March TWiNs (#2144)

Author: NotTheDr01ds

blog/2026-03-06-twin0341.md

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+---
+title: 'This week in Nushell #341'
+author: The Nu Authors
+author_site: https://nushell.sh
+author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png
+excerpt: 'PRs and activity for Nushell the week ending Thursday, 2026-03-05'
+---
+
+# This Week in Nushell #341
+
+Published Sunday, 2026-03-29, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-02-27 through Thursday, 2026-03-05.
+
+## Nushell
+
+- @fdncred:
+
+  - [added testbin "bins" to nushell help (#17728)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17728)
+  - [fixed duplicate custom commands from showing up (#17727)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17727)
+  - [fixed the off-by-1 jump scrolling in `explore` when searching (#17718)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17718)
+  - [reverted 17606 to make plugin handling more robust on startup (#17699)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17699)
+  - [removed bad `which` test and created a better one (#17692)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17692)
+  - [fixed one-off up/down arrow wrapping bug (#17691)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17691)
+  - [updated the sqlite history timestamp and duration with nushell values (#17680)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17680)
+  - [pinned trash to 5.2.4 to avoid needing --locked for macOS builds (#17678)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17678)
+  - [fixed pipefail issues with complete and let (#17677)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17677)
+  - [fixed interpolation without closing paren (#17675)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17675)
+  - [expanded custom value handling to more commands (#17668)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17668)
+  - [allowed `clip copy` to copy tables without ansi escapes (#17663)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17663)
+
+- @ayax79:
+
+  - [implemented selector commands for numeric types in Polars (#17723)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17723)
+  - [added `polars selector ends-with` (#17722)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17722)
+
+- @ChrisDenton:
+
+  - [fixed tests ending cwd with a / (#17721)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17721)
+  - [preferred PWD over current_dir if they're the same directory (#17720)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17720)
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+
+  - [bumped kitest & removed `RefUnwindSafe` from experimental option markers (#17716)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17716)
+  - [updated winresource versions (#17702)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17702)
+  - [bumped patch after release (#17682)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17682)
+  - [updated readline version, bumped minor version, fixed some feature conflicts (#17681)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17681)
+  - [moved native `clip` commands behind an experimental option (#17664)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17664)
+
+- @Tyarel8:
+
+  - [added ctrl+p/n for navigation in `input list` (#17707)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17707)
+
+- @Juhan280:
+
+  - [added `metadata_ref` and `metadata_mut` methods to `PipelineData` (#17706)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17706)
+  - [added `str escape-regex` (#17703)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17703)
+
+- @blindFS:
+
+  - [fixed respect for `reorder-cell-paths` option in assignments (#17696)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17696)
+  - [fixed parser handling of record keys parsed as strings (#17684)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17684)
+  - [added type inference for cell paths (#17673)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17673)
+
+- @NotTheDr01ds:
+
+  - [reworked another deprecated `metadata set` example (#17672)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17672)
+  - [updated `metadata-set` example to use `--path-columns` syntax (#17667)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17667)
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+  - [bumped actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 (#17710)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17710)
+
+## nufmt
+
+- @vkopio:
+  [added tests and fixes for some format errors (#88)](https://github.com/nushell/nufmt/pull/88)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+
+  - [bumped immutable from 5.0.2 to 5.1.5 (#2135)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2135)
+
+- @shunichironomura:
+
+  - [fixed typo in `--experimental-options` in NuShell 0.111.0 release blog (#2133)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2133)
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+
+  - [added missing toc jumps (#2132)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2132)
+  - [added release notes for `v0.111.0` (#2130)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2130)
+  - [added components to simplify release changelogs (#2129)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2129)
+
+- @NotTheDr01ds:
+
+  - [caught up with February TWiN (#2128)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2128)
+
+- @LikeLakers2:
+
+  - [flattened JSON files in `/cookbook/http.md` (#2127)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2127)
+
+- @hustcer:
+  - [refreshed command docs for 0.111 (#2126)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2126)
+
+## Awesome Nu
+
+- @punund:
+
+  - [added nu_plugin_ccl and nu_plugin_mime_message (#161)](https://github.com/nushell/awesome-nu/pull/161)
+
+- @freepicheep:
+  - [added nu-salesforce and nu-quickbooks modules (#160)](https://github.com/nushell/awesome-nu/pull/160)
+  - [sorted projects alphabetically (#159)](https://github.com/nushell/awesome-nu/pull/159)
+
+## Tree-sitter
+
+- @blindFS:
+  - [fixed assignment as pipeline element (#244)](https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu/pull/244)
+  - [added finally clause in ctrl_try (#243)](https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu/pull/243)
+
+## reedline
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+  - [prepared release 0.46.0 (#1030)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1030)
+
+## Nu_Scripts
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+
+  - [ensured `make_release/bump_version.nu` updates winresource metadata (#1230)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1230)
+  - [updated release process and notes generation (#1229)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1229)
+  - [fixed some release notes generation issues (#1227)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1227)
+
+- @zifengb:
+
+  - [added Claude Code CLI command completion (#1228)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1228)
+
+- @ysthakur:
+  - [updated make_release instructions and corrected commands (#1203)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1203)
+  - [added blank lines around headings in generated release notes (#1201)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1201)

