fix(@angular/cli): skip prompt or warn when setting up autocompletion without a global CLI install

If the user does not have a global install of the Angular CLI, the autocompletion prompt is skipped and `ng completion` emits a warning. The reasoning for this is that `source <(ng completion script)` won't work without `ng` on the `$PATH`, which is only really viable with a global install. Local executions like `git clone ... && npm install && npm start` or ephemeral executions like `npx @angular/cli` don't benefit from autocompletion and unnecessarily impede users.

A global install of the Angular CLI is detected by running `which -a ng`, which appears to be a cross-platform means of listing all `ng` commands on the `$PATH`. We then look over all binaries in the list and exclude anything which is a directo child of a `node_modules/.bin/` directory. These include local executions and `npx`, so the only remaining locations should be global installs (`/usr/bin/ng`, NVM, etc.).

The tests are a little awkward since `ng` is installed globally by helper functions before tests start. These tests uninstall the global CLI and install a local, project-specific version to verify behavior, before restoring the global version. Hypothetically this could be emulated by manipulating the `$PATH` variable, but `which` needs to be available (so we can't clobber the whole `$PATH`) and `node` exists in the same directory as the global `ng` command (so we can't remove that directory anyways). There's also no good way of testing the case where `which` fails to run.

Closes #23135.

Author: dgp1130

packages/angular/cli/src/commands/completion/cli.ts

@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@
 
 import { join } from 'path';
 import yargs, { Argv } from 'yargs';
-import {
-  CommandModule,
-  CommandModuleImplementation,
-  CommandScope,
-} from '../../command-builder/command-module';
+import { CommandModule, CommandModuleImplementation } from '../../command-builder/command-module';
 import { addCommandModuleToYargs } from '../../command-builder/utilities/command';
 import { colors } from '../../utilities/color';
-import { initializeAutocomplete } from '../../utilities/completion';
+import { hasGlobalCliInstall, initializeAutocomplete } from '../../utilities/completion';
 
 export class CompletionCommandModule extends CommandModule implements CommandModuleImplementation {
   command = 'completion';
@@ -44,6 +40,16 @@ Appended \`source <(ng completion script)\` to \`${rcFile}\`. Restart your termi
       `.trim(),
     );
 
+    if ((await hasGlobalCliInstall()) === false) {
+      this.context.logger.warn(
+        'Setup completed successfully, but there does not seem to be a global install of the' +
+          ' Angular CLI. For autocompletion to work, the CLI will need to be on your `$PATH`, which' +
+          ' is typically done with the `-g` flag in `npm install -g @angular/cli`.' +
+          '\n\n' +
+          'For more information, see https://angular.io/cli/completion#global-install',
+      );
+    }
+
     return 0;
   }
 }

packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/completion.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { json, logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { env } from 'process';
@@ -78,6 +79,16 @@ Appended \`source <(ng completion script)\` to \`${rcFile}\`. Restart your termi
     `.trim(),
   );
 
+  if ((await hasGlobalCliInstall()) === false) {
+    logger.warn(
+      'Setup completed successfully, but there does not seem to be a global install of the' +
+        ' Angular CLI. For autocompletion to work, the CLI will need to be on your `$PATH`, which' +
+        ' is typically done with the `-g` flag in `npm install -g @angular/cli`.' +
+        '\n\n' +
+        'For more information, see https://angular.io/cli/completion#global-install',
+    );
+  }
+
   // Save configuration to remember that the user was prompted.
   await setCompletionConfig({ ...completionConfig, prompted: true });
 
@@ -147,6 +158,12 @@ async function shouldPromptForAutocompletionSetup(
     return false; // Unknown shell.
   }
 
