minikube: Tab completion breaks if using recommended alias kubectl='minikube kubectl --'

install minkube
add alias kubectl=‘minikube kubectl --’ to .bashrc
add source <(kubectl completion bash) to .bashrc

result: only the commands get tab-completed, nothing after that.

the underlying issue is this:

$ minikube kubectl __completeNoDesc get p
Error: flags cannot be placed before plugin name: --cluster

this works however:

~/.minikube/cache/linux/v1.22.3/kubectl __completeNoDesc get p

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 16 (6 by maintainers)

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just realized that my hack doesnt work if the minikube node is down… because of reasons.

this does work however:

KUBECTL_PATH="$HOME/.minikube/cache/linux/$(minikube kubectl -- version 2>/dev/null | perl -lne '/GitVersion:"([^"]*)"/ && print $1')/kubectl"

it’s even worse though.

vcc-huf on Nov 18, 2021

found this workaround. put it in bashrc:

KUBECTL_PATH="$HOME/.minikube/cache/linux/$(minikube kubectl -- version -o json | jq -r '.clientVersion.gitVersion')/kubectl"

kubectl() {
    $KUBECTL_PATH "$@"
}

source <(kubectl completion bash)

vcc-huf on Nov 12, 2021