diff --git a/cli/command/commands/commands.go b/cli/command/commands/commands.go
index 23a43568b5..7de64b889f 100644
--- a/cli/command/commands/commands.go
+++ b/cli/command/commands/commands.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/builder"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/checkpoint"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/completion"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/config"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/container"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/context"
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ func AddCommands(cmd *cobra.Command, dockerCli command.Cli) {
 		stack.NewStackCommand(dockerCli),
 		swarm.NewSwarmCommand(dockerCli),
 
+		// completion command
+		completion.NewCompletionCommand(dockerCli),
+
 		// legacy commands may be hidden
 		hide(container.NewAttachCommand(dockerCli)),
 		hide(container.NewCommitCommand(dockerCli)),
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/autocomplete.go b/cli/command/completion/autocomplete.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c90180bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/autocomplete.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package completion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type shellCompletionSetup interface {
+	// Generate completions for the Docker CLI based on the provided shell.
+	DockerCompletion(ctx context.Context, shell supportedCompletionShell) ([]byte, error)
+	// Set up completions for the Docker CLI for the provided shell.
+	//
+	// For zsh completions, this function should also configure the user's
+	// .zshrc file to load the completions correctly.
+	// Please see https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Completion-System.html
+	// for more information.
+	InstallCompletions(ctx context.Context, shell supportedCompletionShell) error
+	// Get the completion directory for the provided shell.
+	GetCompletionDir(shell supportedCompletionShell) string
+	// Get the manual instructions for the provided shell.
+	GetManualInstructions(shell supportedCompletionShell) string
+}
+
+type supportedCompletionShell string
+
+const (
+	bash       supportedCompletionShell = "bash"
+	fish       supportedCompletionShell = "fish"
+	zsh        supportedCompletionShell = "zsh"
+	powershell supportedCompletionShell = "powershell"
+)
+
+func (s supportedCompletionShell) FileName() string {
+	switch s {
+	case zsh:
+		return "_docker"
+	case bash:
+		return "docker"
+	case fish:
+		return "docker.fish"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+const (
+	zshrc             = ".zshrc"
+	zshCompletionDir  = ".docker/completions"
+	fishCompletionDir = ".config/fish/completions"
+	bashCompletionDir = ".local/share/bash-completion/completions"
+)
+
+// TODO: file permissions are difficult.
+// Wondering if this should be 0644 or 0750
+// From stackoverflow most mention a sane default for the home directory
+// is 0755/0751.
+const filePerm = 0755
+
+type common struct {
+	command         func(ctx context.Context, name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd
+	homeDirectory   string
+	dockerCliBinary string
+}
+
+type unixShellSetup struct {
+	zshrc             string
+	zshCompletionDir  string
+	fishCompletionDir string
+	bashCompletionDir string
+	hasOhMyZsh        bool
+	common
+}
+
+func unixDefaultShell() (supportedCompletionShell, error) {
+	currentShell := os.Getenv("SHELL")
+
+	if len(currentShell) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("SHELL environment variable not set")
+	}
+
+	t := strings.Split(currentShell, "/")
+
+	switch t[len(t)-1] {
+	case "bash":
+		return bash, nil
+	case "zsh":
+		return zsh, nil
+	case "fish":
+		return fish, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("unsupported shell")
+}
+
+var _ shellCompletionSetup = &unixShellSetup{}
+
+func NewUnixShellSetup(homeDirectory string, dockerCliBinary string) shellCompletionSetup {
+	zshrcFile := filepath.Join(homeDirectory, zshrc)
+	// override the default directory if ZDOTDIR is set
+	// if this is set, we assume the user has set up their own zshrc
+	// and we should append to that file instead
+	if zshroot := os.Getenv("ZDOTDIR"); zshroot != "" {
+		zshrcFile = filepath.Join(zshroot, zshrc)
+	}
+	var hasOhMyZsh bool
+	zshCompletionDir := filepath.Join(homeDirectory, zshCompletionDir)
+	// overide the default zsh completions directory if oh-my-zsh is installed
+	if ohmyzsh := os.Getenv("ZSH"); ohmyzsh != "" {
+		// ensure that the oh-my-zsh completions directory exists
+		if _, err := os.Stat(ohmyzsh); err == nil {
+			zshCompletionDir = filepath.Join(ohmyzsh, "completions")
+			hasOhMyZsh = true
+		}
+	}
+	return &unixShellSetup{
+		zshrc:             zshrcFile,
+		zshCompletionDir:  zshCompletionDir,
+		fishCompletionDir: filepath.Join(homeDirectory, fishCompletionDir),
+		bashCompletionDir: filepath.Join(homeDirectory, bashCompletionDir),
+		hasOhMyZsh:        hasOhMyZsh,
+		common: common{
+			homeDirectory:   homeDirectory,
+			dockerCliBinary: dockerCliBinary,
+			command:         exec.CommandContext,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (u *unixShellSetup) DockerCompletion(ctx context.Context, shell supportedCompletionShell) ([]byte, error) {
+	dockerCmd := u.command(ctx, u.dockerCliBinary, "completion", string(shell))
+	out, err := dockerCmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func (u *unixShellSetup) GetCompletionDir(shell supportedCompletionShell) string {
+	switch shell {
+	case zsh:
+		return u.zshCompletionDir
+	case fish:
+		return u.fishCompletionDir
+	case bash:
+		return u.bashCompletionDir
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (u *unixShellSetup) GetManualInstructions(shell supportedCompletionShell) string {
+	completionDir := u.GetCompletionDir(shell)
+	completionsFile := filepath.Join(completionDir, shell.FileName())
+
+	instructions := fmt.Sprintf(`mkdir -p %s && docker completion %s > %s`, completionDir, shell, completionsFile)
+
+	if shell == zsh && !u.hasOhMyZsh {
+		instructions += "\n"
+		instructions += fmt.Sprintf("cat <<EOT >> %s\n"+
+			"# The following lines have been added by Docker to enable Docker CLI completions.\n"+
+			"fpath=(%s $fpath)\n"+
+			"autoload -Uz compinit\n"+
+			"compinit\n"+
+			"EOT\n"+
+			"# End of Docker Completions", u.zshrc, completionsFile)
+	}
+
+	return instructions
+}
+
+func (u *unixShellSetup) InstallCompletions(ctx context.Context, shell supportedCompletionShell) error {
+	completionDir := u.GetCompletionDir(shell)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(completionDir, filePerm); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	completionFile := filepath.Join(completionDir, shell.FileName())
+
+	_ = os.Remove(completionFile)
+
+	completions, err := u.DockerCompletion(ctx, shell)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(completionFile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, filePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	if _, err = f.Write(completions); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// only configure fpath for zsh if oh-my-zsh is not installed
+	if shell == zsh && !u.hasOhMyZsh {
+
+		// This should error if it does not exist.
