zsh/Completion/Debian/Command, branch master

54891: completion: remove obsolete functions

2026-07-03T12:02:41Z

unposted: completion: fix ambiguous arg specs

2026-07-03T11:41:21Z

specs beginning with -[AMO] must be guarded also fix an erroneous -A option in _module-assistant

54768: completion: use `zformat -q` for formatting

2026-06-21T00:27:09Z

54800, 54807: completion options update

2026-06-18T23:37:33Z

unposted: completion/debian: Update for new programming language sections

2026-05-26T02:31:33Z

debian patch that was never submitted up-stream https://sources.debian.org/src/zsh/5.9-8/debian/patches/fix-typos-in-man-pages.patch

github #168: complete apt history commands

2026-04-30T19:19:01Z

github #152: _apt fix typos

2026-04-03T11:18:05Z

54150: the option --license was removed in 2010

2025-12-16T00:26:54Z

54148: use same set of options for apt as with apt-get

2025-12-16T00:23:58Z

54117: update apt completion

2025-11-30T19:48:43Z

thanks to dana or the many tweaks. * fix: apt-config shell options + add missing options * new: satisy, autoremove, autpurge, --allow-downgrades, --allow-remove-essential,--allow-change-held-packages, --with-new-pkgs, indextargets, --snapshot/-S * snapshot lookup via mr/time^Wrewritten by dana to use zsh/datetime * edit-sources file lookup for .list & .sources

54080 (tweaked): update tags in bts completion

2025-11-17T03:46:18Z

54026: update uscan options

2025-11-12T07:44:13Z

54025: complete apt-mark minimize-manual

2025-11-12T07:37:24Z

github #131: add missing options

2025-10-23T21:04:53Z

github #141: complete apt why/why-not

2025-09-23T22:41:34Z

53827: fix/update _sbuild

2025-08-06T15:58:15Z

53824: _sbuild: short options with arg should be "-c arg"

2025-08-03T15:27:27Z

github #131: completion: minor updates

2025-06-05T06:41:21Z

_apt-file: add list-indices (wording tweaked by dana) _bug: update bts backends from `reportbug --bts help` output _debsnap: complete -l as --list _deb_architectures: update archs (source: popcon) _losetup: remove "--delete" _rsync: add PROGRESS2 to --info _x_utils: add eventtype "button"

github #131: completion: remove wanna-build

2025-06-05T06:41:21Z

last seen in squeeze

github #131: completion: add debmany, dhomepage, dpkg-info, which-pkg-broke

2025-06-05T06:41:21Z

dhomepage tweaked by dana

github #124: _dpkg: remove --largemem, --smallmem options

2024-11-23T21:37:06Z

These options were deleted in 2009: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468106

52102: Add subcommand autopurge to apt completion

2023-09-20T18:08:12Z

Autopurge (like autoremove) take the same options like purge and remove the given packages along with their dependencies they become unused.

Sven Joachim: 51563: Fix unmatched double quote

2023-03-14T02:44:25Z

github #82: Fix typos

2021-11-12T22:54:34Z

49315: list units in brackets at the end of group descriptions

2021-08-29T14:55:25Z

49158: remove superfluous function definitions

2021-07-10T22:32:34Z

49156: make wider use of the convention of square brackets for defaults

2021-07-10T21:44:58Z

49151: remove commas erroneously included in _arguments exclusion lists

2021-07-08T22:32:37Z

49150: consistently use singular form for headings on completion match groups

2021-07-08T22:23:52Z

47294: updates to options in aptitude completion

2020-08-10T11:03:26Z

unposted: Use alternation patterns rather than brace expansion

2020-05-07T22:23:26Z

(Cf. discussion on GitLab !12.)

45731: _debsnap: New completion function.

2020-05-03T01:29:05Z

45524: Add completion for dscverify(1) from Debian's devscripts.

2020-03-10T15:31:24Z

unposted: Two additional typo fixes.

