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Kiryl Mialeshka ad49c17eba
fix(nu-parser): do not update plugin.nu file on nu startup (#10007)
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# Description

I've been investigating the [issue
mentioned](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/9976#issuecomment-1673290467)
in my prev pr and I've found that plugin.nu file that is used to cache
plugins signatures gets overwritten on every nushell startup and that
may actually mess up with the file content if 2 or more instances of
nushell will run simultaneously.

To reproduce:
1. register at least 2 plugins in your local nushell
2. remember how many entries you have in plugin.nu with `open
$nu.plugin-path | find nu_plugin`
3. run 
    - either `cargo test` inside nushell repo
- or run smth like this `1..100 | par-each {|it| $"(random integer
1..100)ms" | into duration | sleep $in; nu -c "$nu.plugin-path"}` to
simulate parallel access. This approach is not so reliable to reproduce
as running test but still a good point that it may effect users actually
4. validate that your `plugin.nu` file was stripped

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# Solution

In this pr I've refactored the code of handling the `register` command
to minimize code duplications and make sure that overwrite of
`plugin.nu` file is happen only when user calls the command and not on
nu startup

Another option would be to use temp `plugin.nu` when running tests, but
as the issue actually can affect users I've decided to prevent
unnecessary writing at all. Although having isolated `plugin.nu` still
worth of doing

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It changes the behaviour actually as the call `register <plugin>
<signature>` now doesn't updates `plugin.nu` and just reads signatures
to the memory. But as I understand that kind of call with explicit
signature is meant to use only by nushell itself in the `plugin.nu` file
only. I've asked about it in
[discord](https://discordapp.com/channels/601130461678272522/615962413203718156/1140013448915325018)

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Actually, I think the way plugins are stored might be reworked to
prevent or mitigate possible issues further:
- problem with writing to file may still arise if we try to register in
parallel as several instances will write to the same file so the lock
for the file might be required
- using additional parameters to command like `register` to implement
some internal logic could be misleading to the users
- `register` call actually affects global state of nushell that sounds a
little bit inconsistent with immutability and isolation of other parts
of the nu. See issues
[1](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8581),
[2](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/8960)
2023-08-14 08:39:23 -05:00
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nu_plugin_custom_values bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu_plugin_example bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu_plugin_formats bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu_plugin_gstat Replace &Span with Span since Span is Copy (#9770) 2023-07-31 21:47:46 +02:00
nu_plugin_inc bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu_plugin_python remove vectorize_over_list from python plugin (#9905) 2023-08-03 16:46:48 +02:00
nu_plugin_query Replace &Span with Span since Span is Copy (#9770) 2023-07-31 21:47:46 +02:00
nu-cli Fix a crash when moving the cursor after accepting a suggestion from the help menu (#9784) 2023-08-14 05:58:39 -05:00
nu-cmd-base bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-cmd-dataframe Put heavy dataframe dependencies behind feature flag (#9971) 2023-08-09 22:36:09 -07:00
nu-cmd-extra Move format duration/filesize back into core (#9978) 2023-08-11 06:01:47 +12:00
nu-cmd-lang Fix match example whitespace (#9961) 2023-08-09 07:13:02 +02:00
nu-color-config Simplify default style and match Rust code to config (#9900) 2023-08-03 08:06:51 +12:00
nu-command Improve I/O types of into decimal(/float) (#9998) 2023-08-13 20:29:17 +02:00
nu-engine Rename main to script name when running scripts (#9948) 2023-08-12 05:58:49 +12:00
nu-explore nu-table/ Add table.indent configuration (#9983) 2023-08-11 08:37:16 -05:00
nu-glob bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-json bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-parser fix(nu-parser): do not update plugin.nu file on nu startup (#10007) 2023-08-14 08:39:23 -05:00
nu-path bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-plugin bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-pretty-hex bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-protocol test: clear parent envs to prevent leakage to tests (#9976) 2023-08-14 12:49:55 +02:00
nu-std rename from date format to format date (#9902) 2023-08-04 06:06:00 +12:00
nu-system Enable macOS foreground process handling (#9909) 2023-08-04 15:43:35 -05:00
nu-table nu-table/ Add table.indent configuration (#9983) 2023-08-11 08:37:16 -05:00
nu-term-grid bump to dev version 0.83.2 (#9866) 2023-07-30 22:16:57 +02:00
nu-test-support fix(nu-parser): do not update plugin.nu file on nu startup (#10007) 2023-08-14 08:39:23 -05:00
nu-utils nu-table/ Add table.indent configuration (#9983) 2023-08-11 08:37:16 -05:00
README.md Remove old nushell/merge engine-q 2022-02-07 14:54:06 -05:00

Nushell core libraries and plugins

These sub-crates form both the foundation for Nu and a set of plugins which extend Nu with additional functionality.

Foundational libraries are split into two kinds of crates:

  • Core crates - those crates that work together to build the Nushell language engine
  • Support crates - a set of crates that support the engine with additional features like JSON support, ANSI support, and more.

Plugins are likewise also split into two types:

  • Core plugins - plugins that provide part of the default experience of Nu, including access to the system properties, processes, and web-connectivity features.
  • Extra plugins - these plugins run a wide range of different capabilities like working with different file types, charting, viewing binary data, and more.