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This PR changes the include_path separator from a semicolon to a colon.
It seems that semicolon is not parsed well as an argument to nushell.
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Changes `-I` to take in a semicolon-delimited list of paths. Eg) `-I
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# Description
This adds multi-file support to the in-progress IDE support. The main
new features are a `-I` flag that allows you to add a new source search
path when starting up the nu binary, and fixes for the current IDE
support to support spans in other files.
This needs accompanying fixes to the vscode/lsp implementation to pass
along the project directory via `-I`.
UPDATE: Marking this draft until we have a means to test this.
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# Description
Part of the larger cratification effort.
Moves all `reedline` or shell line editor specific commands to `nu-cli`.
## From `nu-cmd-lang`:
- `commandline`
- This shouldn't have moved there. Doesn't directly depend on reedline
but assumes parts in the engine state that are specific to the use of
reedline or a REPL
## From `nu-command`:
- `keybindings` and subcommands
- `keybindings default`
- `keybindings list`
- `keybindings listen`
- very `reedline` specific
- `history`
- needs `reedline`
- `history session`
## internal use
Instead of having a separate `create_default_context()` that calls
`nu-command`'s `create_default_context()`, I added a `add_cli_context()`
that updates an `EngineState`
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## Build time comparison
`cargo build --timings` from a `cargo clean --profile dev`
### total
main: 64 secs
this: 59 secs
### `nu-command` build time
branch | total| codegen | fraction
---|---|---|---
main | 14.0s | 6.2s | (44%)
this | 12.5s | 5.5s | (44%)
`nu-cli` depends on `nu-command` at the moment.
Thus it is built during the code-gen phase of `nu-command` (on 16
virtual cores)
# Tests + Formatting
I removed the `test_example()` facilities for now as we had not run any
of the commands in an `Example` test and importing the right context for
those tests seemed more of a hassle than the duplicated
`test_examples()` implementations in `nu-cmd-lang` and `nu-command`
this adds a `--no-std-lib` flag. Moves `nu!` to use the `--no-std-lib`.
Adds a new `nu_with_std!` macro for future tests that need the std-lib.
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# Description
this pr allows `register` to be used with const variables
```nu
const math_plugin = "~/.config/nushell/plugins/nu_plugin_math"
register $math_plugin
```
should close#8208, previous work #8435
# Description
This PR is just a minor development improvement. While working on
another feature, I noticed that the root crate lists the super useful
`pretty_assertions` in the root crate but doesn't use it in most tests.
With this change `pretty_assertions::assert_eq!` is used instead of
`core::assert_eq!` for better diffs when debugging the tests.
I thought of adding the dependency to other crates but I decided not to
since I didn't want a huge disruptive PR :)
now nu_std only depends on nu_parser, nu_protocol and miette
and removes the nu_cli dependency
this enables developers moving forward to come along and implement their
own CLI's without having to pull in a redundant nu-cli which will not be
needed for them.
I did this by moving report_error into nu_protocol
which nu_std already has a dependency on anyway....
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# Description
This improves the operation mismatch error in a few ways:
* We now detect if the left-hand side of the operation is at fault, and
show a simpler error/error message if it is
* Removed the unhelpful hint
* Updated the error text to make it clear what types are causing the
issue
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/547158/230666329-537a8cae-6350-4ee7-878e-777e05c4f265.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/547158/230666353-93529dc2-039a-4774-a84c-a6faac94d8e2.png)
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Error texts and spans will change
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# Description
This tiny change fixes how inlays are shown.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/343840/230671454-8adc7e69-4f4e-421f-b0e5-c9563a501c4b.png)
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# Description
as we now have a prelude thanks to #8627, i'd like to work on the
structure of the library 😋
and i think the first step is to make it a true standalone crate 😏
this PR
- moves all the library from `crates/nu-utils/standard_library/` to
`crates/nu-std/`
- moves the `rust` loading code from `src/run.rs` to
`crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs`
# Description
This fixes the parser recovery after the first error (at least the main
culprit), where `parse_value` was not able to properly parse `any`
values after the first error.
fixes#8796
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Related to #8505.
# Description
as #8505 has been landed, this PR fixes the prelude TODO and uses the
`help` commands from the standard library in the prelude.
