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wildcard: Rationalize file/command completions (#10052)
* wildcard: Remove file size from the description

We no longer add descriptions for normal file completions, so this was
only ever reached if this was a command completion, and then it was
only added if the file wasn't a regular file... in which case it can't
be an executable.

So this was dead.

* Make possible_link() a maybe

This gives us the full information, not just "no" or "maybe"

* wildcard: Rationalize file/command completions

This keeps the entry_t as long as possible, and asks it, so especially
on systems with working d_type we can get by without a single stat in
most cases.

Then it guts file_get_desc, because that is only used for command
completions - we have been disabling file descriptions for *years*,
and so this is never called there.

That means we have no need to print descriptions about e.g. broken symlinks, because those are not executable.

Put together, what this means is that we, in most cases, only do
an *access(2)* call instead of a stat, because that might be checking
more permissions.

So we have the following constellations:

- If we have d_type:
  - We need a stat() for every _symlink_ to get the type (e.g. dir or regular)
    (this is for most symlinks, if we want to know if it's a dir or executable)
  - We need an access() for every file for executables
- If we do not have d_type:
  - We need a stat() for every file
  - We need an lstat() for every file if we do descriptions
    (i.e. just for command completion)
  - We need an access() for every file for executables

As opposed to the current way, where every file gets one lstat whether
with d_type or not, and an additional stat() for links, *and* an
access.

So we go from two syscalls to one for executables.

* Some more comments

* rust link option

* rust remove size

* rust accessovaganza

* Check for .dll first for WSL

This saves quite a few checks if e.g. System32 is in $PATH (which it
is if you inherit windows paths, IIRC).

Note: Our WSL check currently fails for WSL2, where this would
be *more* important because of how abysmal the filesystem performance
on that is.
2023-10-14 08:45:15 +02:00
.builds fish.spec/.builds: drop SHOW_INTERACTIVE_LOG 2022-06-08 18:37:35 +08:00
.github CI: Remove --deny=warnings from clippy test 2023-10-07 19:48:54 +02:00
benchmarks Add more benchmarks 2023-06-01 18:15:42 +02:00
build_tools pexpect: Remove some unnecessary empty lines 2023-10-04 18:51:44 +02:00
cmake Remove angular "partials" 2023-10-08 12:22:56 -07:00
debian Replace references to angular with alpine 2023-10-08 12:25:43 -07:00
doc_internal Add note to rust devel about the wchar builtin 2023-08-09 15:00:58 +02:00
doc_src docs/read: Mention the more common mode first 2023-10-12 22:35:43 +02:00
docker Add Dockerfiles for ARM64 and ARMv7 2022-11-12 15:20:58 -08:00
etc Update /etc/config.fish to use current syntax 2020-05-08 15:20:36 +08:00
fish-rust wildcard: Rationalize file/command completions (#10052) 2023-10-14 08:45:15 +02:00
osx Add the get-task-allow entitlement 2020-02-29 15:29:50 -08:00
po fixed a few smaller things in my translations 2023-06-03 14:03:58 +02:00
share Reformat colorutils.js using Prettier 2023-10-08 12:27:39 -07:00
src wildcard: Rationalize file/command completions (#10052) 2023-10-14 08:45:15 +02:00
tests Fix a deadlock affecting fish_config 2023-10-07 15:20:14 -07:00
.cirrus.yml Update Cirrus CI FreeBSD runner to 13.2-RELEASE 2023-05-23 12:17:25 -05:00
.clang-format Ensure that clang-format places config.h first in header list 2019-10-13 15:45:02 -07:00
.clang-tidy .clang_tidy: turn off cert-dcl21-cpp, add some others. 2021-09-24 09:30:25 -07:00
.editorconfig In .editorconfig replace max_line_length: none with off. 2023-07-31 09:18:46 +02:00
.gitattributes Replace references to angular with alpine 2023-10-08 12:25:43 -07:00
.gitignore gitignore: add clangd .cache directory 2023-03-05 14:04:07 +01:00
.oclint Tell oclint to ignore another idiom that is safe 2017-09-09 00:18:05 -07:00
BSDmakefile Preserve CMake options when make is invoked 2020-07-12 18:26:12 -05:00
Cargo.lock Upgrade bitflags 2023-10-07 19:30:46 +02:00
Cargo.toml Upgrade bitflags 2023-10-07 19:30:46 +02:00
CHANGELOG.rst add completions for crc and oc (#10034) 2023-10-01 08:38:27 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists: sort 2023-10-07 19:30:46 +02:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Add code of conduct 2020-07-06 20:13:01 +02:00
config_cmake.h.in drop unused functions and configure checks 2023-07-14 20:48:56 +08:00
CONTRIBUTING.rst CONTRIBUTING: Improve translation section 2023-06-02 17:38:00 +02:00
COPYING Licensing: note MIT licensing status of Dracula theme 2023-05-25 21:30:30 +08:00
Dockerfile Update Dockerfile for cmake3 2019-04-28 11:41:37 -07:00
fish.desktop Update fish.desktop (#8584) 2021-12-25 23:52:54 -08:00
fish.pc.in Use pkg-config variables 2020-04-04 13:07:54 +02:00
fish.png fish.png: use the same thing we ship with the docs 2021-10-16 14:12:44 -07:00
fish.spec.in fish.spec/Debian packaging: update licensing details 2023-05-25 22:23:18 +08:00
GNUmakefile GNUMakefile: remove redundant CMake arguments 2020-12-29 16:31:43 +01:00
README.rst README: bump CMake requirements for Rust build 2023-10-12 15:48:38 +08:00

