This week in Nushell #208

Nushell

• fdncred allowed ints as a cellpath for select, and allowed select to take a $variable with a list of columns
• kubouch removed dead code from tests, and sorted entries in scope commands; Fix usage of externs, and changed str replace to match substring by default, and refactored scope commands, and fixed example for extern-wrapped
• sitiom changed the winget releaser job to ubuntu-latest
• ineu made http -f display the request headers
• amtoine created deprecate --format and --list in into datetime
• ayax79 exposed polars avro support, and Nushell table list columns -> dataframe list columns. Explode / Flatten dataframe support.
• 3lvir4 removed a potential panic from path join
• zhiburt fixed padding 0 width issues in nu-table
• meskill fixed nu-parser to not update plugin.nu file on nu startup, and test: clear parent envs to prevent leakage to tests
• sholderbach renamed misused "deprecation" to removal, and improved I/O types of into decimal(/float), and Add search terms to reject
• rgwood fixed watch not handling all file changes
• nibon7 fixed a crash when moving the cursor after accepting a suggestion from the help menu

Extension

• balupton created readmde: close #148 - link extension page

Documentation

• conqp created Update command to list aliases
• hustcer created Finish let-env removal in Chinese translation
• sholderbach created Finish let-env removal in German translation
• BrewingWeasel created Remove unused empty column
• amtoine created remove last mentions to let-env

Nu_Scripts

• fdncred created update prompts scripts with new str replace syntax
• EmilySeville7cfg created Simple json schema generator
• Neur1n created minor changes to nu_conda.nu and nu_msvs.nu
• WindSoilder created Update python-venv.nu so we can enter subdirectory without an error