This Week in Nushell #308

Published Monday, 2025-08-18, including PRs merged Friday, 2025-07-11 through Thursday, 2025-07-17.

Nushell

• @xentec:

  • bumped sysinfo to v0.36 to improve sys temp command (#16195)

• @marienz:

  • type-checked optional arguments (#16194)

• @jasha-hrp:

  • fixed column name in history import -h example (#16190)

• @Bahex:

  • fixed overlay use error reporting in export-env (#16184)
  • reverted "Add extern for nu command" (#16180)
  • fixed consistency with regular cell-path access on null values (#16155)
  • fixed overlay use/hide config state updates (#16154)
  • deprecated --ignore-errors in favor of --optional for get/select/reject (#16007)

• @sgvictorino:

  • fixed rest parameter spans (#16176)

• @ayax79:

  • performed housekeeping on Polars limit (#16173)

• @WindSoilder:

  • made print to a value use SIGPIPE (#16171)

• @132ikl:

  • added default error codes (#16166)
  • updated default config scaffold blurb (#16165)
  • added warning for history isolation with non-SQLite format (#16151)
  • added ShellWarning (#16147)
  • added interrupt check before each IR instruction (#16134)
  • printed errors during stdlib testing (#16128)
  • added extern for nu command (#16119)

• @cptpiepmatz:

  • fixed unwrapping ShellErrorBridge in ByteStream::into_bytes (#16161)
  • made panic when converting other I/O errors to Nushell I/O errors (#16160)

• @mgrachev:

  • bumped update-informer to v1.3.0 (#16157)

• @fdncred:

  • updated reedline to latest (#16156)

• @blindFS:

  • fixed argument completion ordering (#16112)

• @klapptnot:

  • fixed quotation rules (#16089)

Nu_Scripts

• @sandyandi:
  • enhanced gwta (#1143)

Documentation

• @Kissaki:

  • added missing example output (#1984)
  • used preferred commented output format (#1983)
  • reduced and focused closure command examples (#1982)
  • extended Closure reference with examples (#1981)
  • ordered $env variables in Special Variables (#1977)
  • added $env.NU_LOG_LEVEL to Special Variables (#1976)
  • fixed swapped closure parameters (#1974)
  • linked commands in lang-guide closure list (#1973)
  • improved cookbook env setup (#1972)
  • added doc section and links to home page (#1971)

• @hustcer:

  • updated vuepress and plugins (#1980)

• @hongquan:

  • fixed completions folder path (#1979)

• @NotTheDr01ds:

  • updated TWiN 304 (#1978)

• @eevleevs:

  • corrected theming instructions (#1969)

reedline

• @blindFS:
  • fixed prompt glitch during resize with multiline command (#898)

Awesome Nu

• @ryanxcharles:

  • added termplot with fixed config.yaml (#129)
  • added termplot (nu_plugin_termplot) to plugins (#127)

• @fdncred:

  • reverted "add termplot (nu_plugin_termplot) to plugins" (#128)

Tree-sitter

• @blindFS:

  • fixed env_var with interpolated string values (#218)

• @Bahex:

  • highlighted operators in where predicates (#216)