+		zshrcContent, err := os.ReadFile(u.zshrc)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: what should we do here? The error message might not be too helpful.
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not open %s. Please ensure that your .zshrc file is set up correctly before continuing.", u.zshrc)
+		}
+
+		fpath := fmt.Sprintf("fpath=(%s $fpath)", completionDir)
+		autoload := "autoload -Uz compinit"
+		compinit := "compinit"
+
+		// if fpath is already in the .zshrc file, we don't need to add it again
+		if strings.Contains(string(zshrcContent), fpath) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Only append to .zshrc when it exists.
+		f, err = os.OpenFile(u.zshrc, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, os.ModeAppend)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		zshrcFpath := fmt.Sprintf("# The following lines have been added by Docker Desktop to enable Docker CLI completions.\n"+
+			"%s\n"+
+			"%s\n"+
+			"%s\n"+
+			"# End of Docker CLI completions\n", fpath, autoload, compinit)
+
+		_, err = f.WriteString(zshrcFpath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/autocomplete_test.go b/cli/command/completion/autocomplete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18c7f42115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/autocomplete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,411 @@
+package completion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
+)
+
+type testFuncs string
+
+const (
+	testDockerCompletions testFuncs = "TestDockerCompletions"
+)
+
+//go:embed testdata
+var fixtures embed.FS
+
+// fakeExecCommand is a helper function that hooks
+// the current test binary into an os/exec cmd.Run() call
+// allowing us to mock out third party dependencies called through os/exec.
+//
+// testBinary is the current test binary that is running, can be accessed through os.Args[0]
+// funcName is the name of the function you want to run as a sub-process of the current test binary
+//
+// The call path is as follows:
+// - Register the function you want to run through TestMain
+// - Call the cmd.Run() function from the returned exec.Cmd
+// - TestMain will execute the function as a sub-process of the current test binary
+func fakeExecCommand(t *testing.T, testBinary string, funcName testFuncs) func(ctx context.Context, command string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	t.Helper()
+	return func(ctx context.Context, command string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+		cmd := exec.Command(testBinary, append([]string{command}, args...)...)
+		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "TEST_MAIN_FUNC="+string(funcName))
+		return cmd
+	}
+}
+
+// TestMain is setup here to act as a dispatcher
+// for functions hooked into the test binary through
+// fakeExecCommand.
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	switch testFuncs(os.Getenv("TEST_MAIN_FUNC")) {
+	case testDockerCompletions:
+		FakeDockerCompletionsProcess()
+	default:
+		os.Exit(m.Run())
+	}
+}
+
+// this is a test function that will only be run when
+// fakeExecCommand is hooked into a cmd.Run()/cmd.Output call
+// with the funcName as "TestDockerCompletions"
+// TestMain executes this function as a sub-process of the current
+// test binary.
+func FakeDockerCompletionsProcess() {
+	s := supportedCompletionShell(os.Args[3])
+	if s == "" {
+		panic("shell not provided")
+	}
+
+	completions, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker." + string(s))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, string(completions))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+func TestDockerCompletion(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	ds := NewUnixShellSetup("", "docker").(*unixShellSetup)
+	ds.command = fakeExecCommand(t, os.Args[0], testDockerCompletions)
+
+	t.Run("zsh completion", func(t *testing.T) {
+		completions, err := ds.DockerCompletion(ctx, zsh)
+		assert.NilError(t, err, "expected docker completions to not error, got %s", err)
+		assert.Check(t, len(completions) > 0, "expected docker completions to not be empty")
+
+		expected, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker.zsh")
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, string(expected), string(completions), "docker.zsh fixture did not match docker completion output")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("bash completion", func(t *testing.T) {
+		completions, err := ds.DockerCompletion(ctx, bash)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Check(t, len(completions) > 0, "expected docker completions to not be empty")
+
+		expected, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker.bash")
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, string(expected), string(completions), "docker.bash fixtures did not match docker completion output")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fish completion", func(t *testing.T) {
+		completions, err := ds.DockerCompletion(ctx, fish)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Check(t, len(completions) > 0, "expected docker completions to not be empty")
+
+		expected, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker.fish")
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, string(expected), string(completions), "docker.fish fixtures did not match docker completion output")
+	})
+}
+
+func TestUnixDefaultShell(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		desc        string
+		path        string
+		expected    supportedCompletionShell
+		expectedErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:        "bash",
+			path:        "/bin/bash",
+			expected:    bash,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "zsh",
+			path:        "/bin/zsh",
+			expected:    zsh,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "fish",
+			path:        "/bin/fish",
+			expected:    fish,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "homebrew bash",
+			path:        "/opt/homebrew/bin/bash",
+			expected:    bash,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "homebrew zsh",
+			path:        "/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh",
+			expected:    zsh,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "homebrew fish",
+			path:        "/opt/homebrew/bin/fish",
+			expected:    fish,
+			expectedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "unsupported shell",
+			path:        "/bin/unsupported",
+			expected:    "",
+			expectedErr: "unsupported shell",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:        "empty shell",
+			path:        "",
+			expected:    "",
+			expectedErr: "SHELL environment variable not set",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv("SHELL", tc.path)
+
+			s, err := unixDefaultShell()
+			if tc.expectedErr != "" {
+				assert.Check(t, is.ErrorContains(err, tc.expectedErr))
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, s)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInstallCompletions(t *testing.T) {
+
