bash completion: Handle redirections

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Motivation

Tab completion didn't work after a redirection, e.g. nix nario list < /tmp/system-exp<TAB>, because the < and file name were passed to Nix as regular arguments. This now does filename completion via bash-completion's _init_completion, which also strips redirections from the words passed to Nix.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved shell completion handling for commands with redirections.

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_complete_nix now uses _init_completion to initialize completion variables and words. It returns if initialization fails and excludes redirections from words.

Changes

Bash completion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Initialize completion context misc/bash/completion.sh	_complete_nix uses _init_completion -n ':=&' to initialize completion variables and words. It returns if initialization fails. The comments describe filename completion after redirections.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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Redirection filename and option completion appear correctly wired, but existing tests do not exercise the Bash wrapper. The change is mergeable, with focused wrapper tests recommended to catch future regressions.

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misc/bash/completion.sh (1)

8-8: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add Bash-wrapper tests for both redirection paths.

tests/functional/completions.sh is registered as a functional test, but its cases invoke Nix directly with NIX_GET_COMPLETIONS. No checked-in test invokes _complete_nix or loads misc/bash/completion.sh.

Add Bash-level cases for filename completion after < /tmp/system-exp and option completion after < foo --j. Otherwise regressions in _init_completion or redirection removal can pass the existing tests.

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Review comment at @misc/bash/completion.sh at line 8:
Extend the existing completion cases in tests/functional/completions.sh to load
misc/bash/completion.sh and invoke _complete_nix through Bash; cover filename
completion after “< /tmp/system-exp” and option completion after “< foo --j”,
verifying redirection is removed before completion.

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Review comments at @misc/bash/completion.sh:
- Line 8: Extend the existing completion cases in
tests/functional/completions.sh to load misc/bash/completion.sh and invoke
_complete_nix through Bash; cover filename completion after “< /tmp/system-exp”
and option completion after “< foo --j”, verifying redirection is removed before
completion.

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