Configuring tab completion

As of version 5.34.0, Rush supports tab completion so that shell commands can be input more quickly by pressing the TAB key. The setup instructions below are based on the article Tab completion for the .NET Core CLI which provides some additional tips.

PowerShell

To enable tab completion for PowerShell, create or edit the profile stored in the $PROFILE variable. For more information, see How to create your profile and Profiles and execution policy.

Add the following code to your profile:

# PowerShell parameter completion shim for the Rush CLI
Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName rush -ScriptBlock {
     param($commandName, $wordToComplete, $cursorPosition)
         rush tab-complete --position $cursorPosition --word "$wordToComplete" | ForEach-Object {
            [System.Management.Automation.CompletionResult]::new($_, $_, 'ParameterValue', $_)
         }
 }

Bash

To enable tab completion for Bash, add the following code to your .bashrc file:

# bash parameter completion for the Rush CLI

_rush_bash_complete()
{
  local word=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}

  local completions
  completions="$(rush tab-complete --position "${COMP_POINT}" --word "${COMP_LINE}" 2>/dev/null)"
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    completions=""
  fi

  COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$completions" -- "$word") )
}

complete -f -F _rush_bash_complete rush

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