+	zshSetup := func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) *os.File {
+		t.Helper()
+		zshrcFile, err := os.OpenFile(ds.zshrc, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, filePerm)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() {
+			zshrcFile.Close()
+		})
+
+		_, err = os.Stat(ds.zshrc)
+		assert.NilError(t, err, "expected zshrc file to exist")
+		return zshrcFile
+	}
+
+	hasZshCompletions := func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		zshrcContent, err := os.ReadFile(ds.zshrc)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Check(t, is.Contains(string(zshrcContent), fmt.Sprintf("fpath=(%s $fpath)", ds.zshCompletionDir)))
+
+		_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(ds.zshCompletionDir, zsh.FileName()))
+		assert.NilError(t, err, "expected zsh completions directory to exist")
+
+		completions, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(ds.zshCompletionDir, zsh.FileName()))
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		zshFixture, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker." + string(zsh))
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, string(zshFixture), string(completions))
+	}
+
+	setup := func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		tmphome := t.TempDir()
+		ds := NewUnixShellSetup(tmphome, "docker").(*unixShellSetup)
+		ds.command = fakeExecCommand(t, os.Args[0], testDockerCompletions)
+		return ds
+	}
+
+	testcases := []struct {
+		shell      supportedCompletionShell
+		desc       string
+		setupFunc  func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup
+		assertFunc func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup)
+	}{
+		{
+			shell: zsh,
+			desc:  "zsh completions",
+			setupFunc: func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+				t.Helper()
+				ds := setup(t)
+				zshSetup(t, ds)
+				return ds
+			},
+			assertFunc: hasZshCompletions,
+		},
+		{
+			shell: zsh,
+			desc:  "zsh completions with ZDOTDIR",
+			setupFunc: func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+				t.Helper()
+				zdotdir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "zdotdir")
+				assert.NilError(t, os.MkdirAll(zdotdir, filePerm))
+				t.Setenv("ZDOTDIR", zdotdir)
+
+				ds := setup(t)
+				zshSetup(t, ds)
+				return ds
+			},
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				hasZshCompletions(t, ds)
+				assert.Check(t, is.Contains(os.Getenv("ZDOTDIR"), "zdotdir"))
+				assert.Equal(t, ds.zshrc, filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ZDOTDIR"), ".zshrc"))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			shell: zsh,
+			desc:  "existing fpath in zshrc",
+			setupFunc: func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+				t.Helper()
+				ds := setup(t)
+				zshrcFile := zshSetup(t, ds)
+
+				_, err := fmt.Fprintf(zshrcFile, "fpath=(%s $fpath)", ds.zshCompletionDir)
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				return ds
+			},
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				hasZshCompletions(t, ds)
+				zshrcFile, err := os.ReadFile(ds.zshrc)
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, 1, strings.Count(string(zshrcFile), fmt.Sprintf("fpath=(%s $fpath)", ds.zshCompletionDir)))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			shell:     bash,
+			desc:      "bash completions",
+			setupFunc: setup,
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(ds.bashCompletionDir, bash.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				completions, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(ds.bashCompletionDir, bash.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				bashFixture, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker." + string(bash))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, string(bashFixture), string(completions))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			shell:     fish,
+			desc:      "fish completions",
+			setupFunc: setup,
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(ds.fishCompletionDir, fish.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				completions, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(ds.fishCompletionDir, fish.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				fishFixture, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker." + string(fish))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, string(fishFixture), string(completions))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			shell: zsh,
+			desc:  "zsh with oh-my-zsh",
+			setupFunc: func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+				t.Helper()
+				tmphome := t.TempDir()
+				ohmyzsh := filepath.Join(tmphome, ".oh-my-zsh")
+				assert.NilError(t, os.MkdirAll(ohmyzsh, filePerm))
+				t.Setenv("ZSH", ohmyzsh)
+
+				ds := NewUnixShellSetup(tmphome, "docker").(*unixShellSetup)
+				ds.command = fakeExecCommand(t, os.Args[0], testDockerCompletions)
+
+				zshSetup(t, ds)
+				return ds
+			},
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(ds.homeDirectory, ".oh-my-zsh/completions"), ds.zshCompletionDir)
+				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(ds.zshCompletionDir, zsh.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				completions, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(ds.zshCompletionDir, zsh.FileName()))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+				zshFixture, err := fixtures.ReadFile("testdata/docker." + string(zsh))
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, string(zshFixture), string(completions))
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			shell: zsh,
+			desc:  "should fallback to zsh when oh-my-zsh directory does not exist",
+			setupFunc: func(t *testing.T) *unixShellSetup {
+				t.Helper()
+				tmphome := t.TempDir()
+				t.Setenv("ZSH", filepath.Join(tmphome, ".oh-my-zsh"))
+
+				ds := NewUnixShellSetup(tmphome, "docker").(*unixShellSetup)
+				ds.command = fakeExecCommand(t, os.Args[0], testDockerCompletions)
+
+				zshSetup(t, ds)
+				return ds
+			},
+			assertFunc: func(t *testing.T, ds *unixShellSetup) {
+				t.Helper()
+				assert.Check(t, !strings.Contains(ds.zshCompletionDir, ".oh-my-zsh"))
+				hasZshCompletions(t, ds)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+			ds := tc.setupFunc(t)
+			assert.NilError(t, ds.InstallCompletions(ctx, tc.shell))
+			tc.assertFunc(t, ds)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetCompletionDir(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("standard shells", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tmphome := t.TempDir()
+		ds := NewUnixShellSetup(tmphome, "docker")
+
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(tmphome, zshCompletionDir), ds.GetCompletionDir(zsh))
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(tmphome, fishCompletionDir), ds.GetCompletionDir(fish))
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(tmphome, bashCompletionDir), ds.GetCompletionDir(bash))