blog/2026-03-13-twin0342.md

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+---
+title: 'This week in Nushell #342'
+author: The Nu Authors
+author_site: https://nushell.sh
+author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png
+excerpt: 'PRs and activity for Nushell the week ending Thursday, 2026-03-12'
+---
+
+# This Week in Nushell #342
+
+Published Sunday, 2026-03-29, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-03-06 through Thursday, 2026-03-12.
+
+## Nushell
+
+- @Juhan280:
+
+  - [updated reedline to commit 5c2f105 (#17785)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17785)
+  - [refactored the display logic for `ReedlineEvent` and `EditCommand` to nushell (#17749)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17749)
+  - [added ToStart/ToEnd reedline events (#17747)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17747)
+
+- @Bahex:
+
+  - [made `Span`'s `Debug` impl succinct (#17782)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17782)
+
+- @fdncred:
+
+  - [added support for parsing `hh:mm:ss` formatted strings in `into duration` (#17781)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17781)
+  - [updated dependencies and improved compatibility (#17779)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17779)
+  - [added 'document' flag to parse HTML as a full document in `query_web` (#17759)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17759)
+  - [fixed select pushdown column aliasing (#17737)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17737)
+  - [updated Rust version to 1.92.0 and fixed clippy warnings in configuration (#17734)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17734)
+
+- @pickx:
+
+  - [fixed format strings with tokens after ending quote (#17777)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17777)
+
+- @weirdan:
+
+  - [preserved metadata in `reject` (#17775)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17775)
+  - [added `char` completions (#17762)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17762)
+  - [added `ansi` completions (#17761)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17761)
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+
+  - [refactored most nested command integration tests in `nu-command` (#17767)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17767)
+  - [merged `To/FromYaml` and `To/FromYml` into one struct (#17766)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17766)
+  - [bumped some packages to handle security issues (#17765)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17765)
+  - [added `TestResult::expect_value_eq` and improved `test()` errors (#17750)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17750)
+  - [used `std::panic::Location` instead of custom `Location` type (#17748)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17748)
+  - [updated more tests and used `assert_contains()` (#17745)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17745)
+  - [bumped aws related crates (#17742)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17742)
+  - [moved some tests around and applied more `nu_test_support::test` (#17740)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17740)
+
+- @WindSoilder:
+
+  - [fixed pipefail behavior with `try`, `catch`, and `finally` (#17764)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17764)
+
+- @0xRozier:
+
+  - [allowed passing null to optional positional params in builtin commands (#17753)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17753)
+
+- @preiter93:
+
+  - [bumped edtui to 0.11.2 and removed workarounds in nu-explore (#17752)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17752)
+
+- @Jaredw2289-svg:
+
+  - [improved alias expression error message with user-friendly descriptions (#17751)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17751)
+
+- @Bortlesboat:
+
+  - [fixed confusing type mismatch error in bytes collect (#17746)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17746)
+
+- @coravacav:
+
+  - [fixed input listen timeout calculation (#17744)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17744)
+
+- @blindFS:
+
+  - [moved reserved variable name checking near `is_variable` and `add_variable` (#17741)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17741)
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+  - [bumped calamine from 0.33.0 to 0.34.0 (#17772)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17772)
+  - [bumped quickcheck_macros from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 (#17771)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17771)
+
+## nufmt
+
+- @fdncred:
+  - [fixed completion signature formatting (#89)](https://github.com/nushell/nufmt/pull/89)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- @LikeLakers2:
+  - [added ESC-to-clear keybind to "Coming from CMD" and "Coming from PowerShell" pages (#2136)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2136)
+
+## reedline
+
+- @eitsupi:
+
+  - [added external break signal for `read_line` interruption and marked `Signal` as `non_exhaustive` (#1035)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1035)
+
+- @Juhan280:
+
+  - [added EnumDiscriminants to ReedlineEvent and EditCommand (#1034)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1034)
+  - [moved jump-to-buffer start/end bindings to common navigation (#1032)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1032)
+  - [added `EditCommand::MoveLineUp` and `EditCommand::MoveLineDown` (#1031)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1031)
+  - [fixed cursor position for `EditCommand::ReplaceChar` (#1027)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1027)
+  - [fixed undo requiring two presses after copy (#956)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/956)
+
+- @schlich:
+  - [added minimal scaffolding for feature-gated Helix Mode implementation (#1033)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1033)
+
+## Nu_Scripts
+
+- @zifengb:
+
+  - [enhanced Claude Code CLI with detailed command descriptions and new functionalities (#1235)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1235)
+
+- @jasha-hrp:
+
+  - [updated nushell paths to reflect recent breaking changes (#1234)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1234)
+
+- @deltoss:
+
+  - [marked gist parameter as optional for `gh gist edit` command (#1233)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1233)
+
+- @0x4D5352:
+  - [added Nushell Agent Skill (#1231)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1231)
+
+## showcase
+
+- @ian-h-chamberlain:
+  - [added nushell-sliced.svg and nushell-sliced-black.svg (#13)](https://github.com/nushell/showcase/pull/13)

