From cb09ae3e84f4b0e237f9451decc7dfffdb88d4f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:23:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kitty/complete.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/complete.py b/kitty/complete.py
index 8b007fc14..32232098c 100644
--- a/kitty/complete.py
+++ b/kitty/complete.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ def find_completions(words: Sequence[str], new_word: bool, entry_points: Iterabl
         return ans
     words = words[1:]
     if not words or (len(words) == 1 and not new_word):
-        if words[0].startswith('--') and '=' in words[0]:
+        if words and words[0].startswith('--') and '=' in words[0]:
             complete_cli(ans, words, new_word, options_for_completion(), complete_kitty_cli_arg)
             return ans
         prefix = words[0] if words else ''