+		assert.Equal(t, "", ds.GetCompletionDir(supportedCompletionShell("unsupported")))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("oh-my-zsh", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tmphome := t.TempDir()
+		ohMyZshTmpDir := filepath.Join(tmphome, ".oh-my-zsh")
+		assert.NilError(t, os.MkdirAll(ohMyZshTmpDir, filePerm))
+		t.Setenv("ZSH", ohMyZshTmpDir)
+		ds := NewUnixShellSetup(tmphome, "docker")
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(ohMyZshTmpDir, "completions"), ds.GetCompletionDir(zsh))
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/command.go b/cli/command/completion/command.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e6b2481f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package completion
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewCompletionCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                "completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell|install]",
+		Short:              "Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh)",
+		Args:               cli.RequiresMaxArgs(1),
+		ValidArgs:          []string{"bash", "zsh", "fish", "powershell", "install"},
+		DisableFlagParsing: false,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			shellSetup := NewUnixShellSetup("", "docker")
+
+			if cmd.Flag("manual").Changed {
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprint(dockerCli.Out(), shellSetup.GetManualInstructions(supportedCompletionShell(args[0])))
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			switch args[0] {
+			case "install":
+				return shellSetup.InstallCompletions(cmd.Context(), supportedCompletionShell(os.Getenv("SHELL")))
+			case "bash":
+
+				return cmd.GenBashCompletionV2(dockerCli.Out(), true)
+			case "zsh":
+				return cmd.GenZshCompletion(dockerCli.Out())
+			case "fish":
+				return cmd.GenFishCompletion(dockerCli.Out(), true)
+			default:
+				return command.ShowHelp(dockerCli.Err())(cmd, args)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("manual", false, "Display instructions for installing autocompletion")
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.bash b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..facf5249f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+# bash completion V2 for docker                               -*- shell-script -*-
+
+__docker_debug()
+{
+    if [[ -n ${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE-} ]]; then
+        echo "$*" >> "${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Macs have bash3 for which the bash-completion package doesn't include
+# _init_completion. This is a minimal version of that function.
+__docker_init_completion()
+{
+    COMPREPLY=()
+    _get_comp_words_by_ref "$@" cur prev words cword
+}
+
+# This function calls the docker program to obtain the completion
+# results and the directive.  It fills the 'out' and 'directive' vars.
+__docker_get_completion_results() {
+    local requestComp lastParam lastChar args
+
+    # Prepare the command to request completions for the program.
+    # Calling ${words[0]} instead of directly docker allows handling aliases
+    args=("${words[@]:1}")
+    requestComp="${words[0]} __completeNoDesc ${args[*]}"
+
+    lastParam=${words[$((${#words[@]}-1))]}
+    lastChar=${lastParam:$((${#lastParam}-1)):1}
+    __docker_debug "lastParam ${lastParam}, lastChar ${lastChar}"
+
+    if [[ -z ${cur} && ${lastChar} != = ]]; then
+        # If the last parameter is complete (there is a space following it)
+        # We add an extra empty parameter so we can indicate this to the go method.
+        __docker_debug "Adding extra empty parameter"
+        requestComp="${requestComp} ''"
+    fi
+
+    # When completing a flag with an = (e.g., docker -n=<TAB>)
+    # bash focuses on the part after the =, so we need to remove
+    # the flag part from $cur
+    if [[ ${cur} == -*=* ]]; then
+        cur="${cur#*=}"
+    fi
+
+    __docker_debug "Calling ${requestComp}"
+    # Use eval to handle any environment variables and such
+    out=$(eval "${requestComp}" 2>/dev/null)
+
+    # Extract the directive integer at the very end of the output following a colon (:)
+    directive=${out##*:}
+    # Remove the directive
+    out=${out%:*}
+    if [[ ${directive} == "${out}" ]]; then
+        # There is not directive specified
+        directive=0
+    fi
+    __docker_debug "The completion directive is: ${directive}"
+    __docker_debug "The completions are: ${out}"
+}
+
+__docker_process_completion_results() {
+    local shellCompDirectiveError=1
+    local shellCompDirectiveNoSpace=2
+    local shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp=4
+    local shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt=8
+    local shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs=16
+    local shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder=32
+
+    if (((directive & shellCompDirectiveError) != 0)); then
+        # Error code.  No completion.
+        __docker_debug "Received error from custom completion go code"
+        return
+    else
+        if (((directive & shellCompDirectiveNoSpace) != 0)); then
+            if [[ $(type -t compopt) == builtin ]]; then
+                __docker_debug "Activating no space"
+                compopt -o nospace
+            else
+                __docker_debug "No space directive not supported in this version of bash"
+            fi
+        fi
+        if (((directive & shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder) != 0)); then
+            if [[ $(type -t compopt) == builtin ]]; then
+                # no sort isn't supported for bash less than < 4.4
+                if [[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 || ( ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -eq 4 && ${BASH_VERSINFO[1]} -lt 4 ) ]]; then
+                    __docker_debug "No sort directive not supported in this version of bash"
+                else
+                    __docker_debug "Activating keep order"
+                    compopt -o nosort
+                fi
+            else
+                __docker_debug "No sort directive not supported in this version of bash"
+            fi
+        fi
+        if (((directive & shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp) != 0)); then
+            if [[ $(type -t compopt) == builtin ]]; then
+                __docker_debug "Activating no file completion"
+                compopt +o default
+            else
+                __docker_debug "No file completion directive not supported in this version of bash"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Separate activeHelp from normal completions
+    local completions=()
+    local activeHelp=()
+    __docker_extract_activeHelp
+
+    if (((directive & shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt) != 0)); then
+        # File extension filtering
+        local fullFilter filter filteringCmd
+
+        # Do not use quotes around the $completions variable or else newline
+        # characters will be kept.
