core: allow RO commands to run as root

core/cmd/dms/utils.go

@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// isReadOnlyCommand returns true if the CLI args indicate a command that is
+// safe to run as root (e.g. shell completion, help).
+func isReadOnlyCommand(args []string) bool {
+	for _, arg := range args[1:] {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch arg {
+		case "completion", "help", "__complete":
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func isArchPackageInstalled(packageName string) bool {
 	cmd := exec.Command("pacman", "-Q", packageName)
 	err := cmd.Run()