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zc he
b5ff46db6a
feat(lsp): use lsp-textdocument to handle utf16 position (#14742)
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This PR replaces `ropey` with `lsp-textdocument` for easier utf16
position handling.
As a side effect, if fixes the following crashing bug:

1. create a `foo.nu` file with errors in it
2. in `bar.nu`, add code `use foo.nu *`

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* <s>Diagnostics are now triggered only with document open/save, that's
my personal preference. Changing back to previous behavior is easy if
you guys have other concerns.</s>
* UTF-8 position encoding is not supported by lsp-textdocument, but
that's not an issue, since the previous utf-8 ropey implementation is
buggy when used in real scenarios in a text editor.

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No new tests added, removed some utf-8 related ones.

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2025-01-05 07:11:17 -06:00
Douglas
d702c4605a
Increment SHLVL before run_repl() (#14732)
# Description

A follow-on to #14727:

* Instead of using `is-interactive` as the trigger for incrementing
`SHLVL`, this change puts the increment logic just before `run_repl()`
is called.
* Tests are changed to use `-e`
* Moves the `confirm_stdin_is_terminal()` call immediately **after** the
`prerun_cmd` (which executes `--execute (-e) <commandstring>`. The fact
that it was **before** that call seems to be a bug, since the error
message says *"or provide arguments to invoke a script"* even if
`--execute` was used. This change enables REPL testing using `--execute
(-e)`.
* Added a test to ensure `-c` does *not* increment SHLVL.

# User-Facing Changes

`$env.SHLVL` runs before the REPL is started, rather than when
`is-interactive`

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

N/A
2025-01-03 15:16:57 -06:00
Douglas
6325bc5e54
Add comment on nu_repl usage (#14734)
# Description

I just spent way too long trying to get `nu --testbin nu_repl
<commands>` working. That's one argument that must be called as `nu
--testbin=nu_repl <commands>` due to its implementation. This PR simply
adds a comment in `main()` noting that, hoping it will save someone else
some time in the future ;-)

# User-Facing Changes

None

# Tests + Formatting

N/A

# After Submitting

N/A
2025-01-03 12:38:46 -06:00
Douglas
461eb43d9d
Add user autoload directory (#14669)
# Description

Adds a user-level (non-vendor) autoload directory:

```
($nu.default-config-dir)/autoload
```

Currently this is the only directory. We can consider adding others if
needed.

Related: As a separate PR, I'm going to try to restore the ability to
set `$env.NU_AUTOLOAD_DIRS` during startup.

# User-Facing Changes

Files in `$nu.default-config-dir/autoload` will be autoload at startup.
These files will be loaded after any vendor autoloads, so that a user
can override the vendor settings.

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

TODO; add a `$nu.user-autoload-dirs` constant.

Doc updates
2025-01-02 16:10:05 -06:00
Douglas
0d3f76ddef
Remove no-longer-needed convert_env_values calls (#14681)
# Description

Takes advantage of #14591 to remove the now-necessary calls to
`convert_env_values()` that I added in #14249. The function is now just
called once to convert `PATH`.

Also removed the Windows-build-time checks for `ensure_path`, since
previous case-insensitivity fixes make this unnecessary as well.

# User-Facing Changes

None - #14591 now handles conversion 'on-demand'.

# Tests + Formatting

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- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
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- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

N/A
2025-01-02 12:05:02 -06:00
Piepmatz
5f3c8d45d8
Add auto option for config.use_ansi_coloring (#14647)
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In this PR I continued the idea of #11494, it added an `auto` option to
the ansi coloring config option, I did this too but in a more simple
approach.

So I added a new enum `UseAnsiColoring` with the three values `True`,
`False` and `Auto`. When that value is set to `auto`, the default value,
it will use `std::io::stdout().is_terminal()` to decided whether to use
ansi coloring. This allows to dynamically decide whether to print ansi
color codes or not, [cargo does it the same
way](652623b779/src/bin/cargo/main.rs (L72)).
`True` and `False` act as overrides to the `is_terminal` check. So with
that PR it is possible to force ansi colors on the `table` command or
automatically remove them from the miette errors if no terminal is used.

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Terminal users shouldn't be affected by this change as the default value
was `true` and `is_terminal` returns for terminals `true` (duh).
Non-terminal users, that use `nu` in some embedded way or the engine
implemented in some other way (like my jupyter kernel) will now have by
default no ansi coloring and need to enable it manually if their
environment allows it.

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The test for fancy errors expected ansi codes, since tests aren't run
"in terminal", the ansi codes got stripped away.
I added a line that forced ansi colors above it. I'm not sure if that
should be the case or if we should test against no ansi colors.

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This should resolve #11464 and partially #11847. This also closes
#11494.
2024-12-26 11:00:01 -06:00
Darren Schroeder
e2c4ff8180
Revert "Feature: PWD-per-drive to facilitate working on multiple drives at Windows" (#14598)
Reverts nushell/nushell#14411
2024-12-16 13:52:07 -06:00
Douglas
39770d4197
Moves additional env vars out of default_env and updates some transient prompt vars (#14579)
# Description

With `NU_LIB_DIRS`, `NU_PLUGIN_DIRS`, and `ENV_CONVERSIONS` now moved
out of `default_env.nu`, we're down to just a few left. This moves all
non-closure `PROMPT` variables out as well (and into Rust `main()`. It
also:

* Implements #14565 and sets the default
`TRANSIENT_PROMPT_COMMAND_RIGHT` and `TRANSIENT_MULTILINE_INDICATOR` to
an empty string so that they are removed for easier copying from the
terminal.
* Reverses portions of #14249 where I was overzealous in some of the
variables that were imported
* Fixes #12096 
* Will be the final fix in place, I believe, to close #13670

# User-Facing Changes

Transient prompt will now remove the right-prompt and
multiline-indicator once a commandline has been entered.

# Tests + Formatting

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- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
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# After Submitting

Release notes addition
2024-12-16 08:18:47 -06:00
Darren Schroeder
05ee7ea9c7
Revert "fix: make exec command decrement SHLVL correctly" (#14580)
Reverts nushell/nushell#14570
2024-12-13 18:34:33 -06:00
Rikuki IX
ebce62629e
fix: make exec command decrement SHLVL correctly (#14570)
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fixes #14567

Now NuShell's `exec` command will decrement `SHLVL` env value before
passing it to target executable.

It only works in interactive session, the same as `SHLVL`
initialization.

In addition, this PR also make a simple change to `SHLVL` initialization
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Formatted.

With interactively tested with several shells (bash, zsh, fish) and
cross-exec-ing them, it works well this time.

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2024-12-12 11:19:03 -06:00
Douglas
7aacad3270
Set empty ENV_CONVERSIONS record by default (#14566)
# Description

With Windows Path case-insensitivity in place, we no longer need an
`ENV_CONVERSIONS` for `PATH`, as the
`nu_engine::env::convert_env_values()` handles it automatically.

This PR:

* Removes the default `ENV_CONVERSIONS` for path from `default_env.nu`
* Sets `ENV_CONVERSIONS` to an empty record (so it can be `merge`'d) in
`main()` instead

# User-Facing Changes

No behavioral changes - Users will now have an empty `ENV_CONVERSIONS`
at startup by default, but the behavior should not change.

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting
2024-12-12 10:50:28 -06:00
Douglas
0872e9c3ae
Allow both NU_PLUGIN_DIRS const and env at the same time (#14553)
# Description

Fix #14544 and is also the reciprocal of #14549.

Before: If both a const and env `NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` were defined at the
same time, the env paths would not be used.
After: The directories from `const NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` are searched for a
matching filename, and if not found, `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` directories
will be searched.