+        for filter in ${completions[*]}; do
+            fullFilter+="$filter|"
+        done
+
+        filteringCmd="_filedir $fullFilter"
+        __docker_debug "File filtering command: $filteringCmd"
+        $filteringCmd
+    elif (((directive & shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs) != 0)); then
+        # File completion for directories only
+
+        local subdir
+        subdir=${completions[0]}
+        if [[ -n $subdir ]]; then
+            __docker_debug "Listing directories in $subdir"
+            pushd "$subdir" >/dev/null 2>&1 && _filedir -d && popd >/dev/null 2>&1 || return
+        else
+            __docker_debug "Listing directories in ."
+            _filedir -d
+        fi
+    else
+        __docker_handle_completion_types
+    fi
+
+    __docker_handle_special_char "$cur" :
+    __docker_handle_special_char "$cur" =
+
+    # Print the activeHelp statements before we finish
+    if ((${#activeHelp[*]} != 0)); then
+        printf "\n";
+        printf "%s\n" "${activeHelp[@]}"
+        printf "\n"
+
+        # The prompt format is only available from bash 4.4.
+        # We test if it is available before using it.
+        if (x=${PS1@P}) 2> /dev/null; then
+            printf "%s" "${PS1@P}${COMP_LINE[@]}"
+        else
+            # Can't print the prompt.  Just print the
+            # text the user had typed, it is workable enough.
+            printf "%s" "${COMP_LINE[@]}"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Separate activeHelp lines from real completions.
+# Fills the $activeHelp and $completions arrays.
+__docker_extract_activeHelp() {
+    local activeHelpMarker="_activeHelp_ "
+    local endIndex=${#activeHelpMarker}
+
+    while IFS='' read -r comp; do
+        if [[ ${comp:0:endIndex} == $activeHelpMarker ]]; then
+            comp=${comp:endIndex}
+            __docker_debug "ActiveHelp found: $comp"
+            if [[ -n $comp ]]; then
+                activeHelp+=("$comp")
+            fi
+        else
+            # Not an activeHelp line but a normal completion
+            completions+=("$comp")
+        fi
+    done <<<"${out}"
+}
+
+__docker_handle_completion_types() {
+    __docker_debug "__docker_handle_completion_types: COMP_TYPE is $COMP_TYPE"
+
+    case $COMP_TYPE in
+    37|42)
+        # Type: menu-complete/menu-complete-backward and insert-completions
+        # If the user requested inserting one completion at a time, or all
+        # completions at once on the command-line we must remove the descriptions.
+        # https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/1508
+        local tab=$'\t' comp
+        while IFS='' read -r comp; do
+            [[ -z $comp ]] && continue
+            # Strip any description
+            comp=${comp%%$tab*}
+            # Only consider the completions that match
+            if [[ $comp == "$cur"* ]]; then
+                COMPREPLY+=("$comp")
+            fi
+        done < <(printf "%s\n" "${completions[@]}")
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        # Type: complete (normal completion)
+        __docker_handle_standard_completion_case
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+__docker_handle_standard_completion_case() {
+    local tab=$'\t' comp
+
+    # Short circuit to optimize if we don't have descriptions
+    if [[ "${completions[*]}" != *$tab* ]]; then
+        IFS=$'\n' read -ra COMPREPLY -d '' < <(compgen -W "${completions[*]}" -- "$cur")
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    local longest=0
+    local compline
+    # Look for the longest completion so that we can format things nicely
+    while IFS='' read -r compline; do
+        [[ -z $compline ]] && continue
+        # Strip any description before checking the length
+        comp=${compline%%$tab*}
+        # Only consider the completions that match
+        [[ $comp == "$cur"* ]] || continue
+        COMPREPLY+=("$compline")
+        if ((${#comp}>longest)); then
+            longest=${#comp}
+        fi
+    done < <(printf "%s\n" "${completions[@]}")
+
+    # If there is a single completion left, remove the description text
+    if ((${#COMPREPLY[*]} == 1)); then
+        __docker_debug "COMPREPLY[0]: ${COMPREPLY[0]}"
+        comp="${COMPREPLY[0]%%$tab*}"
+        __docker_debug "Removed description from single completion, which is now: ${comp}"
+        COMPREPLY[0]=$comp
+    else # Format the descriptions
+        __docker_format_comp_descriptions $longest
+    fi
+}
+
+__docker_handle_special_char()
+{
+    local comp="$1"
+    local char=$2
+    if [[ "$comp" == *${char}* && "$COMP_WORDBREAKS" == *${char}* ]]; then
+        local word=${comp%"${comp##*${char}}"}
+        local idx=${#COMPREPLY[*]}
+        while ((--idx >= 0)); do
+            COMPREPLY[idx]=${COMPREPLY[idx]#"$word"}
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+__docker_format_comp_descriptions()
+{
+    local tab=$'\t'
+    local comp desc maxdesclength
+    local longest=$1
+
+    local i ci
+    for ci in ${!COMPREPLY[*]}; do
+        comp=${COMPREPLY[ci]}
+        # Properly format the description string which follows a tab character if there is one
+        if [[ "$comp" == *$tab* ]]; then
+            __docker_debug "Original comp: $comp"
+            desc=${comp#*$tab}
+            comp=${comp%%$tab*}
+
+            # $COLUMNS stores the current shell width.
+            # Remove an extra 4 because we add 2 spaces and 2 parentheses.
+            maxdesclength=$(( COLUMNS - longest - 4 ))
+
+            # Make sure we can fit a description of at least 8 characters
+            # if we are to align the descriptions.
