nushell/crates/nu-std
Ian Manske c747ec75c9
Add command_prelude module (#12291)
# Description
When implementing a `Command`, one must also import all the types
present in the function signatures for `Command`. This makes it so that
we often import the same set of types in each command implementation
file. E.g., something like this:
```rust
use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
use nu_protocol::{
    record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData,
    ShellError, Signature, Span, Type, Value,
};
```

This PR adds the `nu_engine::command_prelude` module which contains the
necessary and commonly used types to implement a `Command`:
```rust
// command_prelude.rs
pub use crate::CallExt;
pub use nu_protocol::{
    ast::{Call, CellPath},
    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
    record, Category, Example, IntoInterruptiblePipelineData, IntoPipelineData, IntoSpanned,
    PipelineData, Record, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
};
```

This should reduce the boilerplate needed to implement a command and
also gives us a place to track the breadth of the `Command` API. I tried
to be conservative with what went into the prelude modules, since it
might be hard/annoying to remove items from the prelude in the future.
Let me know if something should be included or excluded.
2024-03-26 21:17:30 +00:00
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src Add command_prelude module (#12291) 2024-03-26 21:17:30 +00:00
std remove stdlib logging env variables (#12196) 2024-03-14 06:28:13 -05:00
tests to json -r not removing whitespaces fix (#11948) 2024-03-20 22:14:31 +01:00
Cargo.toml Introduce workspace dependencies (#12043) 2024-03-07 14:40:31 -08:00
CONTRIBUTING.md remove the last mention to let-env (#10718) 2023-10-18 23:15:04 +02:00
LICENSE add LICENSE to nu-std (#8803) 2023-04-07 13:39:21 -07:00
README.md fix nu-std README (#11244) 2023-12-06 16:26:02 +01:00
testing.nu open, rm, umv, cp, rm and du: Don't globs if inputs are variables or string interpolation (#11886) 2024-02-23 09:17:09 +08:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of custom commands which provide interactive utilities and building blocks for users writing casual scripts or complex applications.

To see what's here:

> use std
> scope commands | select name usage | where name =~ "std "
#┬───────────name────────────┬──────────────────────usage──────────────────────
0│std assert                 │Universal assert command
1│std assert equal           │Assert $left == $right
2│std assert error           │Assert that executing the code generates an error
3│std assert greater         │Assert $left > $right
4│std assert greater or equal│Assert $left >= $right
             ...                                     ...
─┴───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────

🧰 Using the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std

std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]

log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

You're invited to contribute to the standard library! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details