blog/2026-03-20-twin0343.md

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+---
+title: 'This week in Nushell #343'
+author: The Nu Authors
+author_site: https://nushell.sh
+author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png
+excerpt: 'PRs and activity for Nushell the week ending Thursday, 2026-03-19'
+---
+
+# This Week in Nushell #343
+
+Published Sunday, 2026-03-29, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-03-13 through Thursday, 2026-03-19.
+
+## Nushell
+
+- @smartcoder0777:
+
+  - [fixed `group-by` behavior for lists/records (#17837)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17837)
+  - [added --base support to `url parse` (#17833)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17833)
+
+- @fdncred:
+
+  - [upgraded rmcp to version 1.2.0 (#17836)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17836)
+  - [upgraded `glob` to use wax crate v0.7.0 (#17835)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17835)
+  - [swapped order of user and default library directories, const $NU_LIB_DIRS (#17819)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17819)
+  - [updated command docs to include command types (#17800)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17800)
+
+- @ysthakur:
+
+  - [bumped reedline to latest main (#17834)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17834)
+
+- @musicinmybrain:
+
+  - [updated lscolors from 0.20 to 0.21 (#17832)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17832)
+
+- @cptpiepmatz:
+
+  - [fixed clippy issues (#17825)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17825)
+  - [warned on `clippy::needless_raw_strings` (#17822)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17822)
+  - [refactored more command integration tests (#17820)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17820)
+  - [bumped `toml` crate to 1.0 (#17813)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17813)
+  - [warned on `clippy::push_format_string` (#17805)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17805)
+  - [gave `http get` tests with socks proxy more execution time (#17804)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17804)
+  - [enabled `env_shlvl_in_repl` and `env_shlvl_in_exec_repl` tests (#17803)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17803)
+  - [refactored `test_examples` usage with centralized testing (#17801)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17801)
+  - [fixed `http` not respecting proxy vars like `ALL_PROXY` (#17794)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17794)
+
+- @hustcer:
+
+  - [excluded nu-test-support for loongarch64 to fix release script (#17821)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17821)
+
+- @Rohan5commit:
+
+  - [fixed devdocs wording (#17818)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17818)
+
+- @zhiburt:
+
+  - [adjusted width estimation for header_on_border in nu-table (#17812)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17812)
+
+- @tauanbinato:
+
+  - [fixed output type signatures for `hash md5` and `hash sha256` (#17811)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17811)
+
+- @Bahex:
+
+  - [added `test_record!` convenience macro (#17797)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17797)
+
+- @ymcx:
+
+  - [dropped mode preservation to fix copying read-only dirs (#17791)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17791)
+
+- @weirdan:
+
+  - [added completions for `into binary --endian` (#17788)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17788)
+
+- @pickx:
+
+  - [added `group-by` flag to delete column after grouping (#17787)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17787)
+
+- @blackhat-hemsworth:
+
+  - [added duplicate histogram output column check (#17783)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17783)
+
+- @stuartcarnie:
+
+  - [added configurable external hinter closure to repl (#17566)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17566)
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+  - [bumped winreg from 0.55.0 to 0.56.0 (#17831)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17831)
+  - [bumped scraper from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 (#17830)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17830)
+  - [bumped sqlparser from 0.60.0 to 0.61.0 (#17774)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/17774)
+
+## nufmt
+
+- @fvsch:
+  - [removed `cargo install nufmt` from README (#91)](https://github.com/nushell/nufmt/pull/91)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+
+  - [bumped undici from 7.16.0 to 7.24.1 (#2137)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2137)
+
+- @c-git:
+  - [fixed minor typos (#2131)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2131)
+
+## Awesome Nu
+
+- @SuaveIV:
+  - [added nu_plugin_audio, nu_script_time_sync, nu_script_world_time; alphabetized entries (#163)](https://github.com/nushell/awesome-nu/pull/163)
+
+## Tree-sitter
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+  - [bumped minimatch from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5 (#246)](https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu/pull/246)
+
+## reedline
+
+- @ysthakur:
+  - [fixed ANSI stripping for suggestion width in completion menus (#1040)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/1040)