+            if ((maxdesclength > 8)); then
+                # Add the proper number of spaces to align the descriptions
+                for ((i = ${#comp} ; i < longest ; i++)); do
+                    comp+=" "
+                done
+            else
+                # Don't pad the descriptions so we can fit more text after the completion
+                maxdesclength=$(( COLUMNS - ${#comp} - 4 ))
+            fi
+
+            # If there is enough space for any description text,
+            # truncate the descriptions that are too long for the shell width
+            if ((maxdesclength > 0)); then
+                if ((${#desc} > maxdesclength)); then
+                    desc=${desc:0:$(( maxdesclength - 1 ))}
+                    desc+="…"
+                fi
+                comp+="  ($desc)"
+            fi
+            COMPREPLY[ci]=$comp
+            __docker_debug "Final comp: $comp"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+__start_docker()
+{
+    local cur prev words cword split
+
+    COMPREPLY=()
+
+    # Call _init_completion from the bash-completion package
+    # to prepare the arguments properly
+    if declare -F _init_completion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        _init_completion -n =: || return
+    else
+        __docker_init_completion -n =: || return
+    fi
+
+    __docker_debug
+    __docker_debug "========= starting completion logic =========="
+    __docker_debug "cur is ${cur}, words[*] is ${words[*]}, #words[@] is ${#words[@]}, cword is $cword"
+
+    # The user could have moved the cursor backwards on the command-line.
+    # We need to trigger completion from the $cword location, so we need
+    # to truncate the command-line ($words) up to the $cword location.
+    words=("${words[@]:0:$cword+1}")
+    __docker_debug "Truncated words[*]: ${words[*]},"
+
+    local out directive
+    __docker_get_completion_results
+    __docker_process_completion_results
+}
+
+if [[ $(type -t compopt) = "builtin" ]]; then
+    complete -o default -F __start_docker docker
+else
+    complete -o default -o nospace -F __start_docker docker
+fi
+
+# ex: ts=4 sw=4 et filetype=sh
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.fish b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.fish
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..840c731424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.fish
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+# fish completion for docker                               -*- shell-script -*-
+
+function __docker_debug
+    set -l file "$BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE"
+    if test -n "$file"
+        echo "$argv" >> $file
+    end
+end
+
+function __docker_perform_completion
+    __docker_debug "Starting __docker_perform_completion"
+
+    # Extract all args except the last one
+    set -l args (commandline -opc)
+    # Extract the last arg and escape it in case it is a space
+    set -l lastArg (string escape -- (commandline -ct))
+
+    __docker_debug "args: $args"
+    __docker_debug "last arg: $lastArg"
+
+    # Disable ActiveHelp which is not supported for fish shell
+    set -l requestComp "DOCKER_ACTIVE_HELP=0 $args[1] __completeNoDesc $args[2..-1] $lastArg"
+
+    __docker_debug "Calling $requestComp"
+    set -l results (eval $requestComp 2> /dev/null)
+
+    # Some programs may output extra empty lines after the directive.
+    # Let's ignore them or else it will break completion.
+    # Ref: https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/1279
+    for line in $results[-1..1]
+        if test (string trim -- $line) = ""
+            # Found an empty line, remove it
+            set results $results[1..-2]
+        else
+            # Found non-empty line, we have our proper output
+            break
+        end
+    end
+
+    set -l comps $results[1..-2]
+    set -l directiveLine $results[-1]
+
+    # For Fish, when completing a flag with an = (e.g., <program> -n=<TAB>)
+    # completions must be prefixed with the flag
+    set -l flagPrefix (string match -r -- '-.*=' "$lastArg")
+
+    __docker_debug "Comps: $comps"
+    __docker_debug "DirectiveLine: $directiveLine"
+    __docker_debug "flagPrefix: $flagPrefix"
+
+    for comp in $comps
+        printf "%s%s\n" "$flagPrefix" "$comp"
+    end
+
+    printf "%s\n" "$directiveLine"
+end
+
+# this function limits calls to __docker_perform_completion, by caching the result behind $__docker_perform_completion_once_result
+function __docker_perform_completion_once
+    __docker_debug "Starting __docker_perform_completion_once"
+
+    if test -n "$__docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+        __docker_debug "Seems like a valid result already exists, skipping __docker_perform_completion"
+        return 0
+    end
+
+    set --global __docker_perform_completion_once_result (__docker_perform_completion)
+    if test -z "$__docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+        __docker_debug "No completions, probably due to a failure"
+        return 1
+    end
+
+    __docker_debug "Performed completions and set __docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+    return 0
+end
+
+# this function is used to clear the $__docker_perform_completion_once_result variable after completions are run
+function __docker_clear_perform_completion_once_result
+    __docker_debug ""
+    __docker_debug "========= clearing previously set __docker_perform_completion_once_result variable =========="
+    set --erase __docker_perform_completion_once_result
+    __docker_debug "Successfully erased the variable __docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+end
+
+function __docker_requires_order_preservation
+    __docker_debug ""
+    __docker_debug "========= checking if order preservation is required =========="
+
+    __docker_perform_completion_once
+    if test -z "$__docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+        __docker_debug "Error determining if order preservation is required"
+        return 1
+    end
+
+    set -l directive (string sub --start 2 $__docker_perform_completion_once_result[-1])
+    __docker_debug "Directive is: $directive"
+
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder 32
+    set -l keeporder (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder) % 2)
+    __docker_debug "Keeporder is: $keeporder"
+
+    if test $keeporder -ne 0
+        __docker_debug "This does require order preservation"
+        return 0
+    end
+
+    __docker_debug "This doesn't require order preservation"
+    return 1
+end
+
+
+# This function does two things:
+# - Obtain the completions and store them in the global __docker_comp_results
+# - Return false if file completion should be performed
+function __docker_prepare_completions
+    __docker_debug ""
+    __docker_debug "========= starting completion logic =========="
+
+    # Start fresh
+    set --erase __docker_comp_results
+
+    __docker_perform_completion_once
+    __docker_debug "Completion results: $__docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+
+    if test -z "$__docker_perform_completion_once_result"
+        __docker_debug "No completion, probably due to a failure"
+        # Might as well do file completion, in case it helps
+        return 1
+    end
+
+    set -l directive (string sub --start 2 $__docker_perform_completion_once_result[-1])
+    set --global __docker_comp_results $__docker_perform_completion_once_result[1..-2]
+
+    __docker_debug "Completions are: $__docker_comp_results"
+    __docker_debug "Directive is: $directive"
+
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveError 1
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveNoSpace 2
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp 4
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt 8
+    set -l shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs 16
+
+    if test -z "$directive"
+        set directive 0
+    end
+
+    set -l compErr (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveError) % 2)
+    if test $compErr -eq 1
+        __docker_debug "Received error directive: aborting."
