This week in Nushell #220

Nushell

• CAD97 limited run-external --redirect-combine sh test to not(Windows), and improved case insensitivity consistency
• IanManske refactored the flatten command, added an exec command for Windows, refactored Closure captures to use Vec, refactored env conversion to eliminate Value::follow_cell_path_not_from_user_input, refactored to use Record::get instead of Value functions, and refactored drop columns to fix issues
• sholderbach refactored transpose and improve perf, added Record::truncate for trimming based on len, added Record::drain to take out elements by range, refactored table cmd and nu-table with Record API, refactored find in terms of clean Record API, used record API in more parts of nu-protocol, used Record's public API in a bunch of places, and refactored+fixed Config<->Value mechanism
• hustcer fixed the Alpine docker file
• drbrain converted ShellError::DatetimeParseError to named fields, matched toolkit clippy settings to CI clippy settings, converted ShellError::UnsupportedInput to named fields, restored test_config tests, showed plugin extra usage and search terms, and updated description and error types for split-by
• fdncred allowed vscode-specific ansi escape sequence to set path, allowed items to properly evaluate block settings, updated an items example to send data through the pipeline, removed unnecessary files, updated trash dependency to 3.1.2, and added the color-backtrace crate for more intuitive backtraces
• KAAtheWiseGit added a special error case for alias, fixed issues with error make refactor
• dzorya created a better help message for MissingPositional error
• ayax79 added support for Polars structs

Documentation

• wanesty created Cookbook ssh agent - alternatives fixing zombie agents
• cosineblast created Add Pipelines section about stdout output
• noverby created Add Argument Type Interpretation to Scripts
• stfacc created Add instructions to change default shell for GNOME Console
• amtoine created update the Direnv section in the cookbook

Nu_Scripts

• fnuttens created Add git aliases, and Add git push origin --delete aliases
• fj0r created shift_alt_e to switch cwdhist history mode, and change cwdhist_menu layout to list, and cwdhist: alternative to zoxide

reedline

• fdncred created don't allow certain examples to compile without their features
• LevitatingBusinessMan created re-enable bracketed paste on not(windows) (fixes #9944) (fixes #648)