Added a whitelist to add cobra apps to to prevent non-cobra apps from

being excuted

completions.go

@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ to your powershell profile.
 		Short: fmt.Sprintf(shortDesc, "nushell"),
 		Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate the autocompletion script for nushell.
 
-To configure completions:
+To configure the Nushell cobra external configurator for the first time:
       
   # 1. Copy the output of the command below:
   > %[1]s completion nushell 
@@ -822,7 +822,17 @@ To configure completions:
   # 4. Change the config block's external_completer line to be 
   external_completer: $cobra_completer
 
-  # 5. You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
+  # 5. You will need to start a new shell or for this setup to take effect.
+
+If you have already setup the cobra external configurator:
+
+  # 1. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+
+  # 2. Modify the cobra_apps varible to contain this application:
+  > let cobra_apps = [ "othercobraapp", "%[1]s" ]
+
+  # 3. You will need to start a new shell or for this setup to take effect.
 
 `, c.Root().Name()),
 		Args:              NoArgs,

nushell_completions.go

@@ -24,17 +24,23 @@ import (
 func (c *Command) GenNushellCompletion(w io.Writer) error {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	WriteStringAndCheck(buf, fmt.Sprintf(`
+
+# A list of cobra that completion will be attempted for.
+# Add new apps to this list to enable completion for them.
+let cobra_apps = ["%[1]s"]
+
 # An external configurator that works with any cobra based
 # command line application (e.g. kubectl, minikube)
 let cobra_completer = {|spans| 
-
-  let ShellCompDirectiveError = %[1]d
-  let ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace = %[2]d
-  let ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp = %[3]d
-  let ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt = %[4]d
-  let ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs = %[5]d
- 
   let cmd = $spans.0
+
+  if not ($cobra_apps | where $it == $cmd | is-empty) {
+    let ShellCompDirectiveError = %[2]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace = %[3]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp = %[4]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt = %[5]d
+    let ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs = %[6]d
+   
     let last_span = ($spans | last | str trim)
 
     # skip the first entry in the span (the command) and join the rest of the span to create __complete args
@@ -79,9 +85,11 @@ let cobra_completer = {|spans|
     } else {
       $completions
     }
-
+  } else {
+    null
+  }
 }
-`, ShellCompDirectiveError, ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp,
+`, c.Name(), ShellCompDirectiveError, ShellCompDirectiveNoSpace, ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp,
 		ShellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt, ShellCompDirectiveFilterDirs))
 
 	_, err := buf.WriteTo(w)

shell_completions.md

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ PowerShell:
 
 Nushell:
   
+  # To configure the Nushell cobra external configurator for the first time:
+      
   # 1. Copy the output of the command below:
   > %[1]s completion nushell 
 
@@ -83,7 +85,17 @@ Nushell:
   # 4. Change the config block's external_completer line to be 
   external_completer: $cobra_completer
 
-  # 5. You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
+  # 5. You will need to start a new shell or for this setup to take effect.
+
+  # If you have already setup the cobra external configurator:
+
+  # 1. Edit the nushell config file:
+  > config nu
+  
+  # 2. Modify the cobra_apps varible to contain this application:
+  > let cobra_apps = [ "othercobraapp", "%[1]s" ]
+  
+  # 3. You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
 
 `,cmd.Root().Name()),
 	DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,