rclone / rclone/rclone

Optional arguments are not completed.

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Description

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What is your current rclone version (output from rclone version)?

rclone v1.57.0

What problem are you are trying to solve?

Bash completion is insufficient. --vfs-cache-mode= is completed, but arguments like off, minimal, writes, and full are not completed.

How do you think rclone should be changed to solve that?

Improve Bash completion so that arguments are also included in the completion.

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Research direction

Start by locating rclone's Bash completion entry point and the definition for --vfs-cache-mode. Compare its existing flag completion with the listed values off, minimal, writes, and full. Done means those values are offered when completing the option, with the relevant completion check passing if one exists.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
bash
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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