Composer shell completion for Bash

The composer-completion.bash script provides shell completion in bash for composer.

The completion routines support completing all composer commands and options, even if provided by plugins.

Installation

If you're using Homebrew, you should tap my Homebrew-PHP repository. And if you're using MacPorts, you should use my MacPorts-PHP repository.

Manual installation (not recommend on Mac OS, see above):

1. Ensure you installed:

   • bash version ≥ 4.x, including ≥ 5.x
   • bash-completion version ≥ 2.x
   • additionally you need to have the following tools in PATH:
     • php version ≥ 5.6, including ≥ 7.x and ≥ 8.x
     • grep
     • sed
     • tr
     • sort
     • uniq
   • … and last but not least, composer version ≥ 1.5, including ≥ 2.x

2. Install composer-completion.php file:

   • copy it somewhere (e.g. ~/.composer-completion.php) and put the following line in your ~/.bash_profile:

     export COMPOSER_COMPLETION_PHP_SCRIPT=~/.composer-completion.php
     

   • you can also nail down the php interpreter to use by adding the following line in your ~/.bash_profile:

     export COMPOSER_COMPLETION_PHP=/path/to/your/php
     

3. Install composer-completion.bash file:

   • a.) Either, place it in a bash-completion.d folder, like:

     • /etc/bash-completion.d
     • /usr/local/etc/bash-completion.d
     • ~/.bash-completion.d

   • b.) Or, copy it somewhere (e.g. ~/.composer-completion.bash) and put the following line in your ~/.bash_completion:

     source ~/.composer-completion.bash
     

Contributing

Look at the contribution guidelines

Want more?

If you're using Homebrew, take a look at my Homebrew-PHP tap.

If you're using MacPorts, take a look at my MacPorts-PHP repository.

Cheers!