Before: `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` was unnecessary set both in main() and in
default_env.nu
After: `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` is only set in main()

Before: `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` was set to `plugins` in the config
directory
After: `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` is set to an empty list and `const
NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` is set to the directory above.

Also updates `sample_env.nu` to use the `const`

# User-Facing Changes

Most scenarios should work just fine as there continues to be an
`$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS` to append to or override.

However, there is a small chance of a breaking change if someone was
*querying* the old default `$env.NU_PLUGIN_DIRS`.

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

Also updated the `env` tests and added one for the `const`.

# After Submitting

Config doc updates
2024-12-11 11:41:06 -06:00
Douglas
cf82814606
Use const NU_LIB_DIRS in startup (#14549)
# Description

A slower, gentler alternative to #14531, in that we're just moving one
setting *out* of `default_env.nu` in this PR ;-).

All this does is transition from using `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` in the startup
config to `const $NU_LIB_DIRS`. Also updates the `sample_env.nu` to
reflect the changes.

Details:

Before: `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` was unnecessary set both in `main()` and in
`default_env.nu`
After: `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` is only set in `main()`

Before: `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` was set to `config-dir/scripts` and
`data-dir/completions`
After: `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` is set to an empty list, and `const
NU_LIB_DIRS` is set to the directories above

Before: Using `--include-path (-I)` would set the `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS`
After: Using `--include-path (-I)` sets the constant `$NU_LIB_DIRS`

# User-Facing Changes

There shouldn't be any breaking changes here. The `$env.NU_LIBS_DIRS`
still works for most cases. There are a few areas we need to clean-up to
make sure that the const is usable (`nu-check`, et. al.) but they will
still work in the meantime with the older `$env` version.

# Tests + Formatting

* Changed the Type-check on the `$env` version.
* Added a type check for the const version.

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

Doc updates
2024-12-10 06:36:05 -06:00
Bahex
69fbfb939f
lsp and --ide-check fix for path self related diagnostics (#14538)
# Description

fixes
[this](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14303#issuecomment-2525100480)
where lsp and ide integration would produce the following error

---

```sh
nu --ide-check 100 "/path/to/env.nu"
```
with
```nu
const const_env = path self
```
would lead to
```
Error: nu:🐚:file_not_found

  × File not found
   ╭─[/path/to/env.nu:1:19]
 1 │ const const_env = path self
   ·                   ────┬────
   ·                       ╰── Couldn't find current file
   ╰────
```

# Tests + Formatting
- 🟢 `cargo fmt --all`
- 🟢 `cargo clippy --workspace`
2024-12-07 09:46:52 -06:00
PegasusPlusUS
c8b5909ee8
Feature: PWD-per-drive to facilitate working on multiple drives at Windows (#14411)
This PR implements PWD-per-drive as described in discussion #14355

# Description
On Windows, CMD or PowerShell assigns each drive its own current
directory. For example, if you are in 'C:\Windows', switch to 'D:', and
navigate to 'D:\Game', you can return to 'C:\Windows' by simply typing
'C:'.

This PR enables Nushell on Windows to have the same capability, allowing
each drive to maintain its own PWD (Present Working Directory).

# User-Facing Changes
Currently, 'cd' or 'ls' only accept absolute paths if the path starts
with 'C:' or another drive letter. With PWD-per-drive, users can use
'cd' (or auto cd) and 'ls' in the same way as 'cd' and 'dir' in
PowerShell, or similarly to 'cd' and 'dir' in CMD (noting that cd in CMD
has slightly different behavior, 'cd' for another drive only changes
current directory of that drive, but does not switch there).

Interaction example on switching between drives:
```Nushell
~>D:
D:\>cd Test
D:\Test\>C:
~>D:
D:\Test\>C:
~>cd D:..
D:\>C:x/../y/../z/..
~>cd D:Test\Test
D:\Test\Test>C:
~>D:...
D:\>
```
Interaction example on auto-completion at cmd line:
```Nushell
~>cd D:\test[Enter]
D:\test>~[Enter]
~>D:[TAB]
~>D:\test[Enter]
D:\test>c:.c[TAB]
c:\users\nushell\.cargo\ c:\users\nushell\.config\
```
Interaction example on pass PWD-per-drive to child process: (Note CMD
will use it, but PowerShell will ignore it though it still prepares such
info for child process)
```Nushell
~>cd D:\Test
D:\Test>cd E:\Test
E:\Test\>~
~>CMD
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4460]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Nushell>d:
D:\Test>e:
E:\Test>
```

# Brief Change Description
 
1.Added 'crates/nu-path/src/pwd_per_drive.rs' to implement a 26-slot
array mapping drive letters to PWDs. Test cases are included in the same
file, along with a doctest for the usage of PWD-per-drive.
2. Modified 'crates/nu-path/src/lib.rs' to declare module of
pwd_per_drive and export struct for PWD-per-drive.
3. Modified 'crates/nu-protocol/src/engine/stack.rs' to sync PWD when
set_cwd() is called. Add PWD-per-drive map as member. Clone between
parent and child. Stub/proxy for nu_path::expand_path_with() to
facilitate filesystem commands using PWD-per-drive.
4. Modified 'crates/nu-cli/src/repl.rs' auto_cd uses PWD-per-drive to
expand path.
5. Modified 'crates/nu-cli/src/completions/completion_common.rs' to
expand relative path when press [TAB] at command line.
6. Modified 'crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs' to collect PWD-per-drive info
as env vars for child process as CMD or PowerShell do, this can let
child process inherit PWD-per-drive info.
7. Modified 'crates/nu-engine/src/eval.rs', caller clone callee's
PWD-per-drive info, supporting 'def --env'
8. Modified 'crates/nu-engine/src/eval_ir.rs', 'def --env' support.
Remove duplicated fn redirect_env()
9. Modified 'src/run.rs', to init PWD-per-drive when startup.

filesystem commands that modified:
1. Modified 'crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/cd.rs', 1 line change to
use stackscoped PWD-per-drive.
Other commands, commit pending....

Local test def --env OK:
```nushell
E:\study\nushell> def --env env_cd_demo [] {                 
:::     cd ~
:::     cd D:\Project
:::     cd E:Crates
::: }
E:\study\nushell>                                                   
E:\study\nushell> def cd_no_demo [] {                   
:::     cd ~
:::     cd D:\Project
:::     cd E:Crates
::: }
E:\study\nushell> cd_no_demo                                 
E:\study\nushell> C:
C:\>D:
D:\>E:                                     
E:\study\nushell>env_cd_demo
E:\study\nushell\crates> C:
~>D:
D:\Project>E:                                     
E:\study\nushell\crates>     
```

# Tests + Formatting

- `cargo fmt --all -- --check` passed.
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings -D clippy::unwrap_used`
passed.
- `cargo test --workspace` passed on Windows developer mode and Ubuntu.
- `cargo run -- -c "use toolkit.nu; toolkit test stdlib"` passed.
- nushell:
```
> use toolkit.nu  # or use an `env_change` hook to activate it automatically
> toolkit check pr
> ```
passed

---------

Co-authored-by: pegasus.cadence@gmail.com <pegasus.cadence@gmail.com>
2024-12-02 12:17:46 -06:00
Ian Manske
6bc695f251
Make Hooks fields non-optional to match the new config defaults (#14345)
# Description
Follow up to #14341. Changes the fields of `Hooks` to `Vec` or `Hashmap`
to match the new config defaults.

# User-Facing Changes
Mostly the same as #14341. `pre_prompt` and `pre_execution` must now be
a list, and `env_change` must be a record.
2024-11-29 21:11:09 +00:00
Douglas
1c18e37a7c
Always populate config record during startup (#14435)
# Description

As a bit of a follow-on to #13802 and #14249, this (pretty much a
"one-line" change) really does *always* populate the `$env.config`
record with the `nu-protocol::config` defaults during startup. This
means that an `$env.config` record is value (with defaults) even during:

* `nu -n` to suppress loading of config files
* `nu -c <commandstring>`
* `nu <script>`

# User-Facing Changes

There should be no case in which there isn't a valid `$env.config`.

* Before:

