This Week in Nushell #313

Published Sunday, 2025-08-24, including PRs merged Friday, 2025-08-15 through Thursday, 2025-08-21.

Nushell

• @fdncred updated reedline dep to latest commit (#16487)

• @sholderbach:

  • updated benchmarking README (#16486)
  • added a benchmark useing the whole std (#16485)
  • updated PLATFORM_SUPPORT to mention loongarch limitations (#16470)
  • performed clippy and dead code elimination pass (#16469)
  • used direct Value.as_str() in string commands (#16468)

• @Bahex:

  • moved SplitRead and MultiLife into nu-utils (#16482)
  • made watch return a stream of events as a table when called without a closure (#16428)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped tempfile from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0 (#16480)
  • bumped crate-ci/typos from 1.35.4 to 1.35.5 (#16478)
  • bumped actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#16426)

• @uraneko sorted help message flags by required field (#16476)

• @132ikl:

  • added assertion that DeprecationEntry flag do not have dashes (#16475)
  • mitigated watch -d breaking change (#16473)
  • made Span mandatory for some fields in ShellError (#16471)
  • tweaked PR template (#16460)
  • added "Motivation and technical details" (#16458)
  • redirected "Questions" issue option to Discussions (#16443)

• @weirdan:

  • made xml: prefix always available in query xml (#16472)
  • extended nodeset output formats for query xml (#16465)
  • used fixed column name for query xml output (#16461)
  • added multiple output types for query xml (#16459)
  • quoted strings containing = (#16440)

• @andoalon:

  • added --endian flag to into binary (#16466)
  • changed the output of format bits to big endian instead of native endian (#16435)

• @hustcer fixed loongarch64 builds for rust 1.87.0 (#16455)

• @WindSoilder fixed uninlined_format_args clippy warnings (#16452)

• @NotTheDr01ds added ability to specify a table name for kv commands (#16450)

• @cptpiepmatz added well-optimized string types (#16446)

• @ItsHarper fixed error message: custom commands cannot be const (#16393)

Documentation

• @rktjmp added a hint for generating \0 character to strings guide (#2014)

• @NotTheDr01ds added missing back issues of TWiN (#2013)

• @Kissaki updated the home feature title to be more concise (#1970)

• @levitte fixed color theme examples (#1925)

reedline

• @sholderbach fixed mismatched_lifetime_syntaxes (#947)

• @CastilloDel fixed missing use in README.md (#942)

• @blindFS fixed cursor dislocation after previous_history navigation to a multiline entry (#899)

Nu_Scripts

• @fnuttens marked scoop cache rm apps parameter as optional in scoop-completion (#1163)

• @NotTheDr01ds updated TWiN generation scripts (#1162)

• @krovuxdev:

  • added new cargo aliases (#1161)
  • fixed autocompletion (#1161)

• @Bahex refactored nu-hooks/startup-times for better performance and UX (#1136)

NUPM

• @kubouch:

  • fixed deprecated get -i flag (#125)
  • fixed unreliable test (#125)

• @mkatychev added nupm registry subcommand (#122)