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As mentioned in #10698, we have too many `ShellError` variants, with
some even overlapping in meaning. This PR simplifies and improves I/O
error handling by restructuring `ShellError` related to I/O issues.
Previously, `ShellError::IOError` only contained a message string,
making it convenient but overly generic. It was widely used without
providing spans (#4323).
This PR introduces a new `ShellError::Io` variant that consolidates
multiple I/O-related errors (except for `ShellError::NetworkFailure`,
which remains distinct for now). The new `ShellError::Io` variant
replaces the following:
- `FileNotFound`
- `FileNotFoundCustom`
- `IOInterrupted`
- `IOError`
- `IOErrorSpanned`
- `NotADirectory`
- `DirectoryNotFound`
- `MoveNotPossible`
- `CreateNotPossible`
- `ChangeAccessTimeNotPossible`
- `ChangeModifiedTimeNotPossible`
- `RemoveNotPossible`
- `ReadingFile`
## The `IoError`
`IoError` includes the following fields:
1. **`kind`**: Extends `std::io::ErrorKind` to specify the type of I/O
error without needing new `ShellError` variants. This aligns with the
approach used in `std::io::Error`. This adds a second dimension to error
reporting by combining the `kind` field with `ShellError` variants,
making it easier to describe errors in more detail. As proposed by
@kubouch in [#design-discussion on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/615329862395101194/1323699197165178930),
this helps reduce the number of `ShellError` variants. In the error
report, the `kind` field is displayed as the "source" of the error,
e.g., "I/O error," followed by the specific kind of I/O error.
2. **`span`**: A non-optional field to encourage providing spans for
better error reporting (#4323).
3. **`path`**: Optional `PathBuf` to give context about the file or
directory involved in the error (#7695). If provided, it’s shown as a
help entry in error reports.
4. **`additional_context`**: Allows adding custom messages when the
span, kind, and path are insufficient. This is rendered in the error
report at the labeled span.
5. **`location`**: Sometimes, I/O errors occur in the engine itself and
are not caused directly by user input. In such cases, if we don’t have a
span and must set it to `Span::unknown()`, we need another way to
reference the error. For this, the `location` field uses the new
`Location` struct, which records the Rust file and line number where the
error occurred. This ensures that we at least know the Rust code
location that failed, helping with debugging. To make this work, a new
`location!` macro was added, which retrieves `file!`, `line!`, and
`column!` values accurately. If `Location::new` is used directly, it
issues a warning to remind developers to use the macro instead, ensuring
consistent and correct usage.
### Constructor Behavior
`IoError` provides five constructor methods:
- `new` and `new_with_additional_context`: Used for errors caused by
user input and require a valid (non-unknown) span to ensure precise
error reporting.
- `new_internal` and `new_internal_with_path`: Used for internal errors
where a span is not available. These methods require additional context
and the `Location` struct to pinpoint the source of the error in the
engine code.
- `factory`: Returns a closure that maps an `std::io::Error` to an
`IoError`. This is useful for handling multiple I/O errors that share
the same span and path, streamlining error handling in such cases.
## New Report Look
This is simulation how the I/O errors look like (the `open crates` is
simulated to show how internal errors are referenced now):
## `Span::test_data()`
To enable better testing, `Span::test_data()` now returns a value
distinct from `Span::unknown()`. Both `Span::test_data()` and
`Span::unknown()` refer to invalid source code, but having a separate
value for test data helps identify issues during testing while keeping
spans unique.
## Cursed Sneaky Error Transfers
I removed the conversions between `std::io::Error` and `ShellError` as
they often removed important information and were used too broadly to
handle I/O errors. This also removed the problematic implementation
found here:
7ea4895513/crates/nu-protocol/src/errors/shell_error.rs (L1534-L1583)
which hid some downcasting from I/O errors and made it hard to trace
where `ShellError` was converted into `std::io::Error`. To address this,
I introduced a new struct called `ShellErrorBridge`, which explicitly
defines this transfer behavior. With `ShellErrorBridge`, we can now
easily grep the codebase to locate and manage such conversions.
## Miscellaneous
- Removed the OS error added in #14640, as it’s no longer needed.
- Improved error messages in `glob_from` (#14679).
- Trying to open a directory with `open` caused a permissions denied
error (it's just what the OS provides). I added a `is_dir` check to
provide a better error in that case.
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- Error outputs now include more detailed information and are formatted
differently, including updated error codes.
- The structure of `ShellError` has changed, requiring plugin authors
and embedders to update their implementations.
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I updated tests to account for the new I/O error structure and
formatting changes.
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This PR closes#7695 and closes#14892 and partially addresses #4323 and
#10698.
---------
Co-authored-by: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
# Description
Add tests for `path self`.
I wasn't very familiar with the code base, especially the testing
utilities, when I first implemented `path self`. It's been on my mind to
add tests for it since then.
# Description
Fixes: #13460
The issue is caused by `try_exists` method on path, it will return
`Err(NotADirectory)` if user tried to check for a path under a regular
file.
To fix it, I think it's ok to use `exists` rather than `try_exists`,
although
[Path::exists()](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/path/struct.Path.html#method.exists)
only checks whether or not a path was both found and readable. I think
it's ok, and we can add this information under `extra_description`.
# User-Facing Changes
The following code will no longer raise error:
```
touch a; 'a/b' | path exists
```
# Tests + Formatting
Added 1 test.
# Description
Part 4 of replacing std::path types with nu_path types added in
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/13115. This PR migrates various
tests throughout the code base.
This PR fixes the `path type` command so that it resolves relative paths
using PWD from the engine state.