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`fish <https://fishshell.com/>`__ - the friendly interactive shell |Build Status| |Cirrus CI|
=================================================================================

fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for macOS, Linux,
and the rest of the family. fish includes features like syntax
highlighting, autosuggest-as-you-type, and fancy tab completions that
just work, with no configuration required.

For downloads, screenshots and more, go to https://fishshell.com/.

Quick Start
-----------

fish generally works like other shells, like bash or zsh. A few
important differences can be found at
https://fishshell.com/docs/current/tutorial.html by searching for the
magic phrase “unlike other shells”.

Detailed user documentation is available by running ``help`` within
fish, and also at https://fishshell.com/docs/current/index.html

Getting fish
------------

macOS
~~~~~

fish can be installed:

-  using `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`__: ``brew install fish``
-  using `MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/>`__:
   ``sudo port install fish``
-  using the `installer from fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/>`__
-  as a `standalone app from fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/>`__

Note: The minimum supported macOS version is 10.10 "Yosemite".

Packages for Linux
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Packages for Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux/CentOS are available from the `openSUSE Build
Service <https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=shells%3Afish&package=fish>`__.

Packages for Ubuntu are available from the `fish
PPA <https://launchpad.net/~fish-shell/+archive/ubuntu/release-3>`__,
and can be installed using the following commands:

::

   sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install fish

Instructions for other distributions may be found at
`fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com>`__.

Windows
~~~~~~~

-  On Windows 10, fish can be installed under the WSL Windows Subsystem
   for Linux with the instructions for the appropriate distribution
   listed above under “Packages for Linux”, or from source with the
   instructions below.
-  Fish can also be installed on all versions of Windows using
   `Cygwin <https://cygwin.com/>`__ (from the **Shells** category).

Building from source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If packages are not available for your platform, GPG-signed tarballs are
available from `fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/>`__ and
`fish-shell on
GitHub <https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/releases>`__. See the
`Building <#building>`__ section for instructions.

Running fish
------------

Once installed, run ``fish`` from your current shell to try fish out!

Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Running fish requires:

-  curses or ncurses (preinstalled on most \*nix systems)
-  some common \*nix system utilities (currently ``mktemp``), in
   addition to the basic POSIX utilities (``cat``, ``cut``, ``dirname``,
   ``ls``, ``mkdir``, ``mkfifo``, ``rm``, ``sort``, ``tee``, ``tr``,
   ``uname`` and ``sed`` at least, but the full coreutils plus ``find`` and
   ``awk`` is preferred)
-  The gettext library, if compiled with
   translation support

The following optional features also have specific requirements:

