`nupm`'s package metadata reference

Required attributes

name: Package name
nu-version: Supported Nushell version. Just like dependencies might be either exact version or some matcher like "greater than 1.70"
version: Version of the package. Semantic versioning is advised to enable users to have more generic requirements
type: Tells nupm how to install the package

Required attributes for publishing

author: Name of the developer/organization/etc.
short-description: Short info about the package, displayed by default
supported-os: Operating systems supported by the package, the most broad possibility: {"arch": ["*"], "family": ["*"], "name": ["*"]}. Matched by $nu.os-info
url: Package website/GitHub repository. Basically a place where one can find some additional info about the package

Optional attribtues

dependencies: Packages needed by the package — versions have to be specified. e.g. [nupm/0.7.0]. Semantic versioning is also supported: [nupm/~0.7]
installer: Name of a script (relative to the package scope) that will install the package instead (or in addition to) of default nupm logic
keywords: List of keywords used by nupm search in addition to name

Automatically generated, outside of the user-created metadata file

files: List of records of files being part of the package. Records reference:
- checksum: SHA256 sum of the file
- name: File path (relative to the package scope)
- raw-url: GETtable link to the file
- supported-os: Exactly like in the top-level metadata