From b72816f19308d042abc92553538b91243a9c4db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:27:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add function for autocomplete

---
 Makefile |  4 +---
 parse.go | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f68a6b..d0d88b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-all:
-	@echo
-	@echo
+all: goimports vet
 
 clean:
 	rm -f go.*
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 3566936..c53cdcf 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ func Parse(dest ...interface{}) error {
 	return p.Parse(flags())
 }
 
+// pass in a "pretend" os.Args. Used for bash autocomplete
+func ParseFlags(flags []string, dest ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
+	p, err := NewParser(Config{}, dest...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, err
+	}
+	err = p.Parse(flags)
+	return p, err
+}
+
 // flags gets all command line arguments other than the first (program name)
 func flags() []string {
 	if len(os.Args) == 0 { // os.Args could be empty