  ```nushell
  nu -c "$env.config"
  # -> Error
  ```

* After:

  ```nushell
  nu -c "$env.config"
  # -> Default $env.config record
  ```

Startup time impact is negligible (17.072µs from `perf!` on my system) -
Seems well worth it.

# Tests + Formatting

Added tests for several `-n -c` cases.

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

Config chapter update still in progress.
2024-11-27 13:52:47 +08:00
Rikuki IX
2a90cb7355
Update SHLVL (only when interactive) on startup (#14404)
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Make NuShell correctly inherit and update `SHLVL` from other shells
(obviously including itself) in Unix environment.

See issue #14384

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New feature works well in interactive usage.

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2024-11-21 15:57:33 -06:00
Douglas
4ed25b63a6
Always load default env/config values (#14249)
# Release-Notes Short Description

* Nushell now always loads its internal `default_env.nu` before the user
`env.nu` is loaded, then loads the internal `default_config.nu` before
the user's `config.nu` is loaded. This allows for a simpler
user-configuration experience. The Configuration Chapter of the Book
will be updated soon with the new behavior.

# Description

Implements the main ideas in #13671 and a few more:

* Users can now specify only the environment and config options they
want to override in *their* `env.nu` and `config.nu`and yet still have
access to all of the defaults:
* `default_env.nu` (internally defined) will be loaded whenever (and
before) the user's `env.nu` is loaded.
* `default_config.nu` (internally defined) will be loaded whenever (and
before) the user's `config.nu` is loaded.
* No more 900+ line config out-of-the-box.
* Faster startup (again): ~40-45% improvement in launch time with a
default configuration.
* New keys that are added to the defaults in the future will
automatically be available to all users after updating Nushell. No need
to regenerate config to get the new defaults.
* It is now possible to have different internal defaults (which will be
used with `-c` and scripts) vs. REPL defaults. This would have solved
many of the user complaints about the [`display_errors`
implementation](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2024-09-17-nushell_0_98_0.html#non-zero-exit-codes-are-now-errors-toc).
* A basic "scaffold" `config.nu` and `env.nu` are created on first
launch (if the config directory isn't present).
* Improved "out-of-the-box" experience (OOBE) - No longer asks to create
the files; the minimal scaffolding will be automatically created. If
deleted, they will not be regenerated. This provides a better
"out-of-the-box" experience for the user as they no longer have to make
this decision (without much info on the pros or cons) when first
launching.
* <s>(New: 2024-11-07) Runs the env_conversions process after the
`default_env.nu` is loaded so that users can treat `Path`/`PATH` as
lists in their own config.</s>
* (New: 2024-11-08) Given the changes in #13802, `default_config.nu`
will be a minimal file to minimize load-times. This shaves another (on
my system) ~3ms off the base launch time.
* Related: Keybindings, menus, and hooks that are already internal
defaults are no longer duplicated in `$env.config`. The documentation
will be updated to cover these scenarios.
* (New: 2024-11-08) Move existing "full" `default_config.nu` to
`sample_config.nu` for short-term "documentation" purposes.
* (New: 2024-11-18) Move the `dark-theme` and `light-theme` to Standard
Library and demonstrate their use - Also improves startup times, but
we're reaching the limit of optimization.
* (New: 2024-11-18) Extensively documented/commented `sample_env.nu` and
`sample_config.nu`. These can be displayed in-shell using (for example)
`config nu --sample | nu-highlight | less -R`. Note: Much of this will
eventually be moved to or (some) duplicated in the Doc. But for now,
this some nice in-shell doc that replaces the older
"commented/documented default".
* (New: 2024-11-20) Runs the `ENV_CONVERSIONS` process (1) after the
`default_env.nu` (allows `PATH` to be used as a list in user's `env.nu`)
and (2) before `default_config.nu` is loaded (allows user's
`ENV_CONVERSIONS` from their `env.nu` to be used in their `config.nu`).
* <s>(New: 2024-11-20) The default `ENV_CONVERSIONS` is now an empty
record. The internal Rust code handles `PATH` (and variants) conversions
regardless of the `ENV_CONVERSIONS` variable. This shaves a *very* small
amount of time off the startup.</s> Reset - Looks like there might be a
bug in `nu-enginer::env::ensure_path()` on Windows that would need to be
fixed in order for this to work.

# User-Facing Changes

By default, you shouldn't see much, if any, change when running this
with your existing configuration.

To see the greatest benefit from these changes, you'll probably want to
start with a "fresh" config. This can be easily tested using something
like:

```nushell
let temp_home = (mktemp -d)
$env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = $temp_home
$env.XDG_DATA_HOME = $temp_home
./target/release/nu
```

You should see a message where the (mostly empty) `env.nu` and
`config.nu` are created on first start. Defaults should be the same (or
similar to) those before the PR. Please let me know if you notice any
differences.

---

Users should now specify configuration in terms of overrides of each
setting. For instance, rather than modifying `history` settings in the
monolithic `config.nu`, the following is recommended in an updated
`config.nu`:

```nu
$env.config.history = {
  file_format: sqlite,
  sync_on_enter: true
  isolation: true
  max_size: 1_000_000
}
```

or even just:

```nu
$env.config.history.file_format = sqlite
$env.config.history.isolation: true
$env.config.history.max_size = 1_000_000
```

Note: It seems many users are already appending a `source my_config.nu`
(or similar pattern) to the end of the existing `config.nu` to make
updates easier. In this case, they will likely want to remove all of the
previous defaults and just move their `my_config.nu` to `config.nu`.

Note: It should be unlikely that there are any breaking changes here,
but there's a slim chance that some code, somewhere, *expects* an
absence of certain config values. Otherwise, all config values are
available before and after this change.

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

Configuration Chapter (and related) of the doc is currently WIP and will
be finished in time for 0.101 release.
2024-11-20 16:15:15 -06:00
Devyn Cairns
215ca6c5ca
Remove the NU_DISABLE_IR option (#14293)
# Description

Removes the `NU_DISABLE_IR` option and some code related to evaluating
blocks with the AST
evaluator.

Does not entirely remove the AST evaluator yet. We still have some
dependencies on expression
evaluation in a few minor places which will take a little bit of effort
to fix.

Also changes `debug profile` to always include instructions, because the
output is a little
confusing otherwise, and removes the different options for
instructions/exprs.

# User-Facing Changes

- `NU_DISABLE_IR` no longer has any effect, and is removed. There is no
way to use the AST
  evaluator.
- `debug profile` no longer has `--exprs`, `--instructions` options.
- `debug profile` lists `pc` and `instruction` columns by default now.

# Tests + Formatting

Eval tests fixed to only use IR.

# After Submitting

- [ ] release notes
- [ ] finish removing AST evaluator, come up with solutions for the
expression evaluation.
2024-11-15 12:09:25 +08:00
Ian Manske
e87a35104a
Remove as_i64 and as_f64 (#14258)
# Description
Turns out there are duplicate conversion functions: `as_i64` and
`as_f64`. In most cases, these can be replaced with `as_int` and
`as_float`, respectively.
2024-11-05 09:28:56 +01:00
Alex Ionescu
79ea70d4ec
Fix quoting in to nuon and refactor quoting functions (#14180)
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This PR fixes the quoting and escaping of column names in `to nuon`.
Before the PR, column names with quotes inside them would get quoted,
but not escaped:

