[CLI] Expose shell completions for `codeql` command
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Description
`codeql` doesn't support auto-completion which would be quite nice when working with it.
I would imagine a command like `codeql generate-completions` which can then be used as `source <(codeql generate-completions)`.
It shouldn't be too hard to implement this, because as far as I know, picocli is used for CLI parsing and it shouldn't take more than a few lines of code to implement this as the hard work has already been done by picocli:
https://picocli.info/autocomplete.html#_distribution
(All you have to do is add `@Command(name = "codeql", subcommands = GenerateCompletion.class)` it seems)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the codeql CLI command registration and its picocli setup, then read picocli's autocomplete distribution guidance. Add the requested generate-completions command so its output can be sourced by a shell, and verify that completion generation works for the codeql command and its subcommands.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100