2020-01-09T13:59:05Z

45269: Fix misspellings in completions and elsewhere.

2020-01-09T13:42:02Z

44698, 45000: Baptiste BEAUPLAT: Completion for sbuild

2019-12-16T11:07:39Z

44614: apt list option completion

2019-08-19T15:29:49Z

44160 (tweaked): Completion: Add _deb_files, match *.ddeb

2019-03-25T21:19:00Z

Add new helper function for generating Debian package/control files, use it where applicable Adjusted only for minor white-space corruption in original patch

44080: Completion: Fix several option-description typos

2019-02-26T07:21:29Z

43301: add some functions from zsh-completions project

2018-08-22T23:19:54Z

43088: Fix wajig sub-command completion

2018-06-23T23:53:45Z

42591: complete .changes and .dsc files alongside *.deb

2018-04-05T11:00:14Z

42497 (tweaked c.f. 42498): make completion after apt install work on local .deb files

2018-03-23T08:57:39Z

42186: _apt: Fix completion of target_release names, e.g., 'apt install zsh/'.

2017-12-30T06:15:22Z

When local-apt-repository is installed, 'apt-cache policy' contains . 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 file:/var/lib/local-apt-repository ./ Packages release o=local-apt-repository,c= . which was matched by the pattern being patched.

42175 + 42177 + 42178: avoid localized output from external commands

2017-12-28T02:35:34Z

_call_program and '_arguments --' will call _comp_locale before calling external command for easier analysis of the output. This is disabled by passing an option '-l'.

41907: further deborphan update

2017-10-16T08:49:16Z

41904: new deborphan and updated xrandr completions

2017-10-16T08:46:14Z

41474: Fix pbuilder's --distribution,--architecture completion.

2017-08-01T01:08:01Z

40965: fix for missing local declarations of expl

2017-04-26T14:32:10Z

40303: _bts: Add more subcommands.

2017-01-10T03:57:30Z

Since 'done' is deprecated, stop offering it but do complete after it.

40036: _bts: Complete removal syntaxes correctly.

2016-11-30T16:10:20Z

The incumbent pattern matched the minus in 'bts tag 42 - ' (and other, similar subcommands).

40018 + 40019: Add missing commands to Debian apt completion

2016-11-25T17:02:21Z

Upstream ref https://github.com/Debian/apt/commit/5aba18968d87500232244760101ab2954c106581

39890: typo corrections in completion functions

2016-11-09T15:55:14Z

39479 + 39481 minus _path_files hunk (see 39489): Completion: audit 'compset -P' calls to use shortest match where applicable, plus random drive-by tweaks.

2016-10-07T13:56:31Z

Found by grepping for patterns that can match needles of various lengths: :grep 'compset -[PS].*[\#^*()\|<>?~\]' Completion/

39480: _reportbug: Complete absolute filenames, too.

2016-09-30T23:15:57Z

39385: _bts: Complete more argument types for 'cache' and 'show'.

2016-09-20T17:59:20Z

39374: _apt: Complete package versions in the 'packagename=' syntax.

2016-09-18T06:20:59Z

39261 (tweaked cf. Daniel: 39275): don't unconditionally elevate privileges with sudo in completion functions

2016-09-11T11:49:22Z

A new gain-privileges style enables it and a _comp_priv_prefix array added for tracking how to match privileges for the current command

38901: _schroot: Add -r/--run-session

2016-07-21T07:18:50Z

38482: complete available packages for apt list.

2016-05-13T01:08:42Z

38453: _apt: Complete ${package}/${release} for 'source' and 'build-dep', too.

2016-05-10T18:38:42Z

38452: _apt: Complete releases by codename ('jessie', 'sid', etc).

2016-05-10T18:38:40Z

38451: _apt: Complete 'apt-get download'.

2016-05-10T18:38:17Z

38399: _bts: Complete debbugs bug numbers from `bts cache`.

2016-05-04T20:50:34Z

unposted: _querybts: Fix positional arguments' description.