-  builtin commands that have the ``--help`` option or print usage
   messages require ``nroff`` or ``mandoc`` for
   display
-  automated completion generation from manual pages requires Python 3.5+
-  the ``fish_config`` web configuration tool requires Python 3.5+ and a web browser
-  system clipboard integration (with the default Ctrl-V and Ctrl-X
   bindings) require either the ``xsel``, ``xclip``,
   ``wl-copy``/``wl-paste`` or ``pbcopy``/``pbpaste`` utilities
-  full completions for ``yarn`` and ``npm`` require the
   ``all-the-package-names`` NPM module
-  ``colorls`` is used, if installed, to add color when running ``ls`` on platforms
   that do not have color support (such as OpenBSD)

Switching to fish
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you wish to use fish as your default shell, use the following command, from inside fish:

::

   chsh -s (command -s fish)

``chsh`` wants a full path, this will try to find where fish is installed. If that doesn't work, try to pass the path manually - it will usually be ``/usr/local/bin/fish`` if you built from source, or ``/usr/bin/fish`` if you installed a package.

``chsh`` will prompt you for your password and change your default shell. Log out, then log in again for the changes to take effect.

Use the following command if fish isnt already added to ``/etc/shells`` to permit fish to be your login shell (e.g. if ``chsh`` complains that it "doesn't exist" or similar):

::

   echo (command -s fish) | sudo tee -a /etc/shells

To switch your default shell back, you can run ``chsh -s /bin/bash``
(substituting ``/bin/bash`` with ``/bin/tcsh`` or ``/bin/zsh`` as
appropriate).

Building
--------

.. _dependencies-1:

Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Compiling fish from a tarball requires:

-  a C++11 compiler (g++ 4.8 or later, or clang 3.3 or later)
-  CMake (version 3.5 or later)
-  a curses implementation such as ncurses (headers and libraries)
-  PCRE2 (headers and libraries) - optional, this will be downloaded if missing
-  gettext (headers and libraries) - optional, for translation support

Sphinx is also optionally required to build the documentation from a
cloned git repository.

Additionally, running the test suite requires Python 3.5+ and the pexpect package.

Dependencies, git master
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Building from git master currently requires, in addition to the dependencies for a tarball:

-  Rust (version 1.67 or later)
-  CMake (version 3.19 or later)
-  libclang, even if you are compiling with GCC
-  an Internet connection

fish is in the process of being ported to Rust, replacing all C++ code, and as such these dependencies are a bit awkward and in flux.

In general, we would currently not recommend running from git master if you just want to *use* fish.
Given the nature of the port, what is currently there is mostly a slower and buggier version of the last C++-based release.

Building from source (all platforms) - Makefile generator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To install into ``/usr/local``, run:

.. code:: bash

   mkdir build; cd build
   cmake ..
   make
   sudo make install

The install directory can be changed using the
``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`` parameter for ``cmake``.

Build options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In addition to the normal CMake build options (like ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX``), fish has some other options available to customize it.

- BUILD_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to build the documentation. This is automatically set to OFF when Sphinx isn't installed.
- INSTALL_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to install the docs. This is automatically set to on when BUILD_DOCS is or prebuilt documentation is available (like when building in-tree from a tarball).
- FISH_USE_SYSTEM_PCRE2=ON|OFF - whether to use an installed pcre2. This is normally autodetected.
- MAC_CODESIGN_ID=String|OFF - the codesign ID to use on Mac, or "OFF" to disable codesigning.
- WITH_GETTEXT=ON|OFF - whether to build with gettext support for translations.

Note that fish does *not* support static linking and will attempt to error out if it detects it.

Help, it didnt build!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If fish reports that it could not find curses, try installing a curses
development package and build again.

On Debian or Ubuntu you want:

::

   sudo apt install build-essential cmake ncurses-dev libncurses5-dev libpcre2-dev gettext

On RedHat, CentOS, or Amazon EC2:

::

   sudo yum install ncurses-devel

Contributing Changes to the Code
--------------------------------

See the `Guide for Developers <CONTRIBUTING.rst>`__.

Contact Us
----------

Questions, comments, rants and raves can be posted to the official fish
mailing list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
or join us on our `matrix
channel <https://matrix.to/#/#fish-shell:matrix.org>`__. Or use the `fish tag
on Unix & Linux Stackexchange <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fish>`__.
There is also a fish tag on Stackoverflow, but it is typically a poor fit.

Found a bug? Have an awesome idea? Please `open an
issue <https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/new>`__.

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