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JT
4af24363c2
remove let-env, focus on mutating $env (#9574)
# Description

For years, Nushell has used `let-env` to set a single environment
variable. As our work on scoping continued, we refined what it meant for
a variable to be in scope using `let` but never updated how `let-env`
would work. Instead, `let-env` confusingly created mutations to the
command's copy of `$env`.

So, to help fix the mental model and point people to the right way of
thinking about what changing the environment means, this PR removes
`let-env` to encourage people to think of it as updating the command's
environment variable via mutation.

Before:

```
let-env FOO = "BAR"
```

Now:

```
$env.FOO = "BAR"
```

It's also a good reminder that the environment owned by the command is
in the `$env` variable rather than global like it is in other shells.

# User-Facing Changes

BREAKING CHANGE BREAKING CHANGE

This completely removes `let-env FOO = "BAR"` so that we can focus on
`$env.FOO = "BAR"`.

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# After / Before Submitting
integration scripts to update:
- ✔️
[starship](https://github.com/starship/starship/blob/master/src/init/starship.nu)
- ✔️
[virtualenv](https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/blob/main/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/activate.nu)
- ✔️
[atuin](https://github.com/ellie/atuin/blob/main/atuin/src/shell/atuin.nu)
(PR: https://github.com/ellie/atuin/pull/1080)
- 
[zoxide](https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/blob/main/templates/nushell.txt)
(PR: https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/pull/587)
- ✔️
[oh-my-posh](https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/blob/main/src/shell/scripts/omp.nu)
(pr: https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/pull/4011)
2023-07-01 07:57:51 +12:00
Leon
ce78817f41
$env.config now always holds a record with only valid values (#7309)
# Description
Closes #7059. Rather than generate a new Record each time $env.config is
accessed (as described in that issue), instead `$env.config = ` now A)
parses the input record, then B) un-parses it into a clean Record with
only the valid values, and stores that as an env-var. The reasoning for
this is that I believe `config_to_nu_record()` (the method that performs
step B) will be useful in later PRs. (See below)

As a result, this also "fixes" the following "bug":
```
〉$env.config = 'butts'
$env.config is not a record
〉$env.config
butts
```
~~Instead, `$env.config = 'butts'` now turns `$env.config` into the
default (not the default config.nu, but `Config::default()`, which
notably has empty keybindings, color_config, menus and hooks vecs).~~

This doesn't attempt to fix #7110. cc @Kangaxx-0

# Example of new behaviour

OLD:
```
〉$env.config = ($env.config | merge { foo: 1 })
$env.config.foo is an unknown config setting
〉$env.config.foo
1
```
NEW:
```
〉$env.config = ($env.config | merge { foo: 1 })
Error:
  × Config record contains invalid values or unknown settings

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
   ╭─[entry #1:1:1]
 1 │ $env.config = ($env.config | merge { foo: 1 })
   ·                                           ┬
   ·                                           ╰── $env.config.foo is an unknown config setting
   ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.

〉$env.config.foo
Error: nu:🐚:column_not_found (link)

  × Cannot find column
   ╭─[entry #1:1:1]
 1 │ $env.config = ($env.config | merge { foo: 1 })
   ·                              ──┬──
   ·                                ╰── value originates here
   ╰────
   ╭─[entry #2:1:1]
 1 │ $env.config.foo
   ·             ─┬─
   ·              ╰── cannot find column 'foo'
   ╰────
```
# Example of new errors

OLD:
```
$env.config.cd.baz is an unknown config setting
$env.config.foo is an unknown config setting
$env.config.bar is an unknown config setting
$env.config.table.qux is an unknown config setting
$env.config.history.qux is an unknown config setting
```
NEW:
```
Error: 
  × Config record contains invalid values or unknown settings

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
     ╭─[C:\Users\Leon\AppData\Roaming\nushell\config.nu:267:1]
 267 │     abbreviations: true # allows `cd s/o/f` to expand to `cd some/other/folder`
 268 │     baz: 3,
     ·          ┬
     ·          ╰── $env.config.cd.baz is an unknown config setting
 269 │   }
     ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
     ╭─[C:\Users\Leon\AppData\Roaming\nushell\config.nu:269:1]
 269 │   }
 270 │   foo: 1,
     ·        ┬
     ·        ╰── $env.config.foo is an unknown config setting
 271 │   bar: 2,
     ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
     ╭─[C:\Users\Leon\AppData\Roaming\nushell\config.nu:270:1]
 270 │   foo: 1,
 271 │   bar: 2,
     ·        ┬
     ·        ╰── $env.config.bar is an unknown config setting
     ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
     ╭─[C:\Users\Leon\AppData\Roaming\nushell\config.nu:279:1]
 279 │     }
 280 │     qux: 4,
     ·          ┬
     ·          ╰── $env.config.table.qux is an unknown config setting
 281 │   }
     ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.

Error:
  × Error while applying config changes
     ╭─[C:\Users\Leon\AppData\Roaming\nushell\config.nu:285:1]
 285 │     file_format: "plaintext" # "sqlite" or "plaintext"
 286 │  qux: 2
     ·       ┬
     ·       ╰── $env.config.history.qux is an unknown config setting
 287 │   }
     ╰────
  help: This value has been removed from your $env.config record.


```

# User-Facing Changes

See above.

# Tests + Formatting

Don't forget to add tests that cover your changes.

Make sure you've run and fixed any issues with these commands:

- `cargo fmt --all -- --check` to check standard code formatting (`cargo
fmt --all` applies these changes)
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings -D clippy::unwrap_used -A
clippy::needless_collect` to check that you're using the standard code
style
- `cargo test --workspace` to check that all tests pass

# After Submitting

If your PR had any user-facing changes, update [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged, if necessary. This will help us keep the docs up to date.
2022-12-10 15:34:46 +02:00