+        # Might as well do file completion, in case it helps
+        return 1
+    end
+
+    set -l filefilter (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt) % 2)
+    set -l dirfilter (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs) % 2)
+    if test $filefilter -eq 1; or test $dirfilter -eq 1
+        __docker_debug "File extension filtering or directory filtering not supported"
+        # Do full file completion instead
+        return 1
+    end
+
+    set -l nospace (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveNoSpace) % 2)
+    set -l nofiles (math (math --scale 0 $directive / $shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp) % 2)
+
+    __docker_debug "nospace: $nospace, nofiles: $nofiles"
+
+    # If we want to prevent a space, or if file completion is NOT disabled,
+    # we need to count the number of valid completions.
+    # To do so, we will filter on prefix as the completions we have received
+    # may not already be filtered so as to allow fish to match on different
+    # criteria than the prefix.
+    if test $nospace -ne 0; or test $nofiles -eq 0
+        set -l prefix (commandline -t | string escape --style=regex)
+        __docker_debug "prefix: $prefix"
+
+        set -l completions (string match -r -- "^$prefix.*" $__docker_comp_results)
+        set --global __docker_comp_results $completions
+        __docker_debug "Filtered completions are: $__docker_comp_results"
+
+        # Important not to quote the variable for count to work
+        set -l numComps (count $__docker_comp_results)
+        __docker_debug "numComps: $numComps"
+
+        if test $numComps -eq 1; and test $nospace -ne 0
+            # We must first split on \t to get rid of the descriptions to be
+            # able to check what the actual completion will be.
+            # We don't need descriptions anyway since there is only a single
+            # real completion which the shell will expand immediately.
+            set -l split (string split --max 1 \t $__docker_comp_results[1])
+
+            # Fish won't add a space if the completion ends with any
+            # of the following characters: @=/:.,
+            set -l lastChar (string sub -s -1 -- $split)
+            if not string match -r -q "[@=/:.,]" -- "$lastChar"
+                # In other cases, to support the "nospace" directive we trick the shell
+                # by outputting an extra, longer completion.
+                __docker_debug "Adding second completion to perform nospace directive"
+                set --global __docker_comp_results $split[1] $split[1].
+                __docker_debug "Completions are now: $__docker_comp_results"
+            end
+        end
+
+        if test $numComps -eq 0; and test $nofiles -eq 0
+            # To be consistent with bash and zsh, we only trigger file
+            # completion when there are no other completions
+            __docker_debug "Requesting file completion"
+            return 1
+        end
+    end
+
+    return 0
+end
+
+# Since Fish completions are only loaded once the user triggers them, we trigger them ourselves
+# so we can properly delete any completions provided by another script.
+# Only do this if the program can be found, or else fish may print some errors; besides,
+# the existing completions will only be loaded if the program can be found.
+if type -q "docker"
+    # The space after the program name is essential to trigger completion for the program
+    # and not completion of the program name itself.
+    # Also, we use '> /dev/null 2>&1' since '&>' is not supported in older versions of fish.
+    complete --do-complete "docker " > /dev/null 2>&1
+end
+
+# Remove any pre-existing completions for the program since we will be handling all of them.
+complete -c docker -e
+
+# this will get called after the two calls below and clear the $__docker_perform_completion_once_result global
+complete -c docker -n '__docker_clear_perform_completion_once_result'
+# The call to __docker_prepare_completions will setup __docker_comp_results
+# which provides the program's completion choices.
+# If this doesn't require order preservation, we don't use the -k flag
+complete -c docker -n 'not __docker_requires_order_preservation && __docker_prepare_completions' -f -a '$__docker_comp_results'
+# otherwise we use the -k flag
+complete -k -c docker -n '__docker_requires_order_preservation && __docker_prepare_completions' -f -a '$__docker_comp_results'
diff --git a/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.zsh b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2089017079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/completion/testdata/docker.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#compdef docker
+compdef _docker docker
+
+# zsh completion for docker                               -*- shell-script -*-
+
+__docker_debug()
+{
+    local file="$BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE"
+    if [[ -n ${file} ]]; then
+        echo "$*" >> "${file}"
+    fi
+}
+
+_docker()
+{
+    local shellCompDirectiveError=1
+    local shellCompDirectiveNoSpace=2
+    local shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp=4
+    local shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt=8
+    local shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs=16
+    local shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder=32
+
+    local lastParam lastChar flagPrefix requestComp out directive comp lastComp noSpace keepOrder
+    local -a completions
+
+    __docker_debug "\n========= starting completion logic =========="
+    __docker_debug "CURRENT: ${CURRENT}, words[*]: ${words[*]}"
+
+    # The user could have moved the cursor backwards on the command-line.
+    # We need to trigger completion from the $CURRENT location, so we need
+    # to truncate the command-line ($words) up to the $CURRENT location.
+    # (We cannot use $CURSOR as its value does not work when a command is an alias.)
+    words=("${=words[1,CURRENT]}")
+    __docker_debug "Truncated words[*]: ${words[*]},"
+
+    lastParam=${words[-1]}
+    lastChar=${lastParam[-1]}
+    __docker_debug "lastParam: ${lastParam}, lastChar: ${lastChar}"
+
+    # For zsh, when completing a flag with an = (e.g., docker -n=<TAB>)
+    # completions must be prefixed with the flag
+    setopt local_options BASH_REMATCH
+    if [[ "${lastParam}" =~ '-.*=' ]]; then
+        # We are dealing with a flag with an =
+        flagPrefix="-P ${BASH_REMATCH}"
+    fi
+
+    # Prepare the command to obtain completions
+    requestComp="${words[1]} __completeNoDesc ${words[2,-1]}"
+    if [ "${lastChar}" = "" ]; then
+        # If the last parameter is complete (there is a space following it)
+        # We add an extra empty parameter so we can indicate this to the go completion code.
