From bb452f20666695e632bedb75de89c96a7976a672 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 23:30:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Do not try to auto install kitten when generating completions

See https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/10218
---
 shell-integration/ssh/kitten | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shell-integration/ssh/kitten b/shell-integration/ssh/kitten
index 4375eca47..ceb520366 100755
--- a/shell-integration/ssh/kitten
+++ b/shell-integration/ssh/kitten
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ embed_exe="$(command dirname "$script_dir")/install/bin/kitten"
     exec_kitty "$@"
 }
 
+# If called for shell completion with no binary available, do nothing to avoid
+# downloading kitten and showing spurious output during tab completion.
+[ "$1" = "__complete__" ] && exit 0
+
 case "$(command uname)" in
     'Linux') OS="linux";;
     'Darwin') OS="darwin";;