# User-Facing Changes
can now access `std help ...` to use the `help` implementations from the
standard library
# Tests + Formatting
```
$nothing
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# After Submitting
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$nothing
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# Description
This is a pretty heavy refactor of the parser to support multiple parser
errors. It has a few issues we should address before landing:
- [x] In some cases, error quality has gotten worse `1 / "bob"` for
example
- [x] if/else isn't currently parsing correctly
- probably others
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# Description
This adds a set of new flags on the `nu` binary intended for use in
IDEs. Here is the set of supported functionality so far:
* goto-def - go to the definition of a variable or custom command
* type hints - see the inferred type of variables
* check - see the errors in the document (currently only one error is
supported)
* hover - get information about the variable or custom command
* complete - get a completion list at the current position
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---------
Co-authored-by: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
# Description
This PR fixes a testing bug that @rgwood found and PR #8653 introduced,
mentioned
[here](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/8653#issuecomment-1491263657).
Since 8653 returns canonicalizes config paths now, the tests need to
return canonicalized paths as well. Without this PR, if you have your
nushell config dir symlinked, this test will fail. This PR fixes that
test.
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# Description
This removes all the old style of quasi-ranges before we had full range
support from `str substring`. Functionality should otherwise work, but
only with the official range syntax.
# User-Facing Changes
Removes the array and string forms of ranges from `str substring`.
Leaves only the official range support for range values.
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# Description
This allows for type inference to infer record types in more cases. The
only time we will now fall back to `Any` is when one of the fields has a
computed value.
I also updated the type mismatch error and highlighting to be in-line
with other errors.
# User-Facing Changes
This may result in stricter type checking. Previously `{}` had the
inferred type `Any` but will now have the correct inferred type of
`Record<>`.
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Prior to this PR, the less/greater than operators (`<`, `>`, `<=`, `>=`)
would throw an error if either side was null. After this PR, these
operators return null if either side (or both) is null.
### Examples
```bash
1 < 3 # true
1 < null # null
null < 3 # null
null < null # null
```
### Motivation
JT [asked the C#
folks](https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/615329862395101194/1086137515053957140)
and this is apparently the approach they would choose for comparison
operators if they could start from scratch.
This PR makes `where` more convenient to use on jagged/missing data. For
example, we can now filter on columns that may not be present in every
row:
```
> [{foo: 123} {}] | where foo? > 10
╭───┬─────╮
│ # │ foo │
├───┼─────┤
│ 0 │ 123 │
╰───┴─────╯
```
# Description
@fdncred noticed an
[issue](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/8529#issuecomment-1482770636)
with list annotations that while i was trying to find a fix found
another issue.
innitially, this was accepted by the parser
```nu
def err [list: list<int> = ['a' 'b' 'c']] {}
```
but now an error is raised
```nu
Error: nu::parser::assignment_mismatch
× Default value wrong type
╭─[entry #1:1:1]
1 │ def err [list: list<int> = ['a' 'b' 'c']] {}
· ──────┬────
· ╰── expected default value to be `list<int>`
╰────
```
# User-Facing Changes
none
# Tests + Formatting
done
# Description
This PR fixes a small bug where `$nu.startup-time` wasn't being stored
when nushell was launched with `nu -c`.
# User-Facing Changes
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this pr refines #8270 and closes#8109
# description
examples:
the original syntax is okay
```nu
def okay [nums: list] {} # the type of list will be list<any>
```
empty annotations are allowed in any variation
the last two may be caught by a future formatter,
but do not affect `nu` code currently
```nu
def okay [nums: list<>] {} # okay
def okay [nums: list< >] {} # weird but also okay
def okay [nums: list<
>] {} # also weird but okay
```
types are allowed (See [notes](#notes) below)
```nu
def okay [nums: list<int>] {} # `test [a b c]` will throw an error
def okay [nums: list< int > {} # any amount of space within the angle brackets is okay
def err [nums: list <int>] {} # this is not okay, `nums` and `<int>` will be parsed as
# two separate params,
```
nested annotations are allowed in many variations
```nu
def okay [items: list<list<int>>] {}
def okay [items: list<list>] {}
```
any unterminated annotation is caught
```nu
Error: nu::parser::unexpected_eof
× Unexpected end of code.
╭─[source:1:1]
1 │ def err [nums: list<int] {}
· ▲
· ╰── expected closing >
╰────
```
unknown types are flagged
```nu
Error: nu::parser::unknown_type
× Unknown type.