```nushell
> { 'a"b': 2 } | to nuon
{ "a"b": 2 }

> { 'a"b': 2 } | to nuon | from nuon
Error:   × error when loading nuon text
   ╭─[entry #1:1:27]
 1 │ { "a\"b": 2 } | to nuon | from nuon
   ·                           ────┬────
   ·                               ╰── could not load nuon text
   ╰────

Error:   × error when parsing nuon text
   ╭─[entry #1:1:27]
 1 │ { "a\"b": 2 } | to nuon | from nuon
   ·                           ────┬────
   ·                               ╰── could not parse nuon text
   ╰────

Error:   × error when parsing
   ╭────
 1 │ {"a"b": 2}
   ·          ┬
   ·          ╰── Unexpected end of code.
   ╰────

> [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon
[["a"b"]; [2], [3]]

> [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon | from nuon
Error:   × error when loading nuon text
   ╭─[entry #1:1:32]
 1 │ [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon | from nuon
   ·                                ────┬────
   ·                                    ╰── could not load nuon text
   ╰────

Error:   × error when parsing nuon text
   ╭─[entry #1:1:32]
 1 │ [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon | from nuon
   ·                                ────┬────
   ·                                    ╰── could not parse nuon text
   ╰────

Error:   × error when parsing
   ╭────
 1 │ [["a"b"]; [2], [3]]
   ·                   ┬
   ·                   ╰── Unexpected end of code.
   ╰────
```

After this PR, the quote is escaped properly:

```nushell
> { 'a"b': 2 } | to nuon
{ "a\"b": 2 }

> { 'a"b': 2 } | to nuon | from nuon
╭─────┬───╮
│ a"b │ 2 │
╰─────┴───╯

> [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon
[["a\"b"]; [2], [3]]

> [['a"b']; [2] [3]] | to nuon | from nuon
╭─────╮
│ a"b │
├─────┤
│   2 │
│   3 │
╰─────╯
```

The cause of the issue was that `to nuon` simply wrapped column names in
`'"'` instead of calling `escape_quote_string`.

As part of this change, I also moved the functions related to quoting
(`needs_quoting` and `escape_quote_string`) into `nu-utils`, since
previously they were defined in very ad-hoc places (and, in the case of
`escape_quote_string`, it was defined multiple times with the same
body!).

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`to nuon` now properly escapes quotes in column names.

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2024-10-29 07:43:26 -05:00
Ian Manske
e911ff4d67
Fix return setting last exit code (#14120)
# Description

Fixes #14113 and #14112.

# Tests + Formatting

Added a test.
2024-10-18 03:05:58 +00:00
Ian Manske
fce6146576
Refactor config updates (#13802)
# Description
This PR standardizes updates to the config through a new
`UpdateFromValue` trait. For now, this trait is private in case we need
to make changes to it.

Note that this PR adds some additional `ShellError` cases to create
standard error messages for config errors. A follow-up PR will move
usages of the old error cases to these new ones. This PR also uses
`Type::custom` in lots of places (e.g., for string enums). Not sure if
this is something we want to encourage.

# User-Facing Changes
Should be none.
2024-10-11 18:40:32 +02:00
Piotr Kufel
bcb7ef48b6
Reduce duplication in history path construction (#13475)
# Description
Currently there is a bit of chaos regarding construction of history file
paths. Various pieces of code across a number of crates reimplement the
same/similar logic:
- There is `get_history_path`, but it requires a directory parameter (it
really just joins it with a file name).
- Some places use a const for the directory parameter, others use a
string literal - in all cases the value seems to be `"nushell"`.
- Some places assume the `"nushell"` value, other plumb it down from
close to the top of the call stack.
- Some places use a constant for history file names while others assume
it.

This PR tries to make it so that the history/config path format is
defined in a single places and so dependencies on it are easier to
follow:
- It removes `get_history_path` and adds a `file_path` method to
`HistoryConfig` instead (an extra motivation being, this is a convenient
place that can be used from all creates that need a history file path)
- Adds a `nu_config_dir` function that returns the nushell configuration
directory.
- Updates existing code to rely on the above, effectively removing
duplicate uses of `"nushell"` and `NUSHELL_FOLDER` and assumptions about
file names associated with different history formats

# User-Facing Changes
None
2024-10-11 07:51:50 -05:00
Ian Manske
157494e803
Make get_env_var return a reference to a Value (#13987)
# Description
Title says it all, changes `EngineState::get_env_var` to return a
`Option<&'a Value>` instead of an owned `Option<Value>`. This avoids
some unnecessary clones.

I also made a similar change to the `PluginExecutionContext` trait.
2024-10-02 13:05:48 +02:00
Douglas
d68c3ec89a
Only ask to create config files the first time nu is started (#13857)
# Description

Implements #13669

When nu is started for the first time, the directory represented by
`$nu.default-config-dir` typically will not exist. In this case, Nushell
will create the directory. It will then detect that either or both
`config.nu`/`env.nu` don't exist and offer to create them.

(Existing behavior) If the user declines, the directory will still be
created (since the history file lives there as well). The
`default_config.nu` and `default_env.nu` will be loaded.

On subsequent launches, as long as the config directory continues to
exist, the user will not be prompted to recreate the config files.
Nushell will behave as if the user answered "N" to the prompt in that
`default_config.nu` and `default_env.nu` will be used.

The user can still create a `config.nu` or `env.nu` at any point, and
that will be used. In that case, `default_config.nu` and/or
`default_env.nu` will no longer be loaded (unless and until #13671 is
implemented).

# User-Facing Changes

User will no longer be prompted to create config files if they are
missing so long as the config directory exists.

## Before this change:

1. Nushell starts for the first time
2. The directory where config files are stored does not exist
3. The config files do not exist
   * User is asked whether they want to create `env.nu`
- User says, "Y", `default_env.nu` is copied to the directory as
`env.nu` (and directory is created if needed)
- User says, "n", `default_env.nu` is loaded, but no file on the
filesystem is created.
 
   * User is asked whether they want to create `config.nu`
- User says, "Y", `default_config.nu` is copied to the directory as
`config.nu` (and directory is created if needed)
- User says, "n", `default_config.nu` is loaded, but no file on the
filesystem is created.

4. The next time `nu` is run, if either file is missing, the user will
be prompted again for that file.

## After this change:

Steps 1 - 3 remains the same.

4. The next time `nu` is run, we check if the directory exists.  If so:
5. Do not prompt user to create any missing files **(New Behavior)**
6. `$nu.default-config-dir/env.nu` exists?
   * Yes? Use it. (Normal behavior)
   * No?  Evaluate `default_env.nu`.  (Normal behavior)
   * No file is created on the filesystem

7. `$nu.default-config-dir/config.nu` exists?
   * Yes? Use it. (Normal behavior)
   * No?  Evaluate `default_config.nu` (Normal behavior)
   * No file is created on the filesystem

# Tests + Formatting

- 🟢 `toolkit fmt`
- 🟢 `toolkit clippy`
- 🟢 `toolkit test`
- 🟢 `toolkit test stdlib`

# After Submitting

This behavior isn't currently mentioned in the configuration doc. I'll
probably hold off on changing anything in the doc until #13671 is
implemented. Regardless, given the timing, this won't make it into a
release for at least 4 weeks.
2024-09-26 13:54:42 -05:00
YizhePKU
13df0af514
Set current working directory at startup (#12953)
This PR sets the current working directory to the location of the
Nushell executable at startup, using `std::env::set_current_dir()`. This
is desirable because after PR
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/12922, we no longer change our
current working directory even after `cd` is executed, and some OS might
lock the directory where Nushell started.

The location of the Nushell executable is chosen because it cannot be
removed while Nushell is running anyways, so we don't have to worry
about OS locking it.

This PR has the side effect that it breaks buggy command even harder.
I'll keep this PR as a draft until these commands are fixed, but it
might be helpful to pull this PR if you're working on fixing one of
those bugs.

---------

Co-authored-by: Devyn Cairns <devyn.cairns@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-09-25 13:04:26 -05:00
Ian Manske
03ee54a4df
Fix try not working with let, etc. (#13885)
# Description
Partialy addresses #13868. `try` does not catch non-zero exit code
errors from the last command in a pipeline if the result is assigned to
a variable using `let` (or `mut`).

This was fixed by adding a new `OutDest::Value` case. This is used when
the pipeline is in a "value" position. I.e., it will be collected into a
value. This ended up replacing most of the usages of `OutDest::Capture`.
So, this PR also renames `OutDest::Capture` to `OutDest::PipeSeparate`
to better fit the few remaining use cases for it.

# User-Facing Changes
Bug fix.

# Tests + Formatting
Added two tests.
2024-09-23 06:44:25 -05:00
Devyn Cairns
9ca0fb772d
Make IR the default evaluator (#13718)
# Description

Makes IR the default evaluator, in preparation to remove the non-IR
evaluator in a future release.

# User-Facing Changes

* Remove `NU_USE_IR` option
* Add `NU_DISABLE_IR` option
* IR is enabled unless `NU_DISABLE_IR` is set

# After Submitting
- [ ] release notes
2024-09-15 14:54:38 -07:00
Devyn Cairns
6b5906613c
Fix remaining mismatch for env handling in IR (#13796)
# Description

This fixes a couple of remaining differences between the IR evaluator's
handling of env vars and the AST evaluator's handling of env vars.

Blocker for #13718 (this is why those tests failed)

# User-Facing Changes

1. Handles checking overlays for hidden env vars properly, when getting
an env var from IR instruction
2. Updates config properly when doing `redirect_env()` (these probably
shouldn't be separate functions anyway, though, they're basically the
same. I did this because I intended to remove one, but now it's just
like that)

# Tests + Formatting

The `nu_repl` testbin now handles `NU_USE_IR` properly, so these tests
now work as expected.

# After Submitting

- [ ] check in on #13718 again
2024-09-10 11:03:06 +08:00
Ian Manske
3d008e2c4e
Error on non-zero exit statuses (#13515)
# Description
This PR makes it so that non-zero exit codes and termination by signal
are treated as a normal `ShellError`. Currently, these are silent
errors. That is, if an external command fails, then it's code block is
aborted, but the parent block can sometimes continue execution. E.g.,
see #8569 and this example:
```nushell
[1 2] | each { ^false }
```

Before this would give:
```
╭───┬──╮
│ 0 │  │
│ 1 │  │
╰───┴──╯
```

Now, this shows an error:
```
Error: nu:🐚:eval_block_with_input

