# Description Add custom command attributes. - Attributes are placed before a command definition and start with a `@` character. - Attribute invocations consist of const command call. The command's name must start with "attr ", but this prefix is not used in the invocation. - A command named `attr example` is invoked as an attribute as `@example` - Several built-in attribute commands are provided as part of this PR - `attr example`: Attaches an example to the commands help text ```nushell # Double numbers @example "double an int" { 5 | double } --result 10 @example "double a float" { 0.5 | double } --result 1.0 def double []: [number -> number] { $in * 2 } ``` - `attr search-terms`: Adds search terms to a command - ~`attr env`: Equivalent to using `def --env`~ - ~`attr wrapped`: Equivalent to using `def --wrapped`~ shelved for later discussion - several testing related attributes in `std/testing` - If an attribute has no internal/special purpose, it's stored as command metadata that can be obtained with `scope commands`. - This allows having attributes like `@test` which can be used by test runners. - Used the `@example` attribute for `std` examples. - Updated the std tests and test runner to use `@test` attributes - Added completions for attributes # User-Facing Changes Users can add examples to their own command definitions, and add other arbitrary attributes. # Tests + Formatting - 🟢 toolkit fmt - 🟢 toolkit clippy - 🟢 toolkit test - 🟢 toolkit test stdlib # After Submitting - Add documentation about the attribute syntax and built-in attributes - `help attributes` --------- Co-authored-by: 132ikl <132@ikl.sh> |
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nu-cmd-lang
the base language and command crate of nu
The commands in this crate are the core commands of the nu language. It is also the base crate upon which all other command crates sit on top of including:
- nu-command
- nu-cli
- nu-cmd-extra
As time goes on and the nu language develops further in parallel with nushell we will be adding other command crates to the system.
What does it mean to be a base crate ?
A base crate is one with minimal dependencies in our system so that other developers can come along and use this crate without having a lot of baggage in terms of other crates which will bloat their underlying application.
Background on nu-cmd-lang
This crate was designed to be a small, concise set of tools or commands that serve as the foundation layer of both nu and nushell. These are the core commands needed to have a nice working version of the nu language without all of the support that the other commands provide inside nushell. Prior to the launch of this crate all of our commands were housed in the crate nu-command. Moving forward we would like to slowly break out the commands in nu-command into different crates; the naming and how this will work and where all the commands will be located is a "work in progress" especially now that the standard library is starting to become more popular as a location for commands. As time goes on some of our commands written in rust will be migrated to nu and when this happens they will be moved into the standard library.