This Week in Nushell #338

Published Friday, 2026-02-27, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-02-06 through Thursday, 2026-02-12.

Nushell

• @fdncred:

  • cleaned up ansi command pr.md (#17555)
  • added nu to the ignore_list for :try in explore (#17533)
  • disabled auto tail and tracked previous row count in push_layer in explore (#17532)
  • updated to latest reedline commit bdcc842 (#17516)
  • updated structured ansi to support attr names and codes (#17514)
  • updated nushell to reedline to 4c16687 (#17511)
  • made let pass-thru in mid pipeline, output no values when assigned at beginning of the pipeline, output values at the end of the pipeline (#17446)

• @blindFS:

  • fixed block duplication for aliased ones only in replace_in_variable (#17553)

• @WindSoilder:

  • updated uu libs to 0.6.0 (#17551)

• @jlcrochet:

  • removed $env.config.input_list from input list (#17550)

• @Juhan280:

  • aligned --tmpdir behavior in mktemp with coreutils/uutils (#17549)
  • added path_columns to PipelineMetadata for flexible path rendering (#17540)
  • added linewise and non-blank start edit commands (#17508)

• @evolvomind:

  • fixed variable expansion inconsistency in path arguments for commands using GlobPattern (#17547)

• @monigarr:

  • improved strings command help text (PR 9 of 10) (#17545)
  • improved math random help text (PR 8 of 10) (#17544)
  • improved help text for filesystem, path, and platform commands (PR 7 of 10) (#17528)
  • improved help text for bytes, conversions, database, and date commands (#17523)
  • improved help text for format commands (PR 4 of 10) (#17522)

• @maxim-uvarov:

  • avoided panic in replace_in_variable for permanent blocks (#17539)

• @cablehead:

  • deprecated metadata set --merge in favor of closure form (#17537)

• @InnocentZero:

  • added skip columns functionality (#17526)

• @cuiweixie:

  • fixed median calculation to use sorted len (#17521)

• @weirdan:

  • fixed poll/pool typo for http pool (#17519)

• @hustcer:

  • upgraded interprocess to 2.3.1 (#17517)
  • pinned libc and interprocess to fix cross-platform build failures (#17506)

• @BluewyDiamond:

  • made rm behavior consistent with mv, du, and cp (#17509)

• @stuartcarnie:

  • enabled OSC133 click events via reedline (#17491)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped crate-ci/typos from 1.43.1 to 1.43.4 (#17541)
  • bumped git2 from 0.20.0 to 0.20.4 (#17495)

Nu_Scripts

• @Zaubentrucker:

  • fixed conda activate for conda>=25.11 (#1222)

• @kevmoo:

  • added alias completion to git-completion (#1221)
  • added correct completion for git checkout -b and git switch -c (#1219)
  • updated dart-completion to support completing scripts with dart command (#1218)

• @fredrik-stock:

  • improved fnm module with better error handling, user configuration, and missing version workflow (#1220)

• @Juhan280:

  • allowed globs in bat-completions (#1217)

Documentation

• @weirdan:
  • fixed buffer_editor example for code (#2120)

reedline

• @fdncred:

  • reverted osc133;P to osc133;A (#1024)

• @Juhan280:

  • added keybindings for moving to start and end of buffer (#1022)
  • added gg/G motions and fixed ^ motion behavior in vi-mode (#953)

• @eitsupi:

  • added idle_callback feature to set callback while waiting for input (#1015)
  • exported HistoryItemExtraInfo etc. (#1011)

• @NiltonVolpato:

  • added libc feature to enable crossterm's libc backend (#1014)

• @schlich:

  • improved CONTRIBUTING.md to more closely match CI execution (#963)

New nu-parser

• @InnocentZero:

  • added benchmark tests (#66)

• @WindSoilder:

  • added support for try expression and extern statements (#65)