3 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hcl/app.rb b/lib/hcl/app.rb
index 1ddc805..044b83d 100644
--- a/lib/hcl/app.rb
+++ b/lib/hcl/app.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module HCl
 
     HCL_DIR = (ENV['HCL_DIR'] || "#{ENV['HOME']}/.hcl").freeze
     SETTINGS_FILE = "#{HCL_DIR}/settings.yml".freeze
+    ALIAS_LIST = "#{HCL_DIR}/aliases".freeze
     CONFIG_FILE = "#{HCL_DIR}/config.yml".freeze
 
     attr_reader :http
@@ -187,6 +188,9 @@ EOM
     end
 
     def write_settings
+      File.open(ALIAS_LIST, 'w') do |f|
+        f.write aliases.join(' ')
+      end
       File.open(SETTINGS_FILE, 'w') do |f|
        f.write @settings.to_yaml
       end
diff --git a/lib/hcl/commands.rb b/lib/hcl/commands.rb
index 784f343..c753fbf 100644
--- a/lib/hcl/commands.rb
+++ b/lib/hcl/commands.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ module HCl
 
     def completion command=nil
       command ||= $PROGRAM_NAME.split('/').last
+      $stderr.puts \
+        "The hcl completion command is deprecated (and slow!), instead use something like:",
+        "> complete -W `cat #{HCl::App::ALIAS_LIST}` #{command}"
       %[complete -W "#{aliases.join ' '}" #{command}]
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/hcl/version.rb b/lib/hcl/version.rb
index ee35062..f62a0b6 100644
--- a/lib/hcl/version.rb
+++ b/lib/hcl/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module HCl
-  VERSION = '0.4.11'
+  VERSION = '0.4.12'
 end