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The shared Completion command added in usage 7.3.0 writes a file under --install and can overwrite one under --force, but its spec did not say so. Tools that audit command effects (pitchfork labels its commands read, write or destructive, and treats an unlabeled write as the dangerous mistake) had to choose between calling completion read-only and over-labeling the plain print.

The flags now carry their effects, the same flag-level model usage generate completion uses:

• --install is effect = "write": it creates the script, or updates one usage generated.
• --force is effect = "destructive": it replaces a file that usage did not generate, such as a hand-written completion script, with no backup, so a tool that confirms destructive commands can ask first.

mycli completion fish still prints and has no effect. A test mounts Completion in a derived CLI and checks the exported spec: --install is a write, --force is destructive, and nothing else carries an effect.

docs/cli/completions.md also now says the Rust framework's completions need no usage install and follow the installed version of the tool, and points Rust CLIs at the ready-made Completion command.

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Spec metadata and documentation only; completion install behavior is unchanged.

Overview
The shared Rust Completion command now exports effect=write on --install and effect=destructive on --force in the generated KDL spec, matching how usage generate completion describes file writes and overwrites. Plain completion <shell> still has no effect label.

A new test mounts Completion on a sample CLI and asserts only those two flags carry effect= in the exported spec. --force’s help notes the no-backup overwrite rationale.

docs/cli/completions.md expands the Rust completions callout: no separate usage install, scripts track the installed tool version, and Rust CLIs can expose mycli completion <shell> [--install] via the built-in Completion command.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified that shell completions follow the installed tool version, require no separate installation, and support Elvish.
  • Documented the completion command and its options, including that --force can overwrite a non-usage file without creating a backup.
• Tests
  • Added checks for the effects shown for completion command options.

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Walkthrough

The completion command marks install with the write effect and force with the destructive effect. A test checks the generated CLI metadata. The documentation describes completion version behavior, installation requirements, shell support, and command syntax.

Changes: Completion command

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Completion flags and documentation usage-rs/src/completion.rs, docs/cli/completions.md	The install argument gains the write effect. The force argument gains the destructive effect, and its documentation states that it overwrites files without a backup. A test checks the generated effects. The documentation describes following the installed tool version, not requiring a separate usage installation, supporting Elvish, and using mycli completion <shell> [--install].

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related PRs

• jdx/usage#1624: Adds the shared Completion command and its --install and --force flags, which this change annotates with effects and documents.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to a73aa

Tools that inspect command effects will treat completion --install as a recoverable write. It can still overwrite a user-edited generated completion script with no backup. Reclassify the flag as destructive, or refuse to overwrite modified files, before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Confidence Score: 5/5

[Medium impact] The PR appears safe to merge; no new actionable issues were found.

Summary

Labels the shared Completion flags by what they do:

• The completion spec labels installs and forced replacements by their effect.
• Rust completion docs explain native scripts and the ready-made command.

The docs also explain that native Rust completions need no separate Usage install. The earlier test-coverage concern is addressed.

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Nitpick comments: 1

usage-rs/src/completion.rs: 1

50-53: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test the completion flag effects in the generated spec.

Assert that each flag independently declares a write effect. Also assert that a plain shell-only invocation returns None from effect_of. The execution tests do not check effect metadata.

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Review comment at @usage-rs/src/completion.rs around lines 50 - 53:
Extend the completion tests for the generated spec to assert that --install and
the flag requiring --install each independently declare a write effect. Also
assert that a plain shell-only invocation returns None from effect_of, without
changing the execution tests.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @usage-rs/src/completion.rs:
- Around line 50-53: Extend the completion tests for the generated spec to
assert that --install and the flag requiring --install each independently
declare a write effect. Also assert that a plain shell-only invocation returns
None from effect_of, without changing the execution tests.

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Minor · Mark --force as destructive. · completion.rs:53

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Mark --force as destructive.

When --install --force encounters a foreign completion file, the installer replaces that file without a backup. Effect::Write excludes irreversible removal, while Effect::Destructive covers irreversible overwrite. Mark --force as destructive and update the test expectation so tools inspecting effects do not classify this operation as a recoverable write. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @usage-rs/src/completion.rs at line 53:
Update the `--force` option’s effect from recoverable write to destructive, and
update the corresponding test expectation so effect-inspection tools classify
forced replacement of a foreign completion file as destructive.

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Review comments at @usage-rs/src/completion.rs:
- Line 53: Update the `--force` option’s effect from recoverable write to
destructive, and update the corresponding test expectation so effect-inspection
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- Line 50: Classify the --install option’s usage metadata as destructive rather
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Classify --install as destructive.

If a user edits a generated completion file and keeps its marker, install::ours accepts it. --install can then overwrite the edits without a backup or --force. The write effect does not cover this loss.

Suggested fix

-    #[usage(long, effect = "write")]
+    #[usage(long, effect = "destructive")]
@@
-    fn install_is_a_write_force_is_destructive_and_nothing_else_has_an_effect() {
+    fn install_and_force_are_destructive_and_nothing_else_has_an_effect() {
@@
-        assert!(flag("--install").contains("effect=write"), "{kdl}");
+        assert!(flag("--install").contains("effect=destructive"), "{kdl}");

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Review comment at @usage-rs/src/completion.rs at line 50:
Classify the --install option’s usage metadata as destructive rather than write,
so safeguards recognize its potential to overwrite edited completion files.
Update the related effect-classification test to expect destructive for
--install while preserving the existing --force and other-option expectations.

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Instruction counts

benchmark	trend	instructions	Δ	wall (min)	Δ
markdown	▁▁▁▁▁▁▁█████████	268,782,498 → 268,847,661	+0.02%	47.04 → 47.12ms	+0.16%
startup	▇▇▇▇██▃███████▁▆	1,007,955 → 1,014,777	+0.68%	1.35 → 1.52ms	+12.69%

No instruction-count regression above 1%.

_{Only instruction counts gate. Wall clock is shown for context — on identical hardware it moves 4-20% run to run.}

_{Measured by tak — instruction-counted CLI benchmarks, stored in this repository's git notes.}

Shadow comparison

Parsing mise use -g node@20 against a shadow of mise's committed spec.
Reported, not gated: the shadow grows as the derive learns to express more, so
what to watch is the ratio rather than either column.

framework	stripped binary, bytes
usage	1254856
bpaf	2494640
clap	3100904

framework	instructions, cold parse	vs usage
usage	8496	—
clap	6311325	742x
bpaf	21909142	2578x

                                              min       p01       p10    median
usage-rs: argv -> struct                      762       762       763       764  ns
clap: build tree + parse -> struct        1234586   1239624   1246536   1259088  ns
bpaf: build parser + parse -> struct      3349184   3349184   3379594   3419275  ns

usage: argv -> struct                             775 ns      0.78 µs
clap: build tree + parse -> struct            1271832 ns   1271.83 µs
clap: parse -> struct, tree reused              49979 ns     49.98 µs
clap: build tree only                          752492 ns    752.49 µs

_{a73aa3bdf25c vs facfe1a78b41 · measured on the runner, not pushed to the history.}