This Week in Nushell 283-284

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+title: This week in Nushell 283 and 284
+author: The Nu Authors
+author_site: https://twitter.com/nu_shell
+author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png
+excerpt: The last week of contributions brings us (yet more) completion improvements, a new `version check` command, the ability to Rickroll directly in Nushell (and far more useful actions) using `start` with application URIs, an easier to remember (renamed) `format number` command, and more.
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+
+# This week in Nushell #283 and #284
+
+Posted Thursday, 2025-01-30.
+
+## Front Matter
+
+With this edition, TWiN transitions to being a regular post on the main Nushell blog and Discord server. We welcome and encourage reposts on your preferred social media sites.
+
+Due to this transition, we're a few days behind. This catch-up edition includes the last 12 days of contributions. The next edition is planned for Saturday, February 8th and should cover the intervening 9 days.
+
+Finally, it seems that issue #280 was inadvertently posted two weeks in a row, and #281 was never posted. Look for it soon in the archives!
+
+## Highlights
+
+Reminder - We're now on a six-week release cycle. The next Nushell release (0.102.0) is scheduled for this coming Tuesday!
+
+The most recent week (give or take) of contributions brings us more completion improvements, a new `version check` command, the ability for `start` to launch application URIs, an easier to remember (renamed) `format number` command, and more.
+
+## Nushell
+
+- **NotTheDr01ds**:
+
+  - [Renamed `std/core` to `std/prelude`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14962)
+  - [Fixed: Directories using a tilde to represent HOME now convert to absolute paths before running externals](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14959)
+  - [Fixed improperly escaped strings in `stor update`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14921)
+  - [Linked to the blog in the welcome banner](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14914)
+  - [Added the correct path from `data-dir`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14894)
+  - [Improved the example for `epoch -> datetime`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14886)
+  - [Used `$nu.data-dir` as the last directory for vendor autoloads on all platforms](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14879)
+  - [Fixed the retrieval of the config directory for user autoloads](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14877)
+
+- **blindFS**:
+
+  - [Fixed `DotNuCompletion` to complete Nu scripts in `const $NU_LIB_DIRS`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14955)
+  - [Added value display on hover for `const` variables and `CellPaths` in LSP](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14940)
+  - [Fixed the span of keyword expressions](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14928)
+  - [Fixed goto/hover on module names in some commands](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14924)
+  - [Refactored the parser to use `var_id` for most constants in `ResolvedImportPattern`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14920)
+  - [Improved completion item documentation in LSP](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14905)
+  - [Added document highlight support in LSP](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14898)
+  - [Fixed renaming of flag variables](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14890)
+  - [Fixed the missing span of the entire block in module files](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14889)
+  - [Fixed missing references in the `use` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14861)
+
+- **dependabot[bot]**:
+
+  - [Bumped `shadow-rs` from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14952)
+  - [Bumped `brotli` from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14949)
+  - [Bumped `similar` from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14888)
+
+- **cptpiepmatz**:
+
+  - [Fixed `cargo doc` warnings](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14948)
+  - [Refactored I/O errors](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14927)
+
+- **Bahex**: [Fixed `help operators` to include `has` and `not-has` operators](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14943)
+
+- **dam4rus**: [Fixed `esc` immediately closing `explore` in expand and try view](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14941)
+
+- **ayax79**: [Upgraded Polars to 0.46](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14933)
+
+- **cosineblast**: [Fixed reject regression](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14931)
+
+- **pyz4**:
+
+  - [Added `polars into-repr` to display dataframes in portable repr format](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14917)
+  - [Generalized `seq date` to allow any duration for the `--increment` argument](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14903)
+
+- **IanManske**:
+
+  - [Removed unused types](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14916)
+  - [Used `ref-cast` crate to remove some `unsafe` code](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14897)
+  - [Improved and fixed filesize formatting/display](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14397)
+
+- **ysthakur**:
+
+  - [Used a single atom for fuzzy matching (fix #14904)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14913)
+  - [Fell back to the file completer in custom/external completers](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14781)
+
+- **zhiburt**: [Fixed #14842](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14885)
+
+- **Tyarel8**:
+
+  - [Made `into glob` a noop when the input is already a glob](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14882)
+  - [Made `into cell-path` a noop when the input is already a cell-path](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14881)
+
+- **fdncred**: [Added a `version check` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14880)
+
+- **132ikl**: [Renamed `fmt` to `format number`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14875)
+
+- **sgvictorino**: [Updated uutils crates to `0.0.29`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14867)
+
+- **tmillr**: [Fixed completion in nested blocks](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14856)
+
+- **anomius**: [Enabled non-HTTP(s) URLs to work with `start`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14370)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- **RolandMarchand**: [Added `$?` equivalent to `$env.LAST_EXIT_CODE`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1757)
+
+- **vyadh**: [Added draft front matter for todo/placeholder pages](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1755)
+
+- **RalfNorthman**: [Fixed shell aliases module name mismatch](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1753)
+
+- **dependabot[bot]**:
+  - [Bumped `undici` from 6.21.0 to 6.21.1](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1752)
+  - [Bumped `vite` from 6.0.3 to 6.0.11](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1751)
+
+## Nu_Scripts
+
+- **dam5h**: [Added git reset completion](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1027)
+
+- **NotTheDr01ds**:
+
+  - [Moved Table/List helper module to new `std-rfc`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1025)
+  - [Fixed an issue with `testing.nu` in 0.101.1](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1023)
+  - [Added a key-value module for `std-rfc`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/965)
+
+- **Bahex**: [Fixed aggregate input-output types to provide more helpful error messages](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1024)
+
+- **AucaCoyan**:
+
+  - [Unsort the completions in `git checkout`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1022)
+  - [Removed `gstat` dependency from `git-aliases`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1020)
+  - [Fixed an additional `+ ` in `git local branches`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1019)
+
+- **xav-ie**: [Fixed newline handling in `from env`](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1021)