cli: Docker autocompletion for containers not working on MacOS

Description

I’m migrating from Ubuntu to MacOS with my MacBook Pro (M2). I’m using ohmyzsh with the docker and docker-compose plugin. Docker has been installed with Docker Desktop setup.

The docker plugin works fine except the autocompletion for the container names.

• If I type docker and ⮕Tab it shows me a list of commands
• If I type docker start and ⮕Tab it just shows me the files of my current directory, but not the list of available containers.

I’m expecting the autosuggestion to work here and show me a list of all containers which could be started. This worked fine within Ubuntus bash.

What I did so far:

• deactivate ohmyzsh (no completions at all)
• ask google (obviously)
• try the help sections for common problems on the ohmyzsh FAQ
• ask apple stackexchange
• ask ohmyzsh community who referred me to ask here

Screenshots and recordings

.zshrc

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"

# history
SAVEHIST=10000

# ohmyzsh
ZSH_THEME="lukerandall"
zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder  # just remind me to update when it's time
# docker autocompletion
#zstyle ':completion:*:*:docker:*' option-stacking yes
#zstyle ':completion:*:*:docker-*:*' option-stacking yes
plugins=(brew docker docker-compose git kubectl kubectx)
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

# nvm
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

autoload -U compinit && compinit

# kubectl
alias k="kubectl"
# krew
export PATH="${KREW_ROOT:-$HOME/.krew}/bin:$PATH"


#THIS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE FILE FOR SDKMAN TO WORK!!!
export SDKMAN_DIR="$HOME/.sdkman"
[[ -s "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" ]] && source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"

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Screenshots:

Reproduce

docker start+ ⮕Tab

Expected behavior

Show list of containers which are ready to start

docker version

Client:
 Cloud integration: v1.0.33
 Version:           24.0.2
 API version:       1.43
 Go version:        go1.20.4
 Git commit:        cb74dfc
 Built:             Thu May 25 21:51:16 2023
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.20.1 (110738)
 Engine:
  Version:          24.0.2
  API version:      1.43 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.20.4
  Git commit:       659604f
  Built:            Thu May 25 21:50:59 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.21
  GitCommit:        3dce8eb055cbb6872793272b4f20ed16117344f8
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.7
  GitCommit:        v1.1.7-0-g860f061
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    24.0.2
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.10.5
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.18.1
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.19
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0-beta.4
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.26.0
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan
  scout: Command line tool for Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.12.0
    Path:     /Users/julian/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 3
  Running: 2
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 1
 Images: 5
 Server Version: 24.0.2
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 3dce8eb055cbb6872793272b4f20ed16117344f8
 runc version: v1.1.7-0-g860f061
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 5.15.49-linuxkit-pr
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 6
 Total Memory: 7.667GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 235862c7-714f-4c03-a56e-fed6a8f78116
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

Additional Info

macOS 13.14.1 Zsh version 5.9