As a bonus, it also fixes the issue of `path type` returning an empty
string instead of an error when it fails.
# Description
Judiciously try to avoid allocations/clone by changing the signature of
functions
- **Don't pass str by value unnecessarily if only read**
- **Don't require a vec in `Sandbox::with_files`**
- **Remove unnecessary string clone**
- **Fixup unnecessary borrow**
- **Use `&str` in shape color instead**
- **Vec -> Slice**
- **Elide string clone**
- **Elide `Path` clone**
- **Take &str to elide clone in tests**
# User-Facing Changes
None
# Tests + Formatting
This touches many tests purely in changing from owned to borrowed/static
data
# Description
Currently `path exists` checks the file/folder's existence by traversing
symlinks. I've added a `-n` switch/flag that disables symlink
traversing, similar to what `path expand -n` does.
## The Long Story (for those interested)
Hello! 👋 While working on one of my scripts, I discovered that the `path
exists` command was traversing symlinks. This meant that even if the
file existed, it would fail if the pointed location didn't exist. To
address this, I've introduced a new `-n` flag, which I borrowed from the
`path expand` command. This addition should make the behavior more
consistent within the *path commands universe*.
## But, is it any useful?
```nushell
let compat = /run/media/userX/DriveX/steam/steamapps/compatdata
if "symlink" == ($compat | path expand -n | path type) {}
# to this
if ($compat | path exists -n) {}
```
# User-Facing Changes
Users, will not efect. Unless they use the mentioned `-n` flag/switch.
# Description
This PR follows our process of staying 2 releases behind rust. 1.74.0
was released today so we update to 1.72.1.
Reference https://releases.rs/
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# Description
The working directory doesn't have to be set for those tests (or would
be the default anyways). When appropriate also remove calls to the
`pipeline()` function. In most places kept the diff minimal and only
removed the superfluous part to not pollute the blame view. With simpler
tests also simplified things to make them more readable overall (this
included removal of the raw string literal).
Work for #8670
* add -p for path expand, so it doesn't follow symlink
* fix arg name
* rename from no-dereferenct to no-follow-link
* rename from no-follow-link to no-symlink, and change short -p to -n
* follow strict first
* fix
* simplify test
* fix clippy
* fix test on windows
* Change path join signature
* Appending now works without flag
* Column path operation is behind a -c flag
* Move column path arg retrieval to a function
Also improves errors
* Fix path join tests
* Propagate column path changes to all path commands
* Update path command examples with columns paths
* Modernize path command examples by removing "echo"
* Improve structured path error message
* Fix typo
* Add new path parse subcommand
This includes a slight refactor to all the path subcommand `action()`
functions.
* Remove filestem and extension; Fix example
* Add additional description to path parse
* Put join arg behind flag; Fix missing import (Win)
* Fix error when column path is passed as arg
* Add structured path joining
Structured path is implicitly joined at every patch subcommand call.
* Fix existing path join tests; Fix rustfmt
* Remove redundant 'static lifetime (clippy)
* Add initial impl of path split subcommand
* Add ability to join path from parts
* Fix wrong results in path split examples
* Fix remaining asyncs after engine change
* Do not wrap split path parts into table
When the input is just a list of values, the `path split` command will
split each value directly into the output stream, similar to
`split-row`. Column path--specified values are still wrapped into a
table so they can still be used to replace table fields.
* Join list of values instead of going one-by-one
When `path join` encounters a list of values, it attempts to join them,
instead of going one-by-one like the rest of the path commands. You can
still `each { echo $it | path join }` to join them one-by-one, if the
values are, e.g., tables.
Now, the behavior of `path split` and `path join` should match the
`split-row` and `str collect` counterparts and should hopefully align
better with user's expectations.
* Make sure path join detects structured path
* Fix panic on empty input stream
Also, doesn't collect input into vector unnecessarily.
* Fix path join not appending value
* Remove argument serialization
* Make better errors; Misc refactor
* OsStr -> String encoding is now lossy, instead of throwing an error
* The consequence is action() now always returns Value instead of Result
* Removed redundant handle_value() call in `path join`
* Fix possible incorrect error detection in `path split`
* Applied rustfmt + clippy
* Add more usage, examples & test; Fix type error
The 'parent' column was required to be a path but didn't work with
string.
* Add more help & examples; Maybe fix Windows error
* Refactor operate function
Reducing code repetition
* Review usages and examples
* Add the option to manually specify the extension
* Add more tests; Fix failures on Windows
* Move path commands to engine-p
* Small refactor
* Refactor path subcommand argument handling
DefaultArguments are no longer passed to each subcommand. Instead, each
subcommand has its own Path<xxx>Arguments. This means that it is no
longer necessary to edit every single path subcommand source file when
changing the arguments struct.
* Add new path join subcommand
Makes it easier to create new paths. It's just a wrapper around Rust's
Path.join().
* move commands, futures.rs, script.rs, utils
* move over maybe_print_errors
* add nu_command crate references to nu_cli
* in commands.rs open up to pub mod from pub(crate)
* nu-cli, nu-command, and nu tests are now passing
* cargo fmt
* clean up nu-cli/src/prelude.rs
* code cleanup
* for some reason lex.rs was not formatted, may be causing my error
* remove mod completion from lib.rs which was not being used along with quickcheck macros
* add in allow unused imports
* comment out one failing external test; comment out one failing internal test
* revert commenting out failing tests; something else might be going on; someone with a windows machine should check and see what is going on with these failing windows tests
* Update Cargo.toml
Extend the optional features to nu-command
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Turner <jonathandturner@users.noreply.github.com>
