1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index cb5ac8fb..c65b00ca 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ no query allowed on command-line with --stdin
  # shell completion helper called by lei__complete
  sub _complete_q {
          my ($self, @argv) = @_;
-        my $ext = qr/\A(?:-I|(?:--(?:include|exclude|only)))\z/;
          my @cur;
+        my $cb = $self->lazy_cb(qw(forget-external _complete_));
          while (@argv) {
-                if ($argv[-1] =~ $ext) {
-                        my @c = $self->_complete_forget_external(@cur);
+                if ($argv[-1] =~ /\A(?:-I|(?:--(?:include|exclude|only)))\z/) {
+                        my @c = $cb->($self, @cur);
                          # try basename match:
                          if (scalar(@cur) == 1 && index($cur[0], '/') < 0) {
                                  my $all = $self->externals_each;