╭─[source:1:1]
1 │ def err [nums: list<str>] {}
· ─┬─
· ╰── unknown type
╰────
Error: nu::parser::unknown_type
× Unknown type.
╭─[source:1:1]
1 │ def err [nums: list<int, string>] {}
· ─────┬─────
· ╰── unknown type
╰────
```
# notes
the error message for mismatched types in not as intuitive
```nu
Error: nu::parser::parse_mismatch
× Parse mismatch during operation.
╭─[source:1:1]
1 │ def err [nums: list<int>] {}; err [a b c]
· ┬
· ╰── expected int
╰────
```
it should be something like this
```nu
Error: nu::parser::parse_mismatch
× Parse mismatch during operation.
╭─[source:1:1]
1 │ def err [nums: list<int>] {}; err [a b c]
· ──┬──
· ╰── expected list<int>
╰────
```
this is currently not implemented
This is a follow-up to https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/8379 and
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/discussions/8502.
This PR makes it so that the new `?` syntax for marking a path member as
optional short-circuits, as voted on in the
[8502](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/discussions/8502) poll.
Previously, `{ foo: 123 }.bar?.baz` would raise an error:
```
> { foo: 123 }.bar?.baz
× Data cannot be accessed with a cell path
╭─[entry #15:1:1]
1 │ { foo: 123 }.bar?.baz
· ─┬─
· ╰── nothing doesn't support cell paths
╰────
```
Here's what was happening:
1. The `bar?` path member access returns `nothing` because there is no field named `bar` on the record
2. The `baz` path member access fails when trying to access a `baz` field on that `nothing` value
After this change, `{ foo: 123 }.bar?.baz` returns `nothing`; the failed `bar?` access immediately returns `nothing` and the `baz` access never runs.
# Description
This is an experiment to see what switching the `let/let-env` family to
math expressions for initialisers would be like.
# User-Facing Changes
This would require any commands you call from `let x = <command here>`
(and similar family) to call the command in parentheses. `let x = (foo)`
to call `foo`.
# 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
> **Note**
> from `nushell` you can also use the `toolkit` as follows
> ```bash
> use toolkit.nu # or use an `env_change` hook to activate it
automatically
> toolkit check pr
> ```
# 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.
# Description
Add a `command_not_found` function to `$env.config.hooks`. If this
function outputs a string, then it's included in the `help`.
An example hook on *Arch Linux*, to find packages that contain the
binary, looks like:
```nushell
let-env config = {
# ...
hooks: {
command_not_found: {
|cmd_name| (
try {
let pkgs = (pkgfile --binaries --verbose $cmd_name)
(
$"(ansi $env.config.color_config.shape_external)($cmd_name)(ansi reset) " +
$"may be found in the following packages:\n($pkgs)"
)
} catch {
null
}
)
}
# ...
```
# User-Facing Changes
- Add a `command_not_found` function to `$env.config.hooks`.
# 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.
# Description
As title, closes: #7921closes: #8273
# User-Facing Changes
when define a closure without pipe, nushell will raise error for now:
```
❯ let x = {ss ss}
Error: nu::parser::closure_missing_pipe
× Missing || inside closure
╭─[entry #2:1:1]
1 │ let x = {ss ss}
· ───┬───
· ╰── Parsing as a closure, but || is missing
╰────
help: Try add || to the beginning of closure
```
`any`, `each`, `all`, `where` command accepts closure, it forces user
input closure like `{||`, or parse error will returned.
```
❯ {major:2, minor:1, patch:4} | values | each { into string }
Error: nu::parser::closure_missing_pipe
× Missing || inside closure
╭─[entry #4:1:1]
1 │ {major:2, minor:1, patch:4} | values | each { into string }
· ───────┬───────
· ╰── Parsing as a closure, but || is missing
╰────
help: Try add || to the beginning of closure
```
`with-env`, `do`, `def`, `try` are special, they still remain the same,
although it says that it accepts a closure, but they don't need to be
written like `{||`, it's more likely a block but can capture variable
outside of scope:
```
❯ def test [input] { echo [0 1 2] | do { do { echo $input } } }; test aaa
aaa
```
Just realize that It's a big breaking change, we need to update config
and scripts...
# 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.
# Description
This adds a new cell path literal syntax for use in any value position,
not just in a context where we expect a cell path.
This can be used to assign to a variable and then later use that
variable as a cell path.
