasPrefix(std::string_view s, std::string_view prefix);
 
 
 /* Return true iff `s' ends in `suffix'. */

src/nix/build.cc

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixDryRun, MixProfile
             .description = "path of the symlink to the build result",
             .labels = {"path"},
             .handler = {&outLink},
+            .completer = completePath
         });
 
         addFlag({

src/nix/cat.cc

@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ struct CmdCatStore : StoreCommand, MixCat
 {
     CmdCatStore()
     {
-        expectArg("path", &path);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "path",
+            .handler = {&path},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override
@@ -47,7 +51,11 @@ struct CmdCatNar : StoreCommand, MixCat
 
     CmdCatNar()
     {
-        expectArg("nar", &narPath);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "nar",
+            .handler = {&narPath},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
         expectArg("path", &path);
     }
 

src/nix/command.cc

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ MixProfile::MixProfile()
         .description = "profile to update",
         .labels = {"path"},
         .handler = {&profile},
+        .completer = completePath
     });
 }
 

src/nix/command.hh

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct EvalCommand : virtual StoreCommand, MixEvalArgs
     ref<EvalState> getEvalState();
 
     std::shared_ptr<EvalState> evalState;
+
+    void completeFlakeRef(std::string_view prefix);
 };
 
 struct MixFlakeOptions : virtual Args
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ struct SourceExprCommand : virtual Args, EvalCommand, MixFlakeOptions
     virtual Strings getDefaultFlakeAttrPaths();
 
     virtual Strings getDefaultFlakeAttrPathPrefixes();
+
+    void completeInstallable(std::string_view prefix);
 };
 
 enum RealiseMode { Build, NoBuild, DryRun };
@@ -73,10 +77,7 @@ struct InstallablesCommand : virtual Args, SourceExprCommand
 {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> installables;
 
-    InstallablesCommand()
+    InstallablesCommand();
-    {
-        expectArgs("installables", &_installables);
-    }
 
     void prepare() override;
 
@@ -92,10 +93,7 @@ struct InstallableCommand : virtual Args, SourceExprCommand
 {
     std::shared_ptr<Installable> installable;
 
-    InstallableCommand()
+    InstallableCommand();
-    {
-        expectArg("installable", &_installable, true);
-    }
 
     void prepare() override;
 

src/nix/flake.cc

@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ public:
 
     FlakeCommand()
     {
-        expectArg("flake-url", &flakeUrl, true);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "flake-url",
+            .optional = true,
+            .handler = {&flakeUrl},
+            .completer = {[&](size_t, std::string_view prefix) {
+                completeFlakeRef(prefix);
+            }}
+        });
     }
 
     FlakeRef getFlakeRef()

src/nix/hash.cc

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ struct CmdHash : Command
             .labels({"modulus"})
             .dest(&modulus);
         #endif
-        expectArgs("paths", &paths);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "paths",
+            .handler = {&paths},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override

src/nix/installables.cc

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "flake/flake.hh"
 #include "eval-cache.hh"
 #include "url.hh"
+#include "registry.hh"
 
 #include <regex>
 #include <queue>
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand()
         .shortName = 'f',
         .description = "evaluate FILE rather than the default",
         .labels = {"file"},
-        .handler = {&file}
+        .handler = {&file},
+        .completer = completePath
     });
 
     addFlag({
@@ -105,6 +107,76 @@ Strings SourceExprCommand::getDefaultFlakeAttrPathPrefixes()
     };
 }
 
+void SourceExprCommand::completeInstallable(std::string_view prefix)
+{
+    if (file) return; // FIXME
+
+    /* Look for flake output attributes that match the
+       prefix. */
+    try {
+        auto hash = prefix.find('#');
+        if (hash != std::string::npos) {
+            auto fragment = prefix.substr(hash + 1);
+            auto flakeRefS = std::string(prefix.substr(0, hash));
+            // FIXME: do tilde expansion.
+            auto flakeRef = parseFlakeRef(flakeRefS, absPath("."));
+
+            auto state = getEvalState();
+
+            auto evalCache = openEvalCache(*state,
+                std::make_shared<flake::LockedFlake>(lockFlake(*state, flakeRef, lockFlags)),
+                true);
+
+            auto root = evalCache->getRoot();
+
+            /* Complete 'fragment' relative to all the
+               attrpath prefixes as well as the root of the
+               flake. */
+            auto attrPathPrefixes = getDefaultFlakeAttrPathPrefixes();
+            attrPathPrefixes.push_back("");
+
+            for (auto & attrPathPrefixS : attrPathPrefixes) {
+                auto attrPathPrefix = parseAttrPath(*state, attrPathPrefixS);
+                auto attrPathS = attrPathPrefixS + std::string(fragment);
+                auto attrPath = parseAttrPath(*state, attrPathS);
+
+                std::string lastAttr;
+                if (!attrPath.empty() && !hasSuffix(attrPathS, ".")) {
+                    lastAttr = attrPath.back();
+                    attrPath.pop_back();
+                }
+
+                auto attr = root->findAlongAttrPath(attrPath);
+                if (!attr) continue;
+
+                auto attrs = attr->getAttrs();
+                for (auto & attr2 : attrs) {
+                    if (hasPrefix(attr2, lastAttr)) {
+                        auto attrPath2 = attr->getAttrPath(attr2);
+                        /* Strip the attrpath prefix. */
+                        attrPath2.erase(attrPath2.begin(), attrPath2.begin() + attrPathPrefix.size());
+                        completions->insert(flakeRefS + "#" + concatStringsSep(".", attrPath2));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* And add an empty completion for the default
+               attrpaths. */
+            if (fragment.empty()) {
+                for (auto & attrPath : getDefaultFlakeAttrPaths()) {
+                    auto attr = root->findAlongAttrPath(parseAttrPath(*state, attrPath));
+                    if (!attr) continue;
+                    completions->insert(flakeRefS + "#");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        warn(e.msg());
+    }
+
+    completeFlakeRef(prefix);
+}
+
 ref<EvalState> EvalCommand::getEvalState()
 {
     if (!evalState)
@@ -112,6 +184,29 @@ ref<EvalState> EvalCommand::getEvalState()
     return ref<EvalState>(evalState);
 }
 