  × Eval block failed with pipeline input
   ╭─[entry #1:1:2]
 1 │ [1 2] | each { ^false }
   ·  ┬
   ·  ╰── source value
   ╰────

Error: nu:🐚:non_zero_exit_code

  × External command had a non-zero exit code
   ╭─[entry #1:1:17]
 1 │ [1 2] | each { ^false }
   ·                 ──┬──
   ·                   ╰── exited with code 1
   ╰────
```

This PR fixes #12874, fixes #5960, fixes #10856, and fixes #5347. This
PR also partially addresses #10633 and #10624 (only the last command of
a pipeline is currently checked). It looks like #8569 is already fixed,
but this PR will make sure it is definitely fixed (fixes #8569).

# User-Facing Changes
- Non-zero exit codes and termination by signal now cause an error to be
thrown.
- The error record value passed to a `catch` block may now have an
`exit_code` column containing the integer exit code if the error was due
to an external command.
- Adds new config values, `display_errors.exit_code` and
`display_errors.termination_signal`, which determine whether an error
message should be printed in the respective error cases. For
non-interactive sessions, these are set to `true`, and for interactive
sessions `display_errors.exit_code` is false (via the default config).

# Tests
Added a few tests.

# After Submitting
- Update docs and book.
- Future work:
- Error if other external commands besides the last in a pipeline exit
with a non-zero exit code. Then, deprecate `do -c` since this will be
the default behavior everywhere.
- Add a better mechanism for exit codes and deprecate
`$env.LAST_EXIT_CODE` (it's buggy).
2024-09-07 06:44:26 +00:00
Darren Schroeder
b2cab3274b
fix --ide-ast when there are errors (#13737)
# Description

This PR fixes #13732. However, I don't think it's a proper fix.
1. It doesn't really show what the problem is.
2. It kind of side-steps the error entirely.

I do think the change in span.rs may be valid because I don't think
span.end should ever be 0. In the example in 13732 the span end was
always 0 and so that made contains_span() return true, which seems like
a false positive.

The `checked_sub()` in ide.rs kind of just stops it from failing
outloud.

I'll leave it to smarter folks than me to land this if they think it's
worthy.
2024-09-06 07:17:40 +08:00
Stefan Holderbach
95b78eee25
Change the usage misnomer to "description" (#13598)
# Description
    
The meaning of the word usage is specific to describing how a command
function is *used* and not a synonym for general description. Usage can
be used to describe the SYNOPSIS or EXAMPLES sections of a man page
where the permitted argument combinations are shown or example *uses*
are given.
Let's not confuse people and call it what it is a description.

Our `help` command already creates its own *Usage* section based on the
available arguments and doesn't refer to the description with usage.

# User-Facing Changes

`help commands` and `scope commands` will now use `description` or
`extra_description`
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`

Breaking change in the plugin protocol:

In the signature record communicated with the engine.
`usage`-> `description`
`extra_usage` -> `extra_description`

The same rename also takes place for the methods on
`SimplePluginCommand` and `PluginCommand`

# Tests + Formatting
- Updated plugin protocol specific changes
# After Submitting
- [ ] update plugin protocol doc
2024-08-22 12:02:08 +02:00
Stefan Holderbach
80c8edcfb4
Include only *.nu files in the vendor autoload (#13599)
# Description
Fixes #13587

# User-Facing Changes
Files without ending or non-`*.nu` files will not be loaded as
vendor/configuration files.

# Tests + Formatting
So far we don't have any tests for that..
2024-08-12 22:02:57 +08:00
Andy Gayton
1cd0544a3f
fix: relay Signals reset to plugins (#13510)
This PR will close #13501

# Description

This PR expands on [the relay of signals to running plugin
processes](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/13181). The Ctrlc
relay has been generalized to SignalAction::Interrupt and when
reset_signal is called on the main EngineState, a SignalAction::Reset is
now relayed to running plugins.

# User-Facing Changes

The signal handler closure now takes a `signals::SignalAction`, while
previously it took no arguments. The handler will now be called on both
interrupt and reset. The method to register a handler on the plugin side
is now called `register_signal_handler` instead of
`register_ctrlc_handler`
[example](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/13510/files#diff-3e04dff88fd0780a49778a3d1eede092ec729a1264b4ef07ca0d2baa859dad05L38).
This will only affect plugin authors who have started making use of
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/13181, which isn't currently
part of an official release.

The change will also require all of user's plugins to be recompiled in
order that they don't error when a signal is received on the
PluginInterface.

# Testing