Example:
```
> let cell_path = $.a.b
> {a: {b: 3}} | get $cell_path
3
```
# User-Facing Changes
This adds the syntax `$.a.b` to universally mean the cell path `a.b`,
even in a context that doesn't expect a cell path.
# 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
> **Note**
> from `nushell` you can also use the `toolkit` as follows
> ```bash
> use toolkit.nu # or use an `env_change` hook to activate it
automatically
> toolkit check pr
> ```
# 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.
# Description
Fix the recent parser panic with a single `{`
Introduced by https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/8470
# User-Facing Changes
_(List of all changes that impact the user experience here. This helps
us keep track of breaking changes.)_
# 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
> **Note**
> from `nushell` you can also use the `toolkit` as follows
> ```bash
> use toolkit.nu # or use an `env_change` hook to activate it
automatically
> toolkit check pr
> ```
# 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.
# Description
Turning off implicit echo got tested before some of these changes, so
bring a few tests in-line with that functionality.
# User-Facing Changes
_(List of all changes that impact the user experience here. This helps
us keep track of breaking changes.)_
# 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
> **Note**
> from `nushell` you can also use the `toolkit` as follows
> ```bash
> use toolkit.nu # or use an `env_change` hook to activate it
automatically
> toolkit check pr
> ```
# 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.
# Description
This fixes the `commandline` command when it's run with no arguments, so
it outputs the command being run. New line characters are included.
This allows for:
- [A way to get current command inside pre_execution hook · Issue #6264
· nushell/nushell](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6264)
- The possibility of *Atuin* to work work *Nushell*. *Atuin* hooks need
to know the current repl input before it is run.
# User-Facing Changes
# 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.
https://github.com/orhun/halp finds the correct help command
by checking if `cmd --help` succeeds.
All standard utilities I've tried exit successfully on `--help`,
but not nushell.
This is a follow up from https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/7540.
Please provide feedback if you have the time!
## Summary
This PR lets you use `?` to indicate that a member in a cell path is
optional and Nushell should return `null` if that member cannot be
accessed.
Unlike the previous PR, `?` is now a _postfix_ modifier for cell path
members. A cell path of `.foo?.bar` means that `foo` is optional and
`bar` is not.
`?` does _not_ suppress all errors; it is intended to help in situations
where data has "holes", i.e. the data types are correct but something is
missing. Type mismatches (like trying to do a string path access on a
date) will still fail.
### Record Examples
```bash
{ foo: 123 }.foo # returns 123
{ foo: 123 }.bar # errors
{ foo: 123 }.bar? # returns null
{ foo: 123 } | get bar # errors
{ foo: 123 } | get bar? # returns null
{ foo: 123 }.bar.baz # errors
{ foo: 123 }.bar?.baz # errors because `baz` is not present on the result from `bar?`
{ foo: 123 }.bar.baz? # errors
{ foo: 123 }.bar?.baz? # returns null
```
### List Examples
```
〉[{foo: 1} {foo: 2} {}].foo
Error: nu:🐚:column_not_found
× Cannot find column
╭─[entry #30:1:1]
1 │ [{foo: 1} {foo: 2} {}].foo
· ─┬ ─┬─
· │ ╰── cannot find column 'foo'
· ╰── value originates here
╰────
〉[{foo: 1} {foo: 2} {}].foo?
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ 1 │
│ 1 │ 2 │
│ 2 │ │
╰───┴───╯
〉[{foo: 1} {foo: 2} {}].foo?.2 | describe
nothing
〉[a b c].4? | describe
nothing
〉[{foo: 1} {foo: 2} {}] | where foo? == 1
╭───┬─────╮
│ # │ foo │
├───┼─────┤
│ 0 │ 1 │
╰───┴─────╯
```
# Breaking changes
1. Column names with `?` in them now need to be quoted.
2. The `-i`/`--ignore-errors` flag has been removed from `get` and
`select`
1. After this PR, most `get` error handling can be done with `?` and/or
`try`/`catch`.
4. Cell path accesses like this no longer work without a `?`:
```bash
〉[{a:1 b:2} {a:3}].b.0
2
```
We had some clever code that was able to recognize that since we only
want row `0`, it's OK if other rows are missing column `b`. I removed
that because it's tricky to maintain, and now that query needs to be
written like:
```bash
〉[{a:1 b:2} {a:3}].b?.0
2
```
I think the regression is acceptable for now. I plan to do more work in
the future to enable streaming of cell path accesses, and when that
happens I'll be able to make `.b.0` work again.
