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✨ Features

• Allow linker to perform deadcode elimination for program using Cobra by @​aarzilli in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1956
• Add default completion command even if there are no other sub-commands by @​marckhouzam in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1559
• Add CompletionWithDesc helper by @​ccoVeille in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2231

🐛 Fixes

• Fix deprecation comment for Command.SetOutput by @​thaJeztah in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2172
• Replace deprecated ioutil usage by @​nirs in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2181
• Fix --version help and output for plugins by @​nirs in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2180
• Allow to reset the templates to the default by @​marckhouzam in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2229

🤖 Completions

• Make Powershell completion work in constrained mode by @​lstemplinger in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2196
• Improve detection for flags that accept multiple values by @​thaJeztah in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2210
• add CompletionFunc type to help with completions by @​ccoVeille in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2220
• Add similar whitespace escape logic to bash v2 completions than in other completions by @​kangasta in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1743
• Print ActiveHelp for bash along other completions by @​marckhouzam in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2076
• fix(completions): Complete map flags multiple times by @​gabe565 in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2174
• fix(bash): nounset unbound file filter variable on empty extension by @​scop in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2228

🧪 Testing

• Test also with go 1.23 by @​nirs in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2182
• Make detection for test-binary more universal by @​thaJeztah in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2173

✍🏼 Documentation

• docs: update README.md by @​eltociear in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2197
• Improve site formatting by @​nirs in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2183
• doc: add Conduit by @​raulb in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2230
• doc: azion project added to the list of CLIs that use cobra by @​maxwelbm in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2198
• Fix broken links in active_help.md by @​vuil in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2202
• chore: fix function name in comment by @​zhuhaicity in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2216

🔧 Dependency upgrades

• build(deps): bump github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6 by @​thaJeztah in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2206
• Update to latest go-md2man by @​mikelolasagasti in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2201
• Upgrade pflag dependencies for v1.9.0 by @​jpmcb in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2233

Thank you to all of our amazing contributors and all the great work that's been going into the completions feature!!

👋🏼 New Contributors

• @​gabe565 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2174
• @​maxwelbm made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2198
• @​lstemplinger made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2196
• @​vuil made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2202
• @​mikelolasagasti made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2201
• @​zhuhaicity made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2216
• @​ccoVeille made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/2220
• @​kangasta made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1743
• @​aarzilli made their first contribution in https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/1956

Full Changelog: spf13/cobra@v1.8.1...v1.9.0