+        __docker_debug "Adding extra empty parameter"
+        requestComp="${requestComp} \"\""
+    fi
+
+    __docker_debug "About to call: eval ${requestComp}"
+
+    # Use eval to handle any environment variables and such
+    out=$(eval ${requestComp} 2>/dev/null)
+    __docker_debug "completion output: ${out}"
+
+    # Extract the directive integer following a : from the last line
+    local lastLine
+    while IFS='\n' read -r line; do
+        lastLine=${line}
+    done < <(printf "%s\n" "${out[@]}")
+    __docker_debug "last line: ${lastLine}"
+
+    if [ "${lastLine[1]}" = : ]; then
+        directive=${lastLine[2,-1]}
+        # Remove the directive including the : and the newline
+        local suffix
+        (( suffix=${#lastLine}+2))
+        out=${out[1,-$suffix]}
+    else
+        # There is no directive specified.  Leave $out as is.
+        __docker_debug "No directive found.  Setting do default"
+        directive=0
+    fi
+
+    __docker_debug "directive: ${directive}"
+    __docker_debug "completions: ${out}"
+    __docker_debug "flagPrefix: ${flagPrefix}"
+
+    if [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveError)) -ne 0 ]; then
+        __docker_debug "Completion received error. Ignoring completions."
+        return
+    fi
+
+    local activeHelpMarker="_activeHelp_ "
+    local endIndex=${#activeHelpMarker}
+    local startIndex=$((${#activeHelpMarker}+1))
+    local hasActiveHelp=0
+    while IFS='\n' read -r comp; do
+        # Check if this is an activeHelp statement (i.e., prefixed with $activeHelpMarker)
+        if [ "${comp[1,$endIndex]}" = "$activeHelpMarker" ];then
+            __docker_debug "ActiveHelp found: $comp"
+            comp="${comp[$startIndex,-1]}"
+            if [ -n "$comp" ]; then
+                compadd -x "${comp}"
+                __docker_debug "ActiveHelp will need delimiter"
+                hasActiveHelp=1
+            fi
+
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        if [ -n "$comp" ]; then
+            # If requested, completions are returned with a description.
+            # The description is preceded by a TAB character.
+            # For zsh's _describe, we need to use a : instead of a TAB.
+            # We first need to escape any : as part of the completion itself.
+            comp=${comp//:/\\:}
+
+            local tab="$(printf '\t')"
+            comp=${comp//$tab/:}
+
+            __docker_debug "Adding completion: ${comp}"
+            completions+=${comp}
+            lastComp=$comp
+        fi
+    done < <(printf "%s\n" "${out[@]}")
+
+    # Add a delimiter after the activeHelp statements, but only if:
+    # - there are completions following the activeHelp statements, or
+    # - file completion will be performed (so there will be choices after the activeHelp)
+    if [ $hasActiveHelp -eq 1 ]; then
+        if [ ${#completions} -ne 0 ] || [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp)) -eq 0 ]; then
+            __docker_debug "Adding activeHelp delimiter"
+            compadd -x "--"
+            hasActiveHelp=0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveNoSpace)) -ne 0 ]; then
+        __docker_debug "Activating nospace."
+        noSpace="-S ''"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveKeepOrder)) -ne 0 ]; then
+        __docker_debug "Activating keep order."
+        keepOrder="-V"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveFilterFileExt)) -ne 0 ]; then
+        # File extension filtering
+        local filteringCmd
+        filteringCmd='_files'
+        for filter in ${completions[@]}; do
+            if [ ${filter[1]} != '*' ]; then
+                # zsh requires a glob pattern to do file filtering
+                filter="\*.$filter"
+            fi
+            filteringCmd+=" -g $filter"
+        done
+        filteringCmd+=" ${flagPrefix}"
+
+        __docker_debug "File filtering command: $filteringCmd"
+        _arguments '*:filename:'"$filteringCmd"
+    elif [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveFilterDirs)) -ne 0 ]; then
+        # File completion for directories only
+        local subdir
+        subdir="${completions[1]}"
+        if [ -n "$subdir" ]; then
+            __docker_debug "Listing directories in $subdir"
+            pushd "${subdir}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        else
+            __docker_debug "Listing directories in ."
+        fi
+
+        local result
+        _arguments '*:dirname:_files -/'" ${flagPrefix}"
+        result=$?
+        if [ -n "$subdir" ]; then
+            popd >/dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
+        return $result
+    else
+        __docker_debug "Calling _describe"
+        if eval _describe $keepOrder "completions" completions $flagPrefix $noSpace; then
+            __docker_debug "_describe found some completions"
+
+            # Return the success of having called _describe
+            return 0
+        else
+            __docker_debug "_describe did not find completions."
+            __docker_debug "Checking if we should do file completion."
+            if [ $((directive & shellCompDirectiveNoFileComp)) -ne 0 ]; then
+                __docker_debug "deactivating file completion"
+
+                # We must return an error code here to let zsh know that there were no
+                # completions found by _describe; this is what will trigger other
+                # matching algorithms to attempt to find completions.
+                # For example zsh can match letters in the middle of words.
+                return 1
+            else
+                # Perform file completion
+                __docker_debug "Activating file completion"
+
+                # We must return the result of this command, so it must be the
+                # last command, or else we must store its result to return it.
+                _arguments '*:filename:_files'" ${flagPrefix}"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# don't run the completion function when being source-ed or eval-ed
+if [ "$funcstack[1]" = "_docker" ]; then
+    _docker
+fi