# Description
The `spam` command is not always going to be missing, as is the case
with this sgml tool: https://linux.die.net/man/1/spam
Rename `spam` and `foo` to something more unique so we have a lower
chance of colliding with other names on the system.
fixes#8404
# User-Facing Changes
No impact. This only impacts testing
# 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.
# Description
Fixes the crash when handing `{}#.}`
# User-Facing Changes
_(List of all changes that impact the user experience here. This helps
us keep track of breaking changes.)_
# 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.
# Description
in https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8311 and the discord
server, the idea of moving the default banner from the `rust` source to
the `nushell` standar library has emerged 😋
however, in order to do this, one need to have access to all the
variables used in the default banner => all of them are accessible
because known constants, except for the startup time of the shell, which
is not anywhere in the shell...
#### this PR adds exactly this, i.e. the new `startup_time` to the `$nu`
variable, which is computed to have the exact same value as the value
shown in the banner.
## the changes
in order to achieve this, i had to
- add `startup_time` as an `i64` to the `EngineState` => this is, to the
best of my knowledge, the easiest way to pass such an information around
down to where the banner startup time is computed and where the `$nu`
variable is evaluated
- add `startup-time` to the `$nu` variable and use the `EngineState`
getter for `startup_time` to show it as a `Value::Duration`
- pass `engine_state` as a `&mut`able argument from `main.rs` down to
`repl.rs` to allow the setter to change the value of `startup_time` =>
without this, the value would not change and would show `-1ns` as the
default value...
- the value of the startup time is computed in `evaluate_repl` in
`repl.rs`, only once at the beginning, and the same value is used in the
default banner 👌
# User-Facing Changes
one can now access to the same time as shown in the default banner with
```bash
$nu.startup-time
```
# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `cargo fmt --all`
- 🟢 `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings -D
clippy::unwrap_used -A clippy::needless_collect`
- 🟢 `cargo test --workspace`
# After Submitting
```
$nothing
```
Add two rows in `$nu`, `$nu.is-interactive` and `$nu.is-login`, which
are true when nu is run in interactive and login mode respectively.
The `-i` flag now behaves a bit more like that of bash's, where the any
provided command or file is run without REPL but in "interactive mode".
This should entail sourcing interactive-mode config files, but since we
are planning on overhauling the config system soon, I'm holding off on
that. For now, all `-i` does is set `$nu.is-interactive` to be true.
About testing, I can't seem to find where cli-args get tested, so I
haven't written any new tests for this. Also I don't think there are any
docs that need updating. However if I'm wrong please tell me.
startup nushell with no config file or env file...
This PR gives the ability to start up nushell easily with no config or
env config files
simply by passing in
```rust
nu -n
```
or
```rust
nu --no-config-file
```
A bonus is that startup times for nushell decreases FIVE fold...
From about > 50ms to less than < 10ms on average on my mac
This will enable Part II which will hopefully be the ability to
to send this flag into the nu! macro and turn off loading of the config
files...
Remember when config files are enabled the nu-cmd-lang tests fail
because the
commands in the config files are a superset of the commands in
nu-cmd-lang...
In my preliminary tests before by zeroing out the config files the
nu-cmd-lang tests passed...
Independent of the cratification efforts I have always wanted a way
anyway to turn off loading
the config files when starting up nushell... So this accomplishes that
task...
Continuation of #8229
# Description
The `ShellError` enum at the moment is kind of messy.
Many variants are basic tuple structs where you always have to reference
the implementation with its macro invocation to know which field serves
which purpose.
Furthermore we have both variants that are kind of redundant or either
overly broad to be useful for the user to match on or overly specific
with few uses.
So I set out to start fixing the lacking documentation and naming to
make it feasible to critically review the individual usages and fix
those.
Furthermore we can decide to join or split up variants that don't seem
to be fit for purpose.
**Everyone:** Feel free to add review comments if you spot inconsistent
use of `ShellError` variants.
