This Week in Nushell #344

Published Sunday, 2026-03-29, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-03-20 through Thursday, 2026-03-26.

Nushell

• @fdncred:

  • refactored error handling for directory removal in rm command (#17895)
  • fixed datetime parsing by enhancing timezone and offset handling (#17855)

• @rayzeller:

  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in remaining nu-command files (#17888)
  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in nu-protocol and nu-mcp (#17877)
  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in nu-cli and main (#17876)
  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in nu-command filters and strings (#17872)
  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in plugin crates (#17871)
  • replaced Span::unknown() with real spans in which_.rs (#17842)

• @ian-h-chamberlain:

  • customized binary hex styles with color_config (#17887)

• @smartcoder0777:

  • fixed known external name lookup under alias shadowing (#17878)
  • preserved pipeline metadata in first and last for list/range streams (#17875)

• @cptpiepmatz:

  • only updated PR labels on opened or ready PRs (#17874)
  • applied #[doc(no_inline)] to prelude modules (#17873)
  • added From conversions for ErrorSite (#17870)
  • allowed showing error sources for generic errors (#17869)
  • added GenericError::new_internal_with_location (#17868)
  • refactored nu-protocol to replace ShellError::GenericError with ShellError::Generic(GenericError) (#17864)
  • refactored more command integration tests in nu-command/testing (#17858)
  • applied security updates (#17852)

• @Juhan280:

  • updated metadata handling for skip and reject commands (#17867)
  • updated metadata handling for get command (#17866)
  • added take_metadata and with_path_columns to nu-protocol (#17862)
  • updated names in keybindings list (#17859)

• @andrewgazelka:

  • auto-promoted long-running evaluations to background jobs in mcp (#17861)

• @blindFS:

  • fixed string interpolation with unclosed ) in parser (#17851)

• @Bahex:

  • fixed test_record! by specifying $crate::record! (#17848)

• @Moayad717:

  • fixed rm symlink trailing slash (#17847)

• @app/:

  • added cross-shell search terms to 16 commands (bash/CMD/PowerShell) (#17844)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped toml from 1.0.6+spec-1.1.0 to 1.0.7+spec-1.1.0 (#17883)
  • bumped ureq from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 (#17879)

nufmt

• @fdncred:

  • refactored files for maintainability (#125)
  • enhanced formatting and repair capabilities (#124)
  • allowed formatting expressions like ls | where type == dir inside def (#103)
  • added support for attribute expressions and new test cases (#102)
  • fixed issues and added tests (#99)

• @asakura:

  • updated nix build patch for ground_truth.rs (#123)

• @saschabuehrle:

  • preserved exclusive range operator (..<) (#96)

Documentation

• @paglobal:
  • fixed typo in returned value explanation (#2141)

Tree-sitter

• @1gmar:
  • exposed Highlights query at crate level (#247)

reedline

• @eitsupi:
  • preserved prompt position after ExternalBreak (#1042)