[v1] (backport) Prevent panic on flagSet access from custom BashComplete

app.go

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = parseIter(set, a, arguments[1:])
+	err = parseIter(set, a, arguments[1:], shellComplete)
 	nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set)
 	context := NewContext(a, set, nil)
 	if nerr != nil {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = parseIter(set, a, ctx.Args().Tail())
+	err = parseIter(set, a, ctx.Args().Tail(), ctx.shellComplete)
 	nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set)
 	context := NewContext(a, set, ctx)
 

command.go

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (c Command) Run(ctx *Context) (err error) {
 		c.UseShortOptionHandling = true
 	}
 
-	set, err := c.parseFlags(ctx.Args().Tail())
+	set, err := c.parseFlags(ctx.Args().Tail(), ctx.shellComplete)
 
 	context := NewContext(ctx.App, set, ctx)
 	context.Command = c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (c Command) Run(ctx *Context) (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (c *Command) parseFlags(args Args) (*flag.FlagSet, error) {
+func (c *Command) parseFlags(args Args, shellComplete bool) (*flag.FlagSet, error) {
 	if c.SkipFlagParsing {
 		set, err := c.newFlagSet()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (c *Command) parseFlags(args Args) (*flag.FlagSet, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = parseIter(set, c, args)
+	err = parseIter(set, c, args, shellComplete)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

command_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -371,3 +372,49 @@ func TestCommandSkipFlagParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		expect(t, args, c.expectedArgs)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCommand_Run_CustomShellCompleteAcceptsMalformedFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		testArgs    []string
+		expectedOut string
+	}{
+		{testArgs: []string{"--undefined"}, expectedOut: "found 0 args | flag 'number' set: false"},
+		{testArgs: []string{"--number"}, expectedOut: "found 0 args | flag 'number' set: false"},
+		{testArgs: []string{"--number", "fourty-two"}, expectedOut: "found 0 args | flag 'number' set: false"},
+		{testArgs: []string{"--number", "42"}, expectedOut: "found 0 args | flag 'number' set: true"},
+		{testArgs: []string{"--number", "42", "newArg"}, expectedOut: "found 1 args | flag 'number' set: true"},
+		{testArgs: []string{"--undefined", "--number", "42", "newArg"}, expectedOut: "found 1 args | flag 'number' set: true"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		var outputBuffer bytes.Buffer
+		app := &App{
+			Writer:               &outputBuffer,
+			EnableBashCompletion: true,
+			Commands: []Command{
+				{
+					Name:  "bar",
+					Usage: "this is for testing",
+					Flags: []Flag{
+						&IntFlag{
+							Name:  "number",
+							Usage: "A number to parse",
+						},
+					},
+					BashComplete: func(c *Context) {
+						fmt.Fprintf(c.App.Writer, "found %d args | flag 'number' set: %t", c.NArg(), c.IsSet("number"))
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		osArgs := []string{"foo", "bar"}
+		osArgs = append(osArgs, c.testArgs...)
+		osArgs = append(osArgs, "--generate-bash-completion")
+
+		err := app.Run(osArgs)
+		stdout := outputBuffer.String()
+		expect(t, err, nil)
+		expect(t, stdout, c.expectedOut)
+	}
+}

parse.go

@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ type iterativeParser interface {
 }
 
 // To enable short-option handling (e.g., "-it" vs "-i -t") we have to
-// iteratively catch parsing errors.  This way we achieve LR parsing without
+// iteratively catch parsing errors. This way we achieve LR parsing without
 // transforming any arguments. Otherwise, there is no way we can discriminate
 // combined short options from common arguments that should be left untouched.
-func parseIter(set *flag.FlagSet, ip iterativeParser, args []string) error {
+// Pass `shellComplete` to continue parsing options on failure during shell
+// completion when, the user-supplied options may be incomplete.
+func parseIter(set *flag.FlagSet, ip iterativeParser, args []string, shellComplete bool) error {
 	for {
 		err := set.Parse(args)
 		if !ip.useShortOptionHandling() || err == nil {
+			if shellComplete {
+				return nil
+			}
 			return err
 		}