- Name fields of `SE::IncorrectValue`
- Merge and name fields on `SE::TypeMismatch`
- Name fields on `SE::UnsupportedOperator`
- Name fields on `AssignmentRequires*` and fix doc
- Name fields on `SE::UnknownOperator`
- Name fields on `SE::MissingParameter`
- Name fields on `SE::DelimiterError`
- Name fields on `SE::IncompatibleParametersSingle`
# User-Facing Changes
(None now, end goal more explicit and consistent error messages)
# Tests + Formatting
(No additional tests needed so far)
# Description
Removes the `env` command, as the `$env` is generally a much better
experience.
# User-Facing Changes
Breaking change: Removes `env`.
# 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.
# Description
This PR adds an alternative alias implementation. Old aliases still work
but you need to use `old-alias` instead of `alias`.
Instead of replacing spans in the original code and re-parsing, which
proved to be extremely error-prone and a constant source of panics, the
new implementation creates a new command that references the old
command. Consider the new alias defined as `alias ll = ls -l`. The
parser creates a new command called `ll` and remembers that it is
actually a `ls` command called with the `-l` flag. Then, when the parser
sees the `ll` command, it will translate it to `ls -l` and passes to it
any parameters that were passed to the call to `ll`. It works quite
similar to how known externals defined with `extern` are implemented.
The new alias implementation should work the same way as the old
aliases, including exporting from modules, referencing both known and
unknown externals. It seems to preserve custom completions and pipeline
metadata. It is quite robust in most cases but there are some rough
edges (see later).
Fixes https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7648,
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8026,
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7512,
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/5780,
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7754
No effect: https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8122 (we might
revisit the completions code after this PR)
Should use custom command instead:
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6048
# User-Facing Changes
Since aliases are now basically commands, it has some new implications:
1. `alias spam = "spam"` (requires command call)
* **workaround**: use `alias spam = echo "spam"`
2. `def foo [] { 'foo' }; alias foo = ls -l` (foo defined more than
once)
* **workaround**: use different name (commands also have this
limitation)
4. `alias ls = (ls | sort-by type name -i)`
* **workaround**: Use custom command. _The common issue with this is
that it is currently not easy to pass flags through custom commands and
command referencing itself will lead to stack overflow. Both of these
issues are meant to be addressed._
5. TODO: Help messages, `which` command, `$nu.scope.aliases`, etc.
* Should we treat the aliases as commands or should they be separated
from regular commands?
6. Needs better error message and syntax highlight for recursed alias
(`alias f = f`)
7. Can't create alias with the same name as existing command (`alias ls
= ls -a`)
* Might be possible to add support for it (not 100% sure)
8. Standalone `alias` doesn't list aliases anymore
9. Can't alias parser keywords (e.g., stuff like `alias ou = overlay
use` won't work)
* TODO: Needs a better error message when attempting to do so
# 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.
Should close#8035.
> **Note**
> this is my first technical PR for `nushell`
> - i might very well miss things
> - i tried to be as complete as possible about the changes
> - please require further changes if i did something wrong, i'm open to
any remark 😌
# Description
this PR adds, when it is defined in the `examples` method of the
`Command` implementations, the output of the examples to the output of
the `help` command.
this PR
- only modifies `crates/nu-engine/src/documentation.rs` and the
`get_documentation` function
- defines a new `WD` constant to print a **W**hite **D**immed `...`
- a `match` statement at the end of the example loop to
- print a white dimmed `...` when the example is not set, i.e. set to
`None` in the `examples` method of the `Command` implementation of a
command
- pretty print the output of the associated example `Value` when it has
been defined
> **Warning**
> LIMITATIONS:
> - i use snippets from `crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline_data.rs`
> - the table creation from `pub PipelineData::print`, i.e. the `let
decl_id = ...;` and `let table = ...;` in the change
> - the table item printing from `PipelineData::write_all_and_flush`,
i.e. the `for item in table { ... }`
>
> ADDRESSED:
> - ~~the formatting of the output is not perfect and has to be fully
left aligned with the first column for now~~ (fixed with
[`5abeefd558c34ba9bae15e2f183ff4625442921e`..`a62be1b5a2c730959da5dbc028bb91ffe5093f63`](5abeefd558c34ba9bae15e2f183ff4625442921e..a62be1b5a2c730959da5dbc028bb91ffe5093f63))
> - ~~i'm using `.unwrap()` on both the changes above, not sure how to
handle this for now~~ (fixed for now thanks to 49f1dc080)
> - ~~the tests and `clippy` checks do not pass for now, see below~~
(`clippy` now is happy with 49f1dc080 and the tests pass with
11666bc715)
# User-Facing Changes
the output of the `help <command>` command is now augmented with the
outputs of the examples, when they are defined.