+void EvalCommand::completeFlakeRef(std::string_view prefix)
+{
+    if (prefix == "")
+        completions->insert(".");
+
+    completeDir(0, prefix);
+
+    /* Look for registry entries that match the prefix. */
+    for (auto & registry : fetchers::getRegistries(getStore())) {
+        for (auto & entry : registry->entries) {
+            auto from = entry.from->to_string();
+            if (!hasPrefix(prefix, "flake:") && hasPrefix(from, "flake:")) {
+                std::string from2(from, 6);
+                if (hasPrefix(from2, prefix))
+                    completions->insert(from2);
+            } else {
+                if (hasPrefix(from, prefix))
+                    completions->insert(from);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 Buildable Installable::toBuildable()
 {
     auto buildables = toBuildables();
@@ -551,6 +646,17 @@ StorePathSet toDerivations(ref<Store> store,
     return drvPaths;
 }
 
+InstallablesCommand::InstallablesCommand()
+{
+    expectArgs({
+        .label = "installables",
+        .handler = {&_installables},
+        .completer = {[&](size_t, std::string_view prefix) {
+            completeInstallable(prefix);
+        }}
+    });
+}
+
 void InstallablesCommand::prepare()
 {
     if (_installables.empty() && useDefaultInstallables())
@@ -560,6 +666,18 @@ void InstallablesCommand::prepare()
     installables = parseInstallables(getStore(), _installables);
 }
 
+InstallableCommand::InstallableCommand()
+{
+    expectArgs({
+        .label = "installable",
+        .optional = true,
+        .handler = {&_installable},
+        .completer = {[&](size_t, std::string_view prefix) {
+            completeInstallable(prefix);
+        }}
+    });
+}
+
 void InstallableCommand::prepare()
 {
     installable = parseInstallable(getStore(), _installable);

src/nix/ls.cc

@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ struct CmdLsStore : StoreCommand, MixLs
 {
     CmdLsStore()
     {
-        expectArg("path", &path);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "path",
+            .handler = {&path},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     Examples examples() override
@@ -117,7 +121,11 @@ struct CmdLsNar : Command, MixLs
 
     CmdLsNar()
     {
-        expectArg("nar", &narPath);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "nar",
+            .handler = {&narPath},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
         expectArg("path", &path);
     }
 

src/nix/main.cc

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
         addFlag({
             .longName = "help",
             .description = "show usage information",
-            .handler = {[&]() { showHelpAndExit(); }},
+            .handler = {[&]() { if (!completions) showHelpAndExit(); }},
         });
 
         addFlag({
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct NixArgs : virtual MultiCommand, virtual MixCommonArgs
         addFlag({
             .longName = "version",
             .description = "show version information",
-            .handler = {[&]() { printVersion(programName); }},
+            .handler = {[&]() { if (!completions) printVersion(programName); }},
         });
 
         addFlag({
@@ -166,7 +166,22 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
 
     NixArgs args;
 
-    args.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
+    Finally printCompletions([&]()
+    {
+        if (completions) {
+            std::cout << (pathCompletions ? "filenames\n" : "no-filenames\n");
+            for (auto & s : *completions)
+                std::cout << s << "\n";
+        }
+    });
+
+    try {
+        args.parseCmdline(argvToStrings(argc, argv));
+    } catch (UsageError &) {
+        if (!completions) throw;
+    }
+
+    if (completions) return;
 
     settings.requireExperimentalFeature("nix-command");
 

src/nix/repl.cc

@@ -767,7 +767,11 @@ struct CmdRepl : StoreCommand, MixEvalArgs
 
     CmdRepl()
     {
-        expectArgs("files", &files);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "files",
+            .handler = {&files},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override

src/nix/run.cc

@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ struct CmdRun : InstallableCommand, RunCommon
 
     CmdRun()
     {
-        expectArgs("args", &args);
+        expectArgs({
+            .label = "args",
+            .handler = {&args},
+            .completer = completePath
+        });
     }
 
     std::string description() override

src/nix/sigs.cc

@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ struct CmdSignPaths : StorePathsCommand
             .shortName = 'k',
             .description = "file containing the secret signing key",
             .labels = {"file"},
-            .handler = {&secretKeyFile}
+            .handler = {&secretKeyFile},
+            .completer = completePath
         });
     }