This Week in Nushell #356

Published Friday, 2026-06-19, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-06-12 through Thursday, 2026-06-18.

Nushell

• @cptpiepmatz:

  • serialized CellPath via string representation (#18434)

• @Bahex:

  • refactored the parser to consolidate spread operator checking logic (#18422)
  • refactored type checking code (#18393)
  • added non UTF-8 text support for url encode/url decode (#18314)

• @leeewee:

  • fixed str index-of --grapheme-clusters panic on a sub-grapheme needle (#18418)

• @fdncred:

  • allowed ctrl+c to work better on from json (#18414)
  • added new random pass command (#18410)
  • fixed a bug in the end-of-options functionality (#18408)
  • reverted "pin ratatui-widgets to 0.3.0 to prevent need for --locked" (#18397)
  • pinned ratatui-widgets to 0.3.0 to prevent need for --locked (#18395)

• @Alb-O:

  • saved ~100 tokens in evaluate_tool.md instructions (#18413)

• @WindSoilder:

  • fixed flatten not renaming for later parent conflicting columns (#18407)

• @kronberger-droid:

  • added support for reedline menu input/output modes and list description position (#18404)
  • added support for reedline's verb-based edit commands in keybindings (Reedlines #1100) (#18396)

• @Tyarel8:

  • deleted deprecated stdlib copy and paste (#18403)
  • also used experimental_options env variable when loading config (#18392)
  • refactored exit logic (#18389)

• @madjar:

  • used the response body for the error message (#18387)

• @blindFS:

  • fixed leading pipe character in a pipeline (#18386)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped bytesize from 2.3.1 to 2.4.0 (#18421)
  • bumped itertools from 0.14.0 to 0.15.0 (#18420)
  • bumped sysinfo from 0.38.4 to 0.39.3 (#18380)

Documentation

• @casedami:

  • added abbreviations section to reedline (#2182)

• @NotTheDr01ds:

  • TWiN 355 (#2181)

• @ethan-hawksley:

  • fixed a handful of grammar errors and typos (#2180)

Awesome Nu

• @lassoColombo:
  • added nu-http-client-generator and nu-http-client-collection (#166)

reedline

• @blindFS:

  • fixed tmux history dedup (#1105)

• @stormasm:

  • removed old JT links that are no longer live or available (#1104)

• @kronberger-droid:

  • fixed vi mode to complete pending key sequence before custom keybindings (#1103)
  • fixed vi mode to stop dot-repeat recording itself (#1102)

• @philocalyst:

  • added non-blocking completions in reedline (#1093)

• @ymcx:

  • restored "Fix move to line start in multi-line history entries" (#1078)

Nu_Scripts

• @VioletsOleander:
  • fixed support for git add completion for file name that contains whitespace (#1259)