- `with-env`
```bash
> help with-env
...
Examples:
Set the MYENV environment variable
> with-env [MYENV "my env value"] { $env.MYENV }
my env value
Set by primitive value list
> with-env [X Y W Z] { $env.X }
Y
Set by single row table
> with-env [[X W]; [Y Z]] { $env.W }
Z
Set by key-value record
> with-env {X: "Y", W: "Z"} { [$env.X $env.W] }
╭───┬───╮
│ 0 │ Y │
│ 1 │ Z │
╰───┴───╯
```
instead of the previous
```bash
> help with-env
...
Examples:
Set the MYENV environment variable
> with-env [MYENV "my env value"] { $env.MYENV }
Set by primitive value list
> with-env [X Y W Z] { $env.X }
Set by single row table
> with-env [[X W]; [Y Z]] { $env.W }
Set by key-value record
> with-env {X: "Y", W: "Z"} { [$env.X $env.W] }
```
- `merge`
```bash
> help merge
...
Examples:
Add an 'index' column to the input table
> [a b c] | wrap name | merge ( [1 2 3] | wrap index )
╭───┬──────╮
│ # │ name │
├───┼──────┤
│ 1 │ a │
│ 2 │ b │
│ 3 │ c │
╰───┴──────╯
Merge two records
> {a: 1, b: 2} | merge {c: 3}
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 1 │
│ b │ 2 │
│ c │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯
Merge two tables, overwriting overlapping columns
> [{columnA: A0 columnB: B0}] | merge [{columnA: 'A0*'}]
╭───┬─────────┬─────────╮
│ # │ columnA │ columnB │
├───┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ 0 │ A0* │ B0 │
╰───┴─────────┴─────────╯
```
instead of the previous
```bash
> help merge
...
Examples:
Add an 'index' column to the input table
> [a b c] | wrap name | merge ( [1 2 3] | wrap index )
Merge two records
> {a: 1, b: 2} | merge {c: 3}
Merge two tables, overwriting overlapping columns
> [{columnA: A0 columnB: B0}] | merge [{columnA: 'A0*'}]
```
# Description
`bytes starts-with` converts the input into a `Value` before running
.starts_with to find if the binary matches. This has two side effects:
it makes the code simpler, only dealing in whole values, and simplifying
a lot of input pipeline handling and value transforming it would
otherwise have to do. _Especially_ in the presence of a cell path to
drill into. It also makes buffers the entire input into memory, which
can take up a lot of memory when dealing with large files, especially if
you only want to check the first few bytes (like for a magic number).
This PR adds a special branch on PipelineData::ExternalStream with a
streaming version of starts_with.
# User-Facing Changes
Opening large files and running bytes starts-with on them will not take
a long time.
# 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
# Drawbacks
Streaming checking is more complicated, and there may be bugs. I tested
it with multiple chunks with string data and binary data and it seems to
work alright up to 8k and over bytes, though.
The existing `operate` method still exists because the way it handles
cell paths and values is complicated. This causes some "code
duplication", or at least some intent duplication, between the value
code and the streaming code. This might be worthwhile considering the
performance gains (approaching infinity on larger inputs).
Another thing to consider is that my ExternalStream branch considers
string data as valid input. The operate branch only parses Binary
values, so it would fail. `open` is kind of unpredictable on whether it
returns string data or binary data, even when passing `--raw`. I think
this can be a problem but not really one I'm trying to tackle in this
PR, so, it's worth considering.
Fixes#7615
# Description
When calling external commands, we create a table from the pipeline data
to handle external commands expecting paginated input. When a binary
value is made into a table, we convert the vector of bytes representing
the binary bytes into a pretty formatted string. This results in the
pretty formatted string being sent to external commands instead of the
actual binary bytes. By checking whether the stdout of the call is being
redirected, we can decide whether to send the raw binary bytes or the
pretty formatted output when creating a table command.
# User-Facing Changes
When passing binary values to external commands, the external command
will receive the actual bytes instead of the pretty printed string. Use
cases that don't involve piping a binary value into an external command
are unchanged.
![new_behavior](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/32406734/218349172-24cd12f2-d563-4957-bdf1-6aa804b174b2.png)
# 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.