```
: example ctrlc
interrupt status: false
waiting for interrupt signal...
^Cinterrupt status: true
peace.
Error:   × Operation interrupted
   ╭─[display_output hook:1:1]
 1 │ if (term size).columns >= 100 { table -e } else { table }
   · ─┬
   ·  ╰── This operation was interrupted
   ╰────

: example ctrlc
interrupt status: false   <-- NOTE status is false
waiting for interrupt signal...
^Cinterrupt status: true
peace.
Error:   × Operation interrupted
   ╭─[display_output hook:1:1]
 1 │ if (term size).columns >= 100 { table -e } else { table }
   · ─┬
   ·  ╰── This operation was interrupted
   ╰────
   ```
2024-08-06 03:35:40 -07:00
Ian Manske
ae5fed41ed
Path migration part 3: $nu paths (#13368)
# Description
Part 3 of replacing `std::path` types with `nu_path` types added in
#13115. This PR targets the paths listed in `$nu`. That is, the home,
config, data, and cache directories.
2024-08-01 10:16:31 +02:00
Andy Gayton
7b82c6b482
feat: make ctrlc available to plugins (#13181)
# Description

This PR adds a new method to `EngineInterface`: `register_ctrlc_handler`
which takes a closure to run when the plugin's driving engine receives a
ctrlc-signal. It also adds a mirror of the `signals` attribute from the
main shell `EngineState`.

This is an example of how a plugin which makes a long poll http request
can end the request on ctrlc:
https://github.com/cablehead/nu_plugin_http/blob/main/src/commands/request.rs#L68-L77

To facilitate the feature, a new attribute has been added to
`EngineState`: `ctrlc_handlers`. This is a Vec of closures that will be
run when the engine's process receives a ctrlc signal.

When plugins are added to an `engine_state` during a `merge_delta`, the
engine passes the ctrlc_handlers to the plugin's
`.configure_ctrlc_handler` method, which gives the plugin a chance to
register a handler that sends a ctrlc packet through the
`PluginInterface`, if an instance of the plugin is currently running.

On the plugin side: `EngineInterface` also has a ctrlc_handlers Vec of
closures. Plugin calls can use `register_ctrlc_handler` to register a
closure that will be called in the plugin process when the
PluginInput::Ctrlc command is received.

For future reference these are some alternate places that were
investigated for tying the ctrlc trigger to transmitting a Ctrlc packet
through the `PluginInterface`:

- Directly from `src/signals.rs`: the handler there would need a
reference to the Vec<Arc<RegisteredPlugins>>, which would require us to
wrap the plugins in a Mutex, which we don't want to do.

- have `PersistentPlugin.get_plugin` pass down the engine's
CtrlcHandlers to .get and then to .spawn (if the plugin isn't already
running). Once we have CtrlcHandlers in spawn, we can register a handler
to write directly to PluginInterface. We don't want to double down on
passing engine_state to spawn this way though, as it's unpredictable
because it would depend on whether the plugin has already been spawned
or not.

- pass `ctrlc_handlers` to PersistentPlugin::new so it can store it on
itself so it's available to spawn.

- in `PersistentPlugin.spawn`, create a handler that sends to a clone of
the GC event loop's tx. this has the same issues with regards to how to
get CtrlcHandlers to the spawn method, and is more complicated than a
handler that writes directly to PluginInterface

# User-Facing Changes

No breaking changes

---------

Co-authored-by: Ian Manske <ian.manske@pm.me>
2024-07-30 08:29:18 -05:00
Jan Christian Grünhage
4665323bb4
Use directories for autoloading (#13382)
fixes https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/13378

# Description

This PR tries to improve usage of system APIs to determine the location
of vendored autoload files.

# User-Facing Changes
The paths listed in #13180 and #13217 are changing. This has not been
part of a release yet, so arguably the user facing changes are only to
unreleased features anyway.

# Tests + Formatting
Haven't done, but if someone wants to help me here, I'm open to doing
it. I just don't know how to properly test this.

# After Submitting
2024-07-19 03:47:07 -07:00
Jan Christian Grünhage
b66671d339
Switch from dirs_next 2.0 to dirs 5.0 (#13384)
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2024-07-16 07:16:26 -05:00
Devyn Cairns
d7392f1f3b
Internal representation (IR) compiler and evaluator (#13330)
# Description

This PR adds an internal representation language to Nushell, offering an
alternative evaluator based on simple instructions, stream-containing
registers, and indexed control flow. The number of registers required is
determined statically at compile-time, and the fixed size required is
allocated upon entering the block.

Each instruction is associated with a span, which makes going backwards
from IR instructions to source code very easy.

Motivations for IR:

1. **Performance.** By simplifying the evaluation path and making it
more cache-friendly and branch predictor-friendly, code that does a lot
of computation in Nushell itself can be sped up a decent bit. Because
the IR is fairly easy to reason about, we can also implement
optimization passes in the future to eliminate and simplify code.
2. **Correctness.** The instructions mostly have very simple and
easily-specified behavior, so hopefully engine changes are a little bit
easier to reason about, and they can be specified in a more formal way
at some point. I have made an effort to document each of the
instructions in the docs for the enum itself in a reasonably specific
way. Some of the errors that would have happened during evaluation
before are now moved to the compilation step instead, because they don't
make sense to check during evaluation.
3. **As an intermediate target.** This is a good step for us to bring
the [`new-nu-parser`](https://github.com/nushell/new-nu-parser) in at
some point, as code generated from new AST can be directly compared to
code generated from old AST. If the IR code is functionally equivalent,
it will behave the exact same way.
4. **Debugging.** With a little bit more work, we can probably give
control over advancing the virtual machine that `IrBlock`s run on to
some sort of external driver, making things like breakpoints and single
stepping possible. Tools like `view ir` and [`explore
ir`](https://github.com/devyn/nu_plugin_explore_ir) make it easier than
before to see what exactly is going on with your Nushell code.

The goal is to eventually replace the AST evaluator entirely, once we're
sure it's working just as well. You can help dogfood this by running
Nushell with `$env.NU_USE_IR` set to some value. The environment
variable is checked when Nushell starts, so config runs with IR, or it
can also be set on a line at the REPL to change it dynamically. It is
also checked when running `do` in case within a script you want to just
run a specific piece of code with or without IR.

# Example

```nushell
view ir { |data|
  mut sum = 0
  for n in $data {
    $sum += $n
  }
  $sum
}
```
  
```gas
# 3 registers, 19 instructions, 0 bytes of data
   0: load-literal           %0, int(0)
   1: store-variable         var 904, %0 # let
   2: drain                  %0
   3: drop                   %0
   4: load-variable          %1, var 903
   5: iterate                %0, %1, end 15 # for, label(1), from(14:)
   6: store-variable         var 905, %0
   7: load-variable          %0, var 904
   8: load-variable          %2, var 905
   9: binary-op              %0, Math(Plus), %2
  10: span                   %0
  11: store-variable         var 904, %0
  12: load-literal           %0, nothing
  13: drain                  %0
  14: jump                   5
  15: drop                   %0          # label(0), from(5:)
  16: drain                  %0
  17: load-variable          %0, var 904
  18: return                 %0
```

# Benchmarks

All benchmarks run on a base model Mac Mini M1.

## Iterative Fibonacci sequence

This is about as best case as possible, making use of the much faster
control flow. Most code will not experience a speed improvement nearly
this large.

