Loading custom completions after a28dbc8?

[deanishe]

Since a28dbc8 (which moves custom *.zsh file sourcing before plugins), I'm getting loads of command not found: compdef errors from my custom completions file (including completion.zsh.inc from the Google Cloud SDK).

Any idea how I go about fixing this?

[eyenx]

I have this issue too.

Could this be because compinit is called on line 68 after loading custom configs on line 32?

[mcornella]

You should convert those files that need completion to custom plugins, and then add them to your plugins=() array in the zshrc file.
The reason behind moving that logic was that it was necessary to enable people to override oh-my-zsh lib files. But it's a work in progress, in the future we may move the compinit statement to let lib files (default or custom ones) to use completion features.

[deanishe]

That's not really a viable solution as the files are typically from 3rd-party libraries. Editing them would break updating.

Is it possible to write a plugin that would source the files instead?

[ncanceill]

@deanishe you need not edit the files to convert them as plugins; simply move-rename symlink them like so:

• $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/<name>/<name>.plugin.zsh for scripts
• $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/<name>/_<name> for completion files

[deanishe]

I'm afraid that won't work as I have different files on different systems, so there'd be dangling symlinks all over the place. I need to test if the files exist first.

Can I add a script at, say $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/mycompletion/mycompletion.plugin.zsh, and source the files from within there?

[scott-joe]

I'm having issues where the git plugin is overwriting aliases I've set in my custom/
Commenting out the offending alias in the git plugin appears to be the only solution for now, but that's not really ideal. Solution?

[azmodude]

Same issue is hitting me with the vi-mode plugin now overriding custom keybindings set in my custom/keybindings.zsh file (C-A and C-R et al).

So the way forward is converting most (all?) your custom .zsh files to plugins and adding them in correct order to the plugins array? Did I get that right?

[scott-joe]

I was under the impression that adding one there would overwrite the whole plugin. my git aliases are significantly smaller in number to the plugin. so i'd only want to overwrite a few. but perhaps that's the wrong way of thinking about it

[azmodude]

@scott-joe-williams The way I am looking at it right now is that I'd do a custom my-keybindings plugin and put it sort of last in my plugins array. That would (should) override the aliases set by former plugins. But then again, I could be totally wrong.

[scott-joe]

Yeah. I guess they could be considered a plugin. Thanks @azmd

[ncanceill]

@azmd this is a good solution, would you consider documenting it in the wiki?

[azmodude]

Sure, gladly. I'll try to find some time later in the week.

[apjanke]

Caused by #3617 (merged under #3809). (Just putting this here so there's a link between the issues.)

[mcornella]

Fixed in #4230