Add global flags for command

Fixes #24

command.go

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ type Command struct {
 	// The key is the flag name, and the value is it's predictions.
 	Flags Flags
 
+	// GlobalFlags is a map of flags that the command accepts.
+	// Global flags that can appear also after a sub command.
+	GlobalFlags Flags
+
 	// Args are extra arguments that the command accepts, those who are
 	// given without any flag before.
 	Args Predictor
@@ -58,14 +62,7 @@ func (f Flags) Predict(a Args) (prediction []string) {
 // and other flags or sub commands can't come after it.
 func (c *Command) predict(a Args) (options []string, only bool) {
 
-	// if wordCompleted has something that needs to follow it,
+	// search sub commands for predictions first
-	// it is the most relevant completion
-	if predictor, ok := c.Flags[a.LastCompleted]; ok && predictor != nil {
-		Log("Predicting according to flag %s", a.Last)
-		return predictor.Predict(a), true
-	}
-
-	// search sub commands for predictions
 	subCommandFound := false
 	for i, arg := range a.Completed {
 		if cmd, ok := c.Sub[arg]; ok {
@@ -79,15 +76,28 @@ func (c *Command) predict(a Args) (options []string, only bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// if no sub command was found, return a list of the sub commands
+	// if last completed word is a global flag that we need to complete
-	if !subCommandFound {
+	if predictor, ok := c.GlobalFlags[a.LastCompleted]; ok && predictor != nil {
-		options = append(options, c.Sub.Predict(a)...)
+		Log("Predicting according to global flag %s", a.LastCompleted)
+		return predictor.Predict(a), true
 	}
 
-	// add global available complete options
+	options = append(options, c.GlobalFlags.Predict(a)...)
-	options = append(options, c.Flags.Predict(a)...)
 
-	// add additional expected argument of the command
+	// if a sub command was entered, we won't add the parent command
+	// completions and we return here.
+	if subCommandFound {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// if last completed word is a command flag that we need to complete
+	if predictor, ok := c.Flags[a.LastCompleted]; ok && predictor != nil {
+		Log("Predicting according to flag %s", a.LastCompleted)
+		return predictor.Predict(a), true
+	}
+
+	options = append(options, c.Sub.Predict(a)...)
+	options = append(options, c.Flags.Predict(a)...)
 	if c.Args != nil {
 		options = append(options, c.Args.Predict(a)...)
 	}

complete_test.go

@@ -11,34 +11,28 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 	initTests()
 
 	c := Command{
-		Sub: map[string]Command{
+		Sub: Commands{
 			"sub1": {
-				Flags: map[string]Predictor{
+				Flags: Flags{
 					"-flag1": PredictAnything,
 					"-flag2": PredictNothing,
 				},
 			},
 			"sub2": {
-				Flags: map[string]Predictor{
+				Flags: Flags{
 					"-flag2": PredictNothing,
 					"-flag3": PredictSet("opt1", "opt2", "opt12"),
 				},
 				Args: PredictFiles("*.md"),
 			},
 		},
-		Flags: map[string]Predictor{
+		Flags: Flags{
-			"-h":       PredictNothing,
-			"-global1": PredictAnything,
 			"-o": PredictFiles("*.txt"),
 		},
-	}
+		GlobalFlags: Flags{
-
+			"-h":       PredictNothing,
-	allGlobals := []string{}
+			"-global1": PredictAnything,
-	for sub := range c.Sub {
+		},
-		allGlobals = append(allGlobals, sub)
-	}
-	for flag := range c.Flags {
-		allGlobals = append(allGlobals, flag)
 	}
 
 	testTXTFiles := []string{"./a.txt", "./b.txt", "./c.txt", "./.dot.txt"}
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			args: "",
-			want: allGlobals,
+			want: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-",
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-h ",
-			want: allGlobals,
+			want: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-global1 ", // global1 is known follow flag
@@ -77,11 +71,11 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub1 ",
-			want: []string{"-flag1", "-flag2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
+			want: []string{"-flag1", "-flag2", "-h", "-global1"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub2 ",
-			want: []string{"./", "./dir/", "./outer/", "./readme.md", "-flag2", "-flag3", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
+			want: []string{"./", "./dir/", "./outer/", "./readme.md", "-flag2", "-flag3", "-h", "-global1"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub2 ./",
@@ -93,7 +87,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub2 -flag2 ",
-			want: []string{"./", "./dir/", "./outer/", "./readme.md", "-flag2", "-flag3", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
+			want: []string{"./", "./dir/", "./outer/", "./readme.md", "-flag2", "-flag3", "-h", "-global1"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub1 -fl",
@@ -109,7 +103,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "sub1 -flag2 ",
-			want: []string{"-flag1", "-flag2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
+			want: []string{"-flag1", "-flag2", "-h", "-global1"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-no-such-flag",
@@ -117,7 +111,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-no-such-flag ",
-			want: allGlobals,
+			want: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "no-such-command",
@@ -125,7 +119,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "no-such-command ",
-			want: allGlobals,
+			want: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-o ",
@@ -149,7 +143,7 @@ func TestCompleter_Complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-o ./readme.md ",
-			want: allGlobals,
+			want: []string{"sub1", "sub2", "-h", "-global1", "-o"},
 		},
 		{
 			args: "-o sub2 -flag3 ",

gocomplete/complete.go

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func main() {
 			"fix":      fix,
 			"version":  version,
 		},
-		Flags: complete.Flags{
+		GlobalFlags: complete.Flags{
 			"-h": complete.PredictNothing,
 		},
 	}

readme.md

@@ -85,15 +85,20 @@ func main() {
 
 		// define flags of the 'run' main command
 		Flags: complete.Flags{
-
-			// a flag '-h' which does not expects anything after it
-			"-h": complete.PredictNothing,
-
 			// a flag -o, which expects a file ending with .out after
 			// it, the tab completion will auto complete for files matching
 			// the given pattern.
 			"-o": complete.PredictFiles("*.out"),
 		},
+
+		// define gloabl flags of the 'run' main command
+		// those will show up also when a sub command was entered in the
+		// command line
+		Flags: complete.Flags{
+
+			// a flag '-h' which does not expects anything after it
+			"-h": complete.PredictNothing,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// run the command completion, as part of the main() function.