From 5e60e8d76d84e8c58cc070102fb4fd8848159a24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:09:41 -0500
Subject: new autocomplete

---
 Makefile |  4 +++-
 argv.go  | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 main.go  | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a4ed25..f91b50a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
-BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
+BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%s)
+# VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
+# BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
 
 run: install
 	go-clone --version
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 076fc2b..8089cc8 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Examples:
 `
 }
 
+/*
 func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
 	switch argv[0] {
 	case "checkout":
@@ -51,3 +53,19 @@ func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
 	}
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
+*/
+
+func (args) Appname() string {
+	return ARGNAME
+}
+
+func (a args) DoAutoComplete(pb *prep.Auto) {
+	// fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "blah\n")
+	// fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
+	if pb.Cmd == "" {
+		pb.Autocomplete3([]string{"--dry-run", "--recursive", "--work"})
+	} else {
+		pb.SubCommand(pb.Argv...)
+	}
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cad220e..1a4fd50 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
@@ -16,17 +15,18 @@ var BUILDTIME string
 
 var ARGNAME string = "go-clone"
 
-var pp *arg.Parser
+// var pp *arg.Parser
 var forge *forgepb.Forge
+var auto *prep.Auto // more experiments for bash handling
 
 var workingRepo *gitpb.Repo
 
 func main() {
-	log.Info("go-clone version", VERSION, "built on", BUILDTIME)
-	// command line parsing & handling
-	prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // todo: make this: prep.Bash(argv)
-
-	pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
+	// log.Info("go-clone version", VERSION, "built on", BUILDTIME)
+	// prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // todo: make this: prep.Bash(argv)
+	// pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
+	// prep.Gui()               // prepares the GUI package for go-args
+	auto = prep.Bash3(&argv) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
 
 	forge = forgepb.Init()
 
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