```nushell
def fib [n: int] {
  mut a = 0
  mut b = 1
  for _ in 2..=$n {
    let c = $a + $b
    $a = $b
    $b = $c
  }
  $b
}
use std bench
bench { 0..50 | each { |n| fib $n } }
```

IR disabled:

```
╭───────┬─────────────────╮
│ mean  │ 1ms 924µs 665ns │
│ min   │ 1ms 700µs 83ns  │
│ max   │ 3ms 450µs 125ns │
│ std   │ 395µs 759ns     │
│ times │ [list 50 items] │
╰───────┴─────────────────╯
```

IR enabled:

```
╭───────┬─────────────────╮
│ mean  │ 452µs 820ns     │
│ min   │ 427µs 417ns     │
│ max   │ 540µs 167ns     │
│ std   │ 17µs 158ns      │
│ times │ [list 50 items] │
╰───────┴─────────────────╯
```

![explore ir
view](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/10729/d7bccc03-5222-461c-9200-0dce71b83b83)

##
[gradient_benchmark_no_check.nu](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/blob/main/benchmarks/gradient_benchmark_no_check.nu)

IR disabled:

```
╭───┬──────────────────╮
│ 0 │ 27ms 929µs 958ns │
│ 1 │ 21ms 153µs 459ns │
│ 2 │ 18ms 639µs 666ns │
│ 3 │ 19ms 554µs 583ns │
│ 4 │ 13ms 383µs 375ns │
│ 5 │ 11ms 328µs 208ns │
│ 6 │  5ms 659µs 542ns │
╰───┴──────────────────╯
```

IR enabled:

```
╭───┬──────────────────╮
│ 0 │       22ms 662µs │
│ 1 │ 17ms 221µs 792ns │
│ 2 │ 14ms 786µs 708ns │
│ 3 │ 13ms 876µs 834ns │
│ 4 │  13ms 52µs 875ns │
│ 5 │ 11ms 269µs 666ns │
│ 6 │  6ms 942µs 500ns │
╰───┴──────────────────╯
```

##
[random-bytes.nu](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/blob/main/benchmarks/random-bytes.nu)

I got pretty random results out of this benchmark so I decided not to
include it. Not clear why.

# User-Facing Changes
- IR compilation errors may appear even if the user isn't evaluating
with IR.
- IR evaluation can be enabled by setting the `NU_USE_IR` environment
variable to any value.
- New command `view ir` pretty-prints the IR for a block, and `view ir
--json` can be piped into an external tool like [`explore
ir`](https://github.com/devyn/nu_plugin_explore_ir).

# Tests + Formatting
All tests are passing with `NU_USE_IR=1`, and I've added some more eval
tests to compare the results for some very core operations. I will
probably want to add some more so we don't have to always check
`NU_USE_IR=1 toolkit test --workspace` on a regular basis.

# After Submitting
- [ ] release notes
- [ ] further documentation of instructions?
- [ ] post-release: publish `nu_plugin_explore_ir`
2024-07-10 17:33:59 -07:00
Ian Manske
399a7c8836
Add and use new Signals struct (#13314)
# Description
This PR introduces a new `Signals` struct to replace our adhoc passing
around of `ctrlc: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>`. Doing so has a few benefits:
- We can better enforce when/where resetting or triggering an interrupt
is allowed.
- Consolidates `nu_utils::ctrl_c::was_pressed` and other ad-hoc
re-implementations into a single place: `Signals::check`.
- This allows us to add other types of signals later if we want. E.g.,
exiting or suspension.
- Similarly, we can more easily change the underlying implementation if
we need to in the future.
- Places that used to have a `ctrlc` of `None` now use
`Signals::empty()`, so we can double check these usages for correctness
in the future.
2024-07-07 22:29:01 +00:00
Jack Wright
1f1f581357
Converted perf function to be a macro. Utilized the perf macro within the polars plugin. (#13224)
In this pull request, I converted the `perf` function within `nu_utils`
to a macro. This change facilitates easier usage within plugins by
allowing the use of `env_logger` and setting `RUST_LOG=nu_plugin_polars`
(or another plugin). Without this conversion, the `RUST_LOG` variable
would need to be set to `RUST_LOG=nu_utils::utils`, which is less
intuitive and impossible to narrow the perf results to one plugin.
2024-06-27 18:56:56 -05:00
Darren Schroeder
f241110005
implement autoloading (#13217)
# Description

This PR implements script or module autoloading. It does this by finding
the `$nu.vendor-autoload-dir`, lists the contents and sorts them by file
name. These files are evaluated in that order.

To see what's going on, you can use `--log-level warn`
```
❯ cargo r -- --log-level warn
    Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.58s
     Running `target\debug\nu.exe --log-level warn`
2024-06-24 09:23:20.494 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: set_config_path() cwd: "C:\\Users\\fdncred\\source\\repos\\nushell", default_config: config.nu, key: config-path, config_file_specified: None
2024-06-24 09:23:20.495 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: set_config_path() cwd: "C:\\Users\\fdncred\\source\\repos\\nushell", default_config: env.nu, key: env-path, config_file_specified: None
2024-06-24 09:23:20.629 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: setup_config() config_file_specified: None, env_file_specified: None, login: false
2024-06-24 09:23:20.660 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: read_config_file() config_file_specified: None, is_env_config: true
Hello, from env.nu
2024-06-24 09:23:20.679 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: read_config_file() config_file_specified: None, is_env_config: false
Hello, from config.nu
Hello, from defs.nu
Activating Microsoft Visual Studio environment.
2024-06-24 09:23:21.398 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: read_vendor_autoload_files() src\config_files.rs:234:9
2024-06-24 09:23:21.399 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: read_vendor_autoload_files: C:\ProgramData\nushell\vendor\autoload
2024-06-24 09:23:21.399 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: AutoLoading: "C:\\ProgramData\\nushell\\vendor\\autoload\\01_get-weather.nu"
2024-06-24 09:23:21.675 PM [WARN ] nu::config_files: AutoLoading: "C:\\ProgramData\\nushell\\vendor\\autoload\\02_temp.nu"
2024-06-24 09:23:21.817 PM [WARN ] nu_cli::repl: Terminal doesn't support use_kitty_protocol config
```

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2024-06-25 18:31:54 -07:00
Devyn Cairns
91d44f15c1
Allow plugins to report their own version and store it in the registry (#12883)
# Description

This allows plugins to report their version (and potentially other
metadata in the future). The version is shown in `plugin list` and in
`version`.

The metadata is stored in the registry file, and reflects whatever was
retrieved on `plugin add`, not necessarily the running binary. This can
help you to diagnose if there's some kind of mismatch with what you
expect. We could potentially use this functionality to show a warning or
error if a plugin being run does not have the same version as what was
in the cache file, suggesting `plugin add` be run again, but I haven't
done that at this point.

It is optional, and it requires the plugin author to make some code
changes if they want to provide it, since I can't automatically
determine the version of the calling crate or anything tricky like that
to do it.

Example:

```
> plugin list | select name version is_running pid
╭───┬────────────────┬─────────┬────────────┬─────╮
│ # │      name      │ version │ is_running │ pid │
├───┼────────────────┼─────────┼────────────┼─────┤
│ 0 │ example        │ 0.93.1  │ false      │     │
│ 1 │ gstat          │ 0.93.1  │ false      │     │
│ 2 │ inc            │ 0.93.1  │ false      │     │
│ 3 │ python_example │ 0.1.0   │ false      │     │
╰───┴────────────────┴─────────┴────────────┴─────╯
```

cc @maxim-uvarov (he asked for it)

# User-Facing Changes

- `plugin list` gets a `version` column
- `version` shows plugin versions when available
- plugin authors *should* add `fn metadata()` to their `impl Plugin`,
but don't have to

# Tests + Formatting

Tested the low level stuff and also the `plugin list` column.

# After Submitting
- [ ] update plugin guide docs
- [ ] update plugin protocol docs (`Metadata` call & response)
- [ ] update plugin template (`fn metadata()` should be easy)
- [ ] release notes
2024-06-21 06:27:09 -05:00
Devyn Cairns
12991cd36f
Change the error style during tests to plain (#13061)
# Description

This fixes issues with trying to run the tests with a terminal that is
small enough to cause errors to wrap around, or in cases where the test
environment might produce strings that are reasonably expected to wrap
around anyway. "Fancy" errors are too fancy for tests to work
predictably 😉

cc @abusch

# User-Facing Changes

- Added `--error-style` option for use with `--commands` (like
`--table-mode`)

# Tests + Formatting

Surprisingly, all of the tests pass, including in small windows! I only
had to make one change to a test for `error make` which was looking for
the box drawing characters miette uses to determine whether the span
label was showing up - but the plain error style output is even better
and easier to match on, so this test is actually more specific now.
2024-06-18 21:37:24 -07:00
Darren Schroeder
0372e8c53c
add $nu.data-dir for completions and $nu.cache-dir for other uses (#13122)
# Description

This PR is an attempt to add a standard location for people to put
completions in. I saw this topic come up again recently and IIRC we
decided to create a standard location. I used the dirs-next crate to
dictate where these locations are. I know some people won't like that
but at least this gets the ball rolling in a direction that has a
standard directory.

This is what the default NU_LIB_DIRS looks like now in the
default_env.nu. It should also be like this when starting nushell with
`nu -n`
```nushell
$env.NU_LIB_DIRS = [
    ($nu.default-config-dir | path join 'scripts') # add <nushell-config-dir>/scripts
    ($nu.data-dir | path join 'completions') # default home for nushell completions
]
```

I also added these default folders to the `$nu` variable so now there is
`$nu.data-path` and `$nu.cache-path`.

## Data Dir Default

![image](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/343840/aeeb7cd6-17b4-43e8-bb6f-986a0c7fce23)

While I was in there, I also decided to add a cache dir

## Cache Dir Default

![image](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/343840/87dead66-4911-4f67-bfb2-acb16f386674)

### This is what the default looks like in Ubuntu.

![image](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/343840/bca8eae8-8c18-47e8-b64f-3efe34f0004f)

### This is what it looks like with XDG_CACHE_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME
overridden
```nushell
XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/data_home XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/cache_home cargo r
```

![image](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/343840/fae86d50-9821-41f1-868e-3814eca3730b)

### This is what the defaults look like in Windows (username scrubbed to
protect the innocent)

![image](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/assets/343840/3ebdb5cd-0150-448c-aff5-c57053e4788a)

How my NU_LIB_DIRS is set in the images above
```nushell
$env.NU_LIB_DIRS = [
    ($nu.default-config-dir | path join 'scripts') # add <nushell-config-dir>/scripts
    '/Users/fdncred/src/nu_scripts'
    ($nu.config-path | path dirname)
    ($nu.data-dir | path join 'completions') # default home for nushell completions
]
```

Let the debate begin.

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2024-06-11 15:10:31 -04:00
Devyn Cairns
a3bc85bb5f
Add options for filtering the log output from nu (#13044)
# Description

Add `--log-include` and `--log-exclude` options to filter the log output
from `nu` to specific module prefixes. For example,

```nushell
nu --log-level trace --log-exclude '[nu_parser]'
```

This avoids having to scan through parser spam when trying to debug
something else at `TRACE` level, and should make it feel much more
reasonable to add logging, particularly at `TRACE` level, to various
places in the codebase. It can also be used to debug non-Nushell crates
that support the Rust logging infrastructure, as many do.

You can also include a specific module instead of excluding the parser
log output:

```nushell
nu --log-level trace --log-include '[nu_plugin]'
```

Pinging #13041 for reference, but hesitant to outright say that this
closes that. I think it address that concern though. I've also struggled
with debugging plugin stuff with all of the other output, so this will
really help me there.

# User-Facing Changes

- New `nu` option: `--log-include`
- New `nu` option: `--log-exclude`
2024-06-05 16:42:55 +08:00
Darren Schroeder
7d11c28eea
Revert "Remove std::env::set_current_dir() call from EngineState::merge_env()" (#12954)
Reverts nushell/nushell#12922
2024-05-24 11:09:59 -05:00
YizhePKU
6c649809d3
Rewrite run_external.rs (#12921)
This PR is a complete rewrite of `run_external.rs`. The main goal of the
rewrite is improving readability, but it also fixes some bugs related to
argument handling and the PATH variable (fixes
https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6011).

I'll discuss some technical details to make reviewing easier.

## Argument handling

Quoting arguments for external commands is hard. Like, *really* hard.
We've had more than a dozen issues and PRs dedicated to quoting
arguments (see Appendix) but the current implementation is still buggy.

Here's a demonstration of the buggy behavior:

```nu
let foo = "'bar'"
^touch $foo            # This creates a file named `bar`, but it should be `'bar'`
^touch ...[ "'bar'" ]  # Same
```

I'll describe how this PR deals with argument handling.

First, we'll introduce the concept of **bare strings**. Bare strings are
**string literals** that are either **unquoted** or **quoted by
backticks** [^1]. Strings within a list literal are NOT considered bare
strings, even if they are unquoted or quoted by backticks.

When a bare string is used as an argument to external process, we need
to perform tilde-expansion, glob-expansion, and inner-quotes-removal, in
that order. "Inner-quotes-removal" means transforming from
`--option="value"` into `--option=value`.

## `.bat` files and CMD built-ins

On Windows, `.bat` files and `.cmd` files are considered executable, but
they need `CMD.exe` as the interpreter. The Rust standard library
supports running `.bat` files directly and will spawn `CMD.exe` under
the hood (see
[documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/index.html#windows-argument-splitting)).
However, other extensions are not supported [^2].

Nushell also supports a selected number of CMD built-ins. The problem
with CMD is that it uses a different set of quoting rules. Correctly
quoting for CMD requires using
[Command::raw_arg()](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/process/trait.CommandExt.html#tymethod.raw_arg)
and manually quoting CMD special characters, on top of quoting from the
Nushell side. ~~I decided that this is too complex and chose to reject
special characters in CMD built-ins instead [^3]. Hopefully this will
not affact real-world use cases.~~ I've implemented escaping that works
reasonably well.

## `which-support` feature

The `which` crate is now a hard dependency of `nu-command`, making the
`which-support` feature essentially useless. The `which` crate is
already a hard dependency of `nu-cli`, and we should consider removing
the `which-support` feature entirely.

## Appendix

Here's a list of quoting-related issues and PRs in rough chronological
order.

* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/4609
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/4631
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/4601
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/5846
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/5978
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/6014
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6154
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/6161
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6399
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/6420
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/6426
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6465
* https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/6559
  * https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/6560

[^1]: The idea that backtick-quoted strings act like bare strings was
introduced by Kubouch and briefly mentioned in [the language
reference](https://www.nushell.sh/lang-guide/chapters/strings_and_text.html#backtick-quotes).

[^2]: The documentation also said "running .bat scripts in this way may
be removed in the future and so should not be relied upon", which is
another reason to move away from this. But again, quoting for CMD is
hard.

[^3]: If anyone wants to try, the best resource I found on the topic is
[this](https://daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm).
2024-05-23 02:05:27 +00:00