+  // Don't prompt if the user is missing a global CLI install. Autocompletion won't work after setup
+  // anyway and could be annoying for users running one-off commands via `npx` or using `npm start`.
+  if ((await hasGlobalCliInstall()) === false) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   // Check each RC file if they already use `ng completion script` in any capacity and don't prompt.
   for (const rcFile of rcFiles) {
     const contents = await fs.readFile(rcFile, 'utf-8').catch(() => undefined);
@@ -246,3 +263,38 @@ function getShellRunCommandCandidates(shell: string, home: string): string[] | u
     return undefined;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the user has a global CLI install or `undefined` if this can't be determined.
+ * Execution from `npx` is *not* considered a global CLI install.
+ *
+ * This does *not* mean the current execution is from a global CLI install, only that a global
+ * install exists on the system.
+ */
+export async function hasGlobalCliInstall(): Promise<boolean | undefined> {
+  // List all binaries with the `ng` name on the user's `$PATH`.
+  const proc = execFile('which', ['-a', 'ng']);
+  let stdout = '';
+  proc.stdout?.addListener('data', (content) => {
+    stdout += content;
+  });
+  const exitCode = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    proc.addListener('exit', (exitCode) => {
+      resolve(exitCode);
+    });
+  });
+
+  if (exitCode !== 0) {
+    // `which -a` might not be supported some some systems, can't tell whether CLI is globally
+    // installed.
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Look for at least one line which is a global install. We can't easily identify global installs,
+  // but local installs are typically placed in `node_modules/.bin` by NPM / Yarn. `npx` also
+  // currently caches files at `~/.npm/_npx/*/node_modules/.bin/`, so the same logic applies.
+  const lines = stdout.split('\n').filter((line) => line !== '');
+  const globalInstalls = lines.filter((line) => !line.endsWith('node_modules/.bin'));
+
+  return globalInstalls.length >= 1;
+}

tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/misc/completion-prompt.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { env } from 'process';
-import { execAndCaptureError, execWithEnv } from '../../utils/process';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
+import {
+  execAndCaptureError,
+  execAndWaitForOutputToMatch,
+  execWithEnv,
+  silentNpm,
+} from '../../utils/process';
 
 const AUTOCOMPLETION_PROMPT = /Would you like to enable autocompletion\?/;
 const DEFAULT_ENV = Object.freeze({
@@ -18,6 +24,8 @@ const DEFAULT_ENV = Object.freeze({
   NG_CLI_ANALYTICS: 'false',
 });
 
+const testRegistry = getGlobalVariable('package-registry');
+
 export default async function () {
   // Windows Cmd and Powershell do not support autocompletion. Run a different set of tests to
   // confirm autocompletion skips the prompt appropriately.
@@ -368,6 +376,54 @@ source <(ng completion script)
       );
     }
   });
+
+  // Prompts when a global CLI install is present on the system.
+  await mockHome(async (home) => {
+    const bashrc = path.join(home, '.bashrc');
+    await fs.writeFile(bashrc, `# Other content...`);
+
+    await execAndWaitForOutputToMatch('ng', ['version'], AUTOCOMPLETION_PROMPT, {
+      ...DEFAULT_ENV,
+      SHELL: '/bin/bash',
+      HOME: home,
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Does *not* prompt when a global CLI install is missing from the system.
+  await mockHome(async (home) => {
+    try {
+      // Temporarily uninstall the global CLI binary from the system.
+      await silentNpm(['uninstall', '--global', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`]);
+
+      // Setup a fake project directory with a local install of the CLI.
+      const projectDir = path.join(home, 'project');
+      await fs.mkdir(projectDir);
+      await silentNpm(['init', '-y', `--registry=${testRegistry}`], { cwd: projectDir });
+      await silentNpm(['install', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`], {
+        cwd: projectDir,
+      });
+
+      const bashrc = path.join(home, '.bashrc');
+      await fs.writeFile(bashrc, `# Other content...`);
+
+      const localCliBinary = path.join(projectDir, 'node_modules', '.bin', 'ng');
+      const { stdout } = await execWithEnv(localCliBinary, ['version'], {
+        ...DEFAULT_ENV,
+        SHELL: '/bin/bash',
+        HOME: home,
+      });
+
+      if (AUTOCOMPLETION_PROMPT.test(stdout)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Execution without a global CLI install prompted for autocompletion setup but should' +
+            ' not have.',
+        );
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // Reinstall global CLI for remainder of the tests.
+      await silentNpm(['install', '--global', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`]);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 async function windowsTests(): Promise<void> {

tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/misc/completion.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { execAndCaptureError, execAndWaitForOutputToMatch } from '../../utils/process';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
+import {
+  execAndCaptureError,
+  execAndWaitForOutputToMatch,
+  execWithEnv,
+  silentNpm,
+} from '../../utils/process';
+
+const testRegistry = getGlobalVariable('package-registry');
 
 export default async function () {
   // Windows Cmd and Powershell do not support autocompletion. Run a different set of tests to
@@ -332,6 +341,50 @@ source <(ng completion script)
       throw new Error(`Expected unknown \`$SHELL\` error message, but got:\n\n${err.message}`);
     }
   });
+
+  // Does *not* warn when a global CLI install is present on the system.
+  await mockHome(async (home) => {
+    const { stdout } = await execWithEnv('ng', ['completion'], {
+      ...process.env,
+      'SHELL': '/usr/bin/zsh',
+      'HOME': home,
+    });
+
+    if (stdout.includes('there does not seem to be a global install of the Angular CLI')) {
+      throw new Error(`CLI warned about missing global install, but one should exist.`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Warns when a global CLI install is *not* present on the system.
+  await mockHome(async (home) => {
+    try {
+      // Temporarily uninstall the global CLI binary from the system.
+      await silentNpm(['uninstall', '--global', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`]);
+
+      // Setup a fake project directory with a local install of the CLI.
+      const projectDir = path.join(home, 'project');
+      await fs.mkdir(projectDir);
+      await silentNpm(['init', '-y', `--registry=${testRegistry}`], { cwd: projectDir });
+      await silentNpm(['install', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`], {
+        cwd: projectDir,
+      });
+
+      // Invoke the local CLI binary.
+      const localCliBinary = path.join(projectDir, 'node_modules', '.bin', 'ng');
+      const { stdout } = await execWithEnv(localCliBinary, ['completion'], {
+        ...process.env,
+        'SHELL': '/usr/bin/zsh',
+        'HOME': home,
+      });
+
+      if (stdout.includes('there does not seem to be a global install of the Angular CLI')) {
+        throw new Error(`CLI warned about missing global install, but one should exist.`);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // Reinstall global CLI for remainder of the tests.
+      await silentNpm(['install', '--global', '@angular/cli', `--registry=${testRegistry}`]);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 async function windowsTests(): Promise<void> {

tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ interface ExecOptions {
   waitForMatch?: RegExp;
   env?: { [varname: string]: string };
   stdin?: string;
+  cwd?: string;
 }
 
 let _processes: child_process.ChildProcess[] = [];
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proce
 
   let stdout = '';
   let stderr = '';
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
   const env = options.env;
   console.log(
     `==========================================================================================`,
@@ -108,8 +109,8 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proce
         ),
       );
     });
-    childProcess.on('error', (error) => {
-      err.message += `${error}...\n\nSTDOUT:\n${stdout}\n\nSTDERR:\n${stderr}\n`;
+    childProcess.on('error', (err) => {
+      err.message += `${err}...\n\nSTDOUT:\n${stdout}\n\nSTDERR:\n${stderr}\n`;
       reject(err);
     });
 
@@ -257,8 +258,24 @@ export function silentNg(...args: string[]) {
   return _exec({ silent: true }, 'ng', args);
 }
 
-export function silentNpm(...args: string[]) {
-  return _exec({ silent: true }, 'npm', args);
+export function silentNpm(...args: string[]): Promise<ProcessOutput>;
+export function silentNpm(args: string[], options?: { cwd?: string }): Promise<ProcessOutput>;
+export function silentNpm(
+  ...args: string[] | [args: string[], options?: { cwd?: string }]
+): Promise<ProcessOutput> {
+  if (Array.isArray(args[0])) {
+    const [params, options] = args;
+    return _exec(
+      {
+        silent: true,
+        cwd: (options as { cwd?: string } | undefined)?.cwd,
+      },
+      'npm',
+      params,
+    );
+  } else {
+    return _exec({ silent: true }, 'npm', args as string[]);
+  }
 }
 
 export function silentYarn(...args: string[]) {