Bash Autocomplete Not Working for Podman Compose

[x80486]

I installed Podman (again) recently. I'm having trouble with Bash autocomplete for podman compose or podman-compose. It seems the autocomplete feature isn't working — though it works for podman commands.

Is this a known issue or something with my local setup?

I'm using Arch Linux — and installed podman using pacman.

Additional Information

[x80486@uplink:~]$ uname -a 
Linux uplink 6.12.57-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:08:33 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[x80486@uplink:~]$ podman version 
Client:       Podman Engine
Version:      5.6.2
API Version:  5.6.2
Go Version:   go1.25.1 X:nodwarf5
Git Commit:   9dd5e1ed33830612bc200d7a13db00af6ab865a4
Built:        Thu Oct  2 05:47:03 2025
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

[x80486@uplink:~]$ podman info
host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.41.5
  cgroupControllers:
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon-1:2.1.13-1
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.13, commit: 82de887596ed8ee6d9b2ee85e4f167f307bb569b'
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 92.54
    systemPercent: 1.42
    userPercent: 6.04
  cpus: 12
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: arch
    version: unknown
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2048
  hostname: uplink
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 984
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
  kernel: 6.12.57-1-lts
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 8562688000
  memTotal: 33318055936
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-1.16.0-1
      path: /usr/lib/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.16.0
    package: netavark-1.16.1-1
    path: /usr/lib/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.16.1
  ociRuntime:
    name: runc
    package: runc-1.3.3-1
    path: /usr/bin/runc
    version: |-
      runc version 1.3.3
      spec: 1.2.1
      go: go1.25.3 X:nodwarf5
      libseccomp: 2.5.6
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/bin/pasta
    package: passt-2025_09_19.623dbf6-1
    version: |
      pasta 2025_09_19.623dbf6
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: /run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
  rootlessNetworkCmd: pasta
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /etc/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: ""
    package: ""
    version: ""
  swapFree: 34359734272
  swapTotal: 34359734272
  uptime: 2h 37m 44.00s (Approximately 0.08 days)
  variant: ""
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  configFile: /home/x80486/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 0
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /home/x80486/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 981765046272
  graphRootUsed: 460662095872
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 1
  runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /home/x80486/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 5.6.2
  Built: 1759398423
  BuiltTime: Thu Oct  2 05:47:03 2025
  GitCommit: 9dd5e1ed33830612bc200d7a13db00af6ab865a4
  GoVersion: go1.25.1 X:nodwarf5
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 5.6.2

[baude]

i would think this can be attributed to the fact that podman doesn't build these "in" to itself. podman compose calling these other programs.

[x80486]

Is this something that could/should be fixed?