The autoenv logic mutates environment variables in the running session as
it operates and decides what to do for trusted directories containing `.nu-env`
files. Few of the ways to interact with it were all in a single test function.
We separate out all the ways that were done in the single test function to document
it better. This will greatly help once we start refactoring our way out from setting
environment variables this way to just setting them to `Scope`.
This is part of an on-going effort to keep variables (`PATH` and `ENV`)
in our `Scope` and rely on it for everything related to variables.
We expect to move away from setting (`std::*`) envrironment variables in the current
running process. This is non-trivial since we need to handle cases from vars
coming in from the outside world, prioritize, and also compare to the ones
we have both stored in memory and in configuration files.
Also to send out our in-memory (in `Scope`) variables properly to external
programs once we no longer rely on `std::env` vars from the running process.
Nu has many commands that allow the nuño to customize behavior such
as UI and behavior. Today, coloring can be customized, the line editor,
and other things. The more options there are, the higher the complexity
in managing them.
To mitigate this Nu can store configuration options as nested properties.
But to add and edit them can be taxing. With column path support we can
work with them easier.
* Switch to using `shell`
Switch to using the shell for subprocess to enable more natural shelling out.
* Update external.rs
* This is a test with .shell() for external
* El pollo loco's PR
* co co co
* Attempt to fix windows
* Fmt
* Less is more?
Co-authored-by: Andrés N. Robalino <andres@androbtech.com>
This commit changes the way we shell out externals when using the `"$it"` argument. Also pipes per row to an external's stdin if no `"$it"` argument is present for external commands.
Further separation of logic (preparing the external's command arguments, getting the data for piping, emitting values, spawning processes) will give us a better idea for lower level details regarding external commands until we can find the right abstractions for making them more generic and unify within the pipeline calling logic of Nu internal's and external's.
