expand paths and split PATH in std path add (#10710)

related to
-
https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/614593951969574961/1162406310155923626

# Description
this PR
- does a bit of minor refactoring
- makes sure the input paths get expanded
- makes sure the input PATH gets split on ":"
- adds a test
- fixes the other tests

# User-Facing Changes
should give a better overall experience with `std path add`

# Tests + Formatting
adds a new test case to the `path_add` test and fixes the others.

# After Submitting

crates/nu-std/std/mod.nu

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export def --env "path add" [
     ...paths  # the paths to add to $env.PATH.
 ] {
     let span = (metadata $paths).span
-    let paths = ($paths | flatten)
+    let paths = $paths | flatten
 
     if ($paths | is-empty) or ($paths | length) == 0 {
         error make {msg: "Empty input", label: {
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ export def --env "path add" [
 
     let path_name = if "PATH" in $env { "PATH" } else { "Path" }
 
-    let paths = ($paths | each {|p|
-        if ($p | describe) == "string" {
-            $p
-        } else if ($p | describe | str starts-with "record") {
-            $p | get -i $nu.os-info.name
+    let paths = $paths | each {|p|
+        let p = match ($p | describe | str replace --regex '<.*' '') {
+            "string" => $p,
+            "record" => { $p | get --ignore-errors $nu.os-info.name },
         }
-    })
+
+        $p | path expand
+    }
 
     if null in $paths or ($paths | is-empty) {
         error make {msg: "Empty input", label: {
@@ -70,9 +71,10 @@ export def --env "path add" [
 
     load-env {$path_name: (
         $env
-        | get $path_name
-        | if $append { append $paths }
-        else { prepend $paths }
+            | get $path_name
+            | split row (char esep)
+            | path expand
+            | if $append { append $paths } else { prepend $paths }
     )}
 
     if $ret {

crates/nu-std/tests/test_std.nu

@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ def path_add [] {
         assert equal (get_path) []
 
         std path add "/foo/"
-        assert equal (get_path) ["/foo/"]
+        assert equal (get_path) (["/foo/"] | path expand)
 
         std path add "/bar/" "/baz/"
-        assert equal (get_path) ["/bar/", "/baz/", "/foo/"]
+        assert equal (get_path) (["/bar/", "/baz/", "/foo/"] | path expand)
 
         load-env {$path_name: []}
 
         std path add "foo"
         std path add "bar" "baz" --append
-        assert equal (get_path) ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
+        assert equal (get_path) (["foo", "bar", "baz"] | path expand)
 
-        assert equal (std path add "fooooo" --ret) ["fooooo", "foo", "bar", "baz"]
-        assert equal (get_path) ["fooooo", "foo", "bar", "baz"]
+        assert equal (std path add "fooooo" --ret) (["fooooo", "foo", "bar", "baz"] | path expand)
+        assert equal (get_path) (["fooooo", "foo", "bar", "baz"] | path expand)
 
         load-env {$path_name: []}
 
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ def path_add [] {
         }
 
         std path add $target_paths
-        assert equal (get_path) [($target_paths | get $nu.os-info.name)]
+        assert equal (get_path) ([($target_paths | get $nu.os-info.name)] | path expand)
+
+        load-env {$path_name: [$"/foo(char esep)/bar"]}
+        std path add "~/foo"
+        assert equal (get_path) (["~/foo", "/foo", "/bar"] | path expand)
     }
 }