2016-05-01T16:25:47Z

37923: Completion: _bts: Fix quoting of $DEBEMAIL.

2016-02-09T03:41:45Z

37438: C/D/C/_aptitude: Also parse -h output of aptitude 0.7.5 and later

2015-12-27T14:50:24Z

Add missing apt purge and autoremove subcommands

2015-12-26T17:22:49Z

37256: _debchange (_dch): Update completion.

2015-11-30T16:02:47Z

36321: _debcheckout: New completion.

2015-08-29T16:12:25Z

33712: add --auto-remove option

2014-11-21T11:05:22Z

33485: fixes for zstyle context handling

2014-10-21T18:53:51Z

33467: correct return status on functions and numerous other minor fixes

2014-10-14T21:04:45Z

33424: use common function for completing Debian architectures

2014-10-10T23:28:10Z

33047: use git to simplify massively source distribution file selection

2014-08-23T20:01:58Z

32814: Add some more recent dpkg options

2014-07-03T22:50:06Z

Expands dpkg completion by adding the --add-architecture, --remove-architecture, and --print-foreign-architectures options. Initially submitted to Debian at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681518#13

32815: aptitude completion missing resolver options

2014-07-03T22:49:00Z

Expand aptitude completion by two boolean options Initially submitted to Debian at https://bugs.debian.org/702760

32819: Update for axi-cache completion

2014-07-03T22:46:12Z

Add some subcommands and to disable file name completion for the subcommands info and help. Initially submitted to Debian at https://bugs.debian.org/729921

32533: add completion for "apt-mark"

2014-04-06T16:28:46Z

32532: completion for "apt" command

2014-04-06T16:26:29Z

unposted: updates for 4.0.2-test-1.

2013-11-06T19:25:07Z

Update references to 4.0.2 to 4.0.3. Additional mod_export declarations. Additions to .distfiles.

31572: Completion/Debian/Command/_linda: Deleted

2013-07-24T20:04:02Z

31500: Completion/Debian/Command/_dput: dput-ng completion support from Sebastian Ramacher.

2013-06-28T19:15:06Z

31499: dcut completion from Sebastian Ramacher.

2013-06-28T18:51:48Z

31xxx: Completion/Debian/Command/_dak: complete files for subcommands that are not explicitly specified.

2013-06-28T18:36:04Z

fix dpkg-deb completion broken by 30199 (spotted by Mikael)

2012-02-14T16:40:18Z

30199: add (-.) to many completion _files globs

2012-02-10T17:09:05Z

29783: _update-alternatives: Add more options.

2011-12-14T12:58:32Z

29762: bts completion tag update from Ansgar Burchardt.

2011-09-10T22:28:00Z

29733: Jonathan: add apt-get changelog completion.

2011-09-06T16:24:20Z

* 29582, 29589: Update handling of third-party Git commands

2011-07-22T13:08:25Z

Daniel Bolton: 29529: _aptitude: Complete format specifiers with the `-F' option.

2011-07-01T12:04:54Z

29523: _git-buildpackage: Use "#desc:" line for _git third-party add-on completion description.

2011-07-01T07:39:15Z

Sebastian Ramacher: 29513: _apt: Add markauto and unmarkauto sub-commands.

2011-06-28T19:22:50Z

unposted: clean up completion descriptions as per Etc/completion-style-guide

2011-06-20T02:24:56Z

29306: typo fix from Laurent Fousse.

2011-05-17T18:54:32Z

unposted: update for 4.3.10-test-3

2010-12-16T10:18:41Z

28401: git-buildpackage completion from Felipe Sateler.

2010-11-10T16:13:51Z

28261: Julius Plenz: separate the options to _arguments.

