nushell/crates/nu-protocol
Eric Hodel 7071617f18
Allow plugins to receive configuration from the nushell configuration (#10955)
# Description

When nushell calls a plugin it now sends a configuration `Value` from
the nushell config under `$env.config.plugins.PLUGIN_SHORT_NAME`. This
allows plugin authors to read configuration provided by plugin users.

The `PLUGIN_SHORT_NAME` must match the registered filename after
`nu_plugin_`. If you register `target/debug/nu_plugin_config` the
`PLUGIN_NAME` will be `config` and the nushell config will loook like:

        $env.config = {
          # ...
          plugins: {
            config: [
              some
              values
            ]
          }
        }

Configuration may also use a closure which allows passing values from
`$env` to a plugin:

        $env.config = {
          # ...
          plugins: {
            config: {||
              $env.some_value
            }
          }
        }

This is a breaking change for the plugin API as the `Plugin::run()`
function now accepts a new configuration argument which is an
`&Option<Value>`. If no configuration was supplied the value is `None`.

Plugins compiled after this change should work with older nushell, and
will behave as if the configuration was not set.

Initially discussed in #10867

# User-Facing Changes

* Plugins can read configuration data stored in `$env.config.plugins`
* The plugin `CallInfo` now includes a `config` entry, existing plugins
will require updates

# Tests + Formatting

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

# After Submitting

- [ ] Update [Creating a plugin (in
Rust)](https://www.nushell.sh/contributor-book/plugins.html#creating-a-plugin-in-rust)
[source](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/blob/main/contributor-book/plugins.md)
- [ ] Add "Configuration" section to [Plugins
documentation](https://www.nushell.sh/contributor-book/plugins.html)
2024-01-15 16:59:47 +08:00
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src Allow plugins to receive configuration from the nushell configuration (#10955) 2024-01-15 16:59:47 +08:00
tests Allow plugins to receive configuration from the nushell configuration (#10955) 2024-01-15 16:59:47 +08:00
Cargo.toml Bump to dev version 0.89.1 (#11513) 2024-01-11 00:19:21 +13:00
LICENSE Fix rest of license year ranges (#8727) 2023-04-04 09:03:29 +12:00
README.md Add nu-protocol 2021-09-02 13:29:43 +12:00

nu-protocol

The nu-protocol crate holds the definitions of structs/traits that are used throughout Nushell. This gives us one way to expose them to many other crates, as well as make these definitions available to each other, without causing mutually recursive dependencies.