This Week in Nushell #235

Nushell

• fdncred removed unused dependencies, fixed the debug info command to populate process information accurately, enabled last to work with ranges, and updated to the latest versions of reedline and rusqlite.
• devyn replaced debug_assert! with assert! in signature checks and added support for closures as arguments to the zip command.
• ayax79 improved stability with contributions to handle configuration panics and wrap the REPL in a catch_unwind to restart it upon a panic.
• WindSoilder made stderr output improvements for failed external commands and ensured certain commands like open, rm, and cp don't perform globbing when inputs are variables or string interpolations.
• dmatos2012 focused on user experience with a fix for date formatting according to the user's locale.
• dannou812 added new tests and fixes for the move command, making it more robust.
• sholderbach embarked on a cleanup mission with removal of unused implementations and error variants, and updating the roxmltree dependency.
• lpnh corrected keybinding names and improved formatting in the default Nushell configuration.
• IanManske made internal improvements to how Value and Record are converted.
• kit494way improved some user commands by splitting commandline into subcommands and fixing a panic in seq date.
• kubouch optimized the Nushell engine by removing an unnecessary state clone.
• yurivict implemented FreeBSD compatibility enhancements.
• ysthakur refined error messaging by specifying which files were not found in ShellError::FileNotFound.

Extension Improvements

• texastoland added syntax highlighting support for the spread syntax.

Documentation Updates

• PolvosMagicos provided instructions for setting Nushell as the default shell in Kitty Terminal.
• WindSoilder corrected documentation to accurately reflect STDOUT and STDERR in the results table.

Nu_Scripts Developments

• AucaCoyan fixed issues with optional argument handling in GitHub scripts.
• fj0r introduced new commands and enhancements to Kubernetes-related scripts.
• amtoine worked on renaming package files and splitting packages into nu-themes and nu-hooks for better organization.

reedline

• icp1994 updated rusqlite to ensure stability and kept the SQL engine up-to-date.