2010-09-16T01:02:26Z

Update version to 4.3.10-dev-2

2010-07-25T21:44:16Z

zsh/Completion/Debian/Command, branch master

54891: completion: remove obsolete functions

unposted: completion: fix ambiguous arg specs

54768: completion: use `zformat -q` for formatting

54800, 54807: completion options update

unposted: completion/debian: Update for new programming language sections

github #168: complete apt history commands

github #152: _apt fix typos

54150: the option --license was removed in 2010

54148: use same set of options for apt as with apt-get

54117: update apt completion

54080 (tweaked): update tags in bts completion

54026: update uscan options

54025: complete apt-mark minimize-manual

github #131: add missing options

github #141: complete apt why/why-not

53827: fix/update _sbuild

53824: _sbuild: short options with arg should be "-c arg"

github #131: completion: minor updates

github #131: completion: remove wanna-build

github #131: completion: add debmany, dhomepage, dpkg-info, which-pkg-broke

github #124: _dpkg: remove --largemem, --smallmem options

52102: Add subcommand autopurge to apt completion

Sven Joachim: 51563: Fix unmatched double quote

github #82: Fix typos

49315: list units in brackets at the end of group descriptions

49158: remove superfluous function definitions

49156: make wider use of the convention of square brackets for defaults

49151: remove commas erroneously included in _arguments exclusion lists

49150: consistently use singular form for headings on completion match groups

47294: updates to options in aptitude completion

unposted: Use alternation patterns rather than brace expansion

45731: _debsnap: New completion function.

45524: Add completion for dscverify(1) from Debian's devscripts.

unposted: Two additional typo fixes.

45269: Fix misspellings in completions and elsewhere.

44698, 45000: Baptiste BEAUPLAT: Completion for sbuild

44614: apt list option completion

44160 (tweaked): Completion: Add _deb_files, match *.ddeb

44080: Completion: Fix several option-description typos

43301: add some functions from zsh-completions project

43088: Fix wajig sub-command completion

42591: complete *.changes and *.dsc files alongside *.deb

42497 (tweaked c.f. 42498): make completion after apt install work on local .deb files

42186: _apt: Fix completion of target_release names, e.g., 'apt install zsh/'.

42175 + 42177 + 42178: avoid localized output from external commands

41907: further deborphan update

41904: new deborphan and updated xrandr completions

41474: Fix pbuilder's --distribution,--architecture completion.

40965: fix for missing local declarations of expl

40303: _bts: Add more subcommands.

40036: _bts: Complete removal syntaxes correctly.

40018 + 40019: Add missing commands to Debian apt completion

39890: typo corrections in completion functions

39479 + 39481 minus _path_files hunk (see 39489): Completion: audit 'compset -P' calls to use shortest match where applicable, plus random drive-by tweaks.

39480: _reportbug: Complete absolute filenames, too.

39385: _bts: Complete more argument types for 'cache' and 'show'.

39374: _apt: Complete package versions in the 'packagename=' syntax.

39261 (tweaked cf. Daniel: 39275): don't unconditionally elevate privileges with sudo in completion functions

38901: _schroot: Add -r/--run-session

38482: complete available packages for apt list.

38453: _apt: Complete ${package}/${release} for 'source' and 'build-dep', too.

38452: _apt: Complete releases by codename ('jessie', 'sid', etc).

38451: _apt: Complete 'apt-get download'.

38399: _bts: Complete debbugs bug numbers from `bts cache`.

unposted: _querybts: Fix positional arguments' description.

37923: Completion: _bts: Fix quoting of $DEBEMAIL.

37438: C/D/C/_aptitude: Also parse -h output of aptitude 0.7.5 and later

Add missing apt purge and autoremove subcommands

37256: _debchange (_dch): Update completion.

36321: _debcheckout: New completion.

33712: add --auto-remove option

33485: fixes for zstyle context handling

33467: correct return status on functions and numerous other minor fixes

33424: use common function for completing Debian architectures

33047: use git to simplify massively source distribution file selection

32814: Add some more recent dpkg options

32815: aptitude completion missing resolver options

32819: Update for axi-cache completion

32533: add completion for "apt-mark"

42591: complete .changes and .dsc files alongside *.deb