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# nixos integration
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inshellah provides a nixos module that automatically indexes nushell
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completions for all installed packages at system build time.
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inshellah provides a nixos module that indexes nushell completions for
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every installed package at system build time, and a wrapped binary
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that knows where to find the result.
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## enabling
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```nix
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# in your flake.nix outputs:
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# flake.nix outputs:
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{
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nixosConfigurations.myhost = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
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modules = [
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inshellah.nixosModules.default
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{
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programs.inshellah.enable = true;
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}
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{ programs.inshellah.enable = true; }
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];
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};
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}
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```
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or if importing the module directly:
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or importing directly:
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```nix
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# configuration.nix
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{ pkgs, ... }: {
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imports = [ ./path/to/inshellah/nix/module.nix ];
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programs.inshellah = {
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enable = true;
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package = pkgs.inshellah; # or your local build
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};
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imports = [ ./path/to/inshellah-rs/nix/module.nix ];
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programs.inshellah.enable = true;
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}
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```
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## what happens at build time
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after rebuilding, completions are immediately available — no extra
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nushell config needed if you paste in the snippet (see below).
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the module hooks into `environment.extraSetup`, which runs during the
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system profile build (the `buildEnv` that creates `/run/current-system/sw`).
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at that point, all system packages are merged, so `$out/bin` contains every
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executable and `$out/share/man` contains every manpage.
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## what the module does
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inshellah runs a single command:
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```
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inshellah index "$out" --dir $out/share/inshellah
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```
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this executes a three-phase pipeline:
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### phase 1: native completion detection (parallel)
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for each executable, inshellah scans the elf binary for the string
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`completion`. if found, it probes common patterns like
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`CMD completions nushell` to see if the program can generate its own
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nushell completions. native output is used verbatim — these are always
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higher quality than parsed completions.
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programs like `niri`, and any clap/cobra tool with nushell support,
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are handled this way.
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### phase 2: manpage parsing (sequential)
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for commands not covered by phase 1, inshellah parses manpages from
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man1 (user commands) and man8 (sysadmin commands). it handles:
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- gnu `.TP` style (coreutils, help2man)
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- `.IP` style (curl, hand-written)
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- `.PP`+`.RS`/`.RE` style (git, docbook)
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- nix3 bullet+hyperlink style (`nix run`, `nix build`, etc.)
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- mdoc (bsd) format
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- deroff fallback for unusual formats
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synopsis sections are parsed to detect subcommands: `git-commit.1`
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generates `export extern "git commit"`, not `export extern "git-commit"`.
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### phase 3: --help fallback (parallel)
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remaining executables without manpages get `--help` (or `-h`) called
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with a 200ms timeout. elf binaries are pre-scanned for the `-h` string
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to skip those that don't support help flags. shell scripts are run
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directly (they're fast). execution is parallelized to available cores.
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when `--help` produces rendered manpage output instead of plain help
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text (e.g. `git stash --help` delegates to `man`), the raw manpage
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source is located and parsed with the groff parser for richer results.
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### output
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each command gets its own file in `/share/inshellah` under the system
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profile. native generators produce `.nu` files; parsed results produce
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`.json` files. the `complete` command reads both formats.
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nushell built-in commands (ls, cd, cp, mv, etc.) are excluded since
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nushell provides its own completions.
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### performance
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on a typical nixos system (~950 executables, ~1600 manpages):
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- total time: ~4-10 seconds
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- native gzip decompression (camlzip, no process spawning)
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- parallel --help with core-scaled forking
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- elf string scanning to skip ~15% of binaries
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- installs the inshellah binary, wrapped so the system completion path
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is found automatically.
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- runs `inshellah index "$out"` during the system profile build,
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producing one file per command under `$out/share/inshellah/`.
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- drops a nushell autoload shim into `/share/nushell/vendor/autoload/`
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that overrides nushell's hard-coded sudo/doas bypass so completions
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fire through inshellah even for elevated commands.
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- exposes a `snippet` option carrying the full external-completer
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config — see "using the completer" below.
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## module options
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# the inshellah package (set automatically by the flake module)
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package = pkgs.inshellah;
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# where to place indexed completion files under the system profile
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# subdirectory of the system profile holding the index files
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# default: "/share/inshellah"
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completionsPath = "/share/inshellah";
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# additional read-only completion directories to search
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# these are appended to the --dir path alongside the system completions
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extraDirs = [ "/etc/profiles/per-user/alice/share/inshellah" ];
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# commands to skip entirely during indexing
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# commands to skip manpage parsing for (uses --help instead)
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helpOnlyCommands = [ "nix" ];
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# per-subprocess timeout in ms during indexing (null = built-in
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# default of 200ms)
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timeoutMs = null;
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# worker-thread count for the parallel scrape
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workers = null;
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};
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```
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## using the completer
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the flake module sets a read-only `snippet` option containing the nushell
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config needed to wire up the completer. you can access it via
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`config.programs.inshellah.snippet` and paste it into your nushell config,
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or source it from a file generated by your nixos config.
