Fixed #26289 -- Enabled shell tab completion on systems using libedit.

django/core/management/commands/shell.py

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             # we already know 'readline' was imported successfully.
             import rlcompleter
             readline.set_completer(rlcompleter.Completer(imported_objects).complete)
+            # Enable tab completion on systems using libedit (e.g. Mac OSX).
+            # These lines are copied from Lib/site.py on Python 3.4.
+            readline_doc = getattr(readline, '__doc__', '')
+            if readline_doc is not None and 'libedit' in readline_doc:
+                readline.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")
+            else:
                 readline.parse_and_bind("tab:complete")
 
         # We want to honor both $PYTHONSTARTUP and .pythonrc.py, so follow system

docs/releases/1.10.txt

@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ Management Commands
 * To assist with testing, :func:`~django.core.management.call_command` now
   accepts a command object as the first argument.
 
+* The :djadmin:`shell` command supports tab completion on systems using
+  ``libedit``, e.g. Mac OSX.
+
 Migrations
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