From 8e4d678528b2582eb8a9f773309e88b6a167e4cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sigbj=C3=B8rn=20Skj=C3=A6ret?= <sigbjorn.skjaeret@scala.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:40:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] common : skip model validation when --completion-bash is
 requested (#17975)

---
 common/arg.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 788a9ab4e6..19f22f883f 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static bool common_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, common_params_context
 
     // model is required (except for server)
     // TODO @ngxson : maybe show a list of available models in CLI in this case
-    if (params.model.path.empty() && ctx_arg.ex != LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER && !params.usage) {
+    if (params.model.path.empty() && ctx_arg.ex != LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER && !params.usage && !params.completion) {
         throw std::invalid_argument("error: --model is required\n");
     }