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the module's `snippet` option holds a complete external-completer
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config. drop it into nushell:
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the snippet sets up the external completer. the wrapper installed by
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the module has the system completion paths hardcoded, so no flags are
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needed:
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```nu
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let inshellah_complete = {|spans|
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inshellah complete ...$spans | from json
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}
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$env.config.completions.external = {
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enable: true
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max_results: 100
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completer: $inshellah_complete
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}
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```nix
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# generate a config file from the snippet
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environment.etc."nushell/inshellah.nu".text = config.programs.inshellah.snippet;
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```
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## home manager and other user-level package managers
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then in your nushell config:
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the nixos module only indexes packages installed at the system level
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(those that end up in `/run/current-system/sw`). if you use home-manager,
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nix-env, or another user-level package manager, those binaries and
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manpages live elsewhere — typically under `/etc/profiles/per-user/<name>`
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or `~/.nix-profile`.
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```nu
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source /etc/nushell/inshellah.nu
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```
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to get completions for user-installed packages, run `inshellah index`
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against those prefixes separately:
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or copy the snippet directly into `~/.config/nushell/config.nu` if you
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prefer to manage it by hand:
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```nu
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# (the snippet is many lines — copy it from `nix eval` of the option,
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# or use the environment.etc approach above)
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$env.config.completions.external = { ... }
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```
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the snippet provides both static lookups against the system index and
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runtime fallbacks for cases the static index can't cover:
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| command | dynamic source |
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| `nix` | flake refs via `NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS`, with optional `meta.description` |
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| `systemctl` / `journalctl` | unit names from `list-units` |
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| `coredumpctl` | units + pids |
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| `loginctl` | users / sessions |
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| `machinectl` / `networkctl` | machines / links |
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| `ssh` / `scp` / `sftp` | hostnames from ssh config + known_hosts |
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| `docker` / `podman` | containers + image refs by subcommand |
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| `kubectl` | resource names from the live cluster |
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| `git` | refs + worktree paths |
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| `npm` / `pnpm` / `yarn` | scripts from package.json |
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| `make` / `just` | targets / recipes |
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| `cargo` | workspace targets behind `--bin` / `--example` / etc. |
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| `kill` / `pkill` | pid+comm pairs |
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## home manager and user-level package managers
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the system module only indexes packages installed system-wide. for
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home-manager or per-user nix profiles, run `inshellah index` against
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those prefixes separately:
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```sh
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# home-manager / per-user profile
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inshellah index ~/.nix-profile
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```
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this indexes into the default user cache (`$XDG_CACHE_HOME/inshellah`),
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which the completer searches automatically. you can re-run this after
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installing new packages, or add it to a home-manager activation script.
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if you want to automate this in home-manager:
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this indexes into `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/inshellah`, which the completer
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searches automatically. to automate via home-manager:
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```nix
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# home.nix
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home.activation.inshellah-index = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
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${pkgs.inshellah}/bin/inshellah index /etc/profiles/per-user/$USER 2>/dev/null || true
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'';
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```
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the completer will then search both the system index and the user
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cache, so completions from both sources are available.
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## troubleshooting
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**completions not appearing**: ensure the completer is configured in
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your nushell config (see above). check that the system index exists:
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`ls /run/current-system/sw/share/inshellah/`.
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**completions not appearing**: check that the system index exists
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(`ls /run/current-system/sw/share/inshellah/`) and that the completer
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is configured.
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**missing completions for a specific command**: check if it's a nushell
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built-in (`help commands | where name == "thecommand"`). built-ins are
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excluded because nushell serves its own completions for them.
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built-in (`help commands | where name == "thecommand"`) — built-ins
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are excluded.
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**stale completions after update**: completions regenerate on every
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`nixos-rebuild`. if a command changed its flags, rebuild to pick up
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the changes.
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**stale completions after update**: the index regenerates on every
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`nixos-rebuild`. if a command changed its flags, rebuild.
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**build-time errors**: indexing failures are non-fatal (`|| true`).
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check `journalctl` for the build log if completions are missing.
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**build-time errors**: indexing failures are non-fatal. check
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`journalctl` for the build log if completions are missing for a
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specific command.
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