[bug] subparser.help cannot be converted to description

[Freed-Wu]

import argparse
import shtab

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
shtab.add_argument_to(parser)
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", help="a")


subparsers.add_parser("test", help="test_help")

parser.parse_args()

❯ python test.py --print-completion zsh|head
#compdef test.py

# AUTOMATCALLY GENERATED by `shtab`


_shtab_test_py_commands() {
  local _commands=(
    "test:"
  )
  _describe 'test.py commands' _commands

test: should be test:test_help

[morphine1]

Hi,
jap, have the same issue with the following configuration:

def get_arg_parser():
  main_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=__appname__)

  subparsers = main_parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", title='command')
  parser = subparsers.add_parser("apply", add_help=True, help="apply platform definition to remote cloud provider")

  parser.add_argument("--arg1", type=str, help="Help for argument 1")
  parser.add_argument("arg2", type=str, help="Help for argument 2")

  parser = subparsers.add_parser('destroy', add_help=True, help="destroy resources on cloud provider")
  parser.add_argument("d_arg1", type=str, help="Help for d_argument 1")
  parser.add_argument("d_arg2", type=str, help="Help for d_argument 2")

  return main_parser

command: shtab --verbose --shell=zsh cli.cli.get_arg_parser

verbose output:
DEBUG:shtab.main:Namespace(parser='cli.cli.get_arg_parser', shell='zsh', prefix=None, preamble=None, prog=None, error_unimportable=False, loglevel=10) DEBUG:shtab:choices:_shtab_cli:['apply', 'destroy'] DEBUG:shtab:subcommand:apply DEBUG:shtab:subcommands:apply:{'cmd': 'apply', 'help': '', 'arguments': ['"(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"', '"--arg1[Help for argument 1]:arg1:"', '":Help for argument 2:"'], 'paths': ['apply'], 'commands': {}} DEBUG:shtab:subcommand:destroy DEBUG:shtab:subcommands:destroy:{'cmd': 'destroy', 'help': '', 'arguments': ['"(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]"', '":Help for d_argument 1:"', '":Help for d_argument 2:"'], 'paths': ['destroy'], 'commands': {}} DEBUG:shtab:subcommands:_shtab_cli:['_shtab_cli', '_shtab_cli_apply', '_shtab_cli_destroy']

result:

_shtab_cli_commands() { local _commands=( "apply:" "destroy:" ) _describe 'pfm commands' _commands }

additionally, the positional arguments for the sub_parsers are also missing:

_shtab_cli_apply_options=( "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]" "--arg1[Help for argument 1]:arg1:" ":Help for argument 2:" )
_shtab_cli_destroy_options=( "(- : *)"{-h,--help}"[show this help message and exit]" ":Help for d_argument 1:" ":Help for d_argument 2:" )

Resulting in strange behavior on the command line (shell is zsh)

TAB
destroy apply --

any selection -> next TAB only produces -h, --help as a suggestion..

am I doing something wrong ? any help is much appreciated...

Thanks,
morphine

[paulstretenowich]

Hi,
I have the same behaviour. Any fix planned for that?
Thanks!
Paul