From 367f79cb4fc2f281abe608840733f78f664b34a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Davison <dandavison7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:58:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't compute 'did you mean' suggestions unless showing them
 to user (#6540)

---
 crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs         |  2 +-
 crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs b/crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs
index 04dbc3e27c..336828593c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-engine/src/env.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ fn get_converted_value(
             val: block_id,
             span: from_span,
             ..
-        }) = env_conversions.follow_cell_path(path_members, false)
+        }) = env_conversions.follow_cell_path_not_from_user_input(path_members, false)
         {
             let block = engine_state.get_block(block_id);
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs
index c07bf4ca7e..4d9762ba9f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -609,6 +609,23 @@ impl Value {
         self,
         cell_path: &[PathMember],
         insensitive: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        self.follow_cell_path_helper(cell_path, insensitive, true)
+    }
+
+    pub fn follow_cell_path_not_from_user_input(
+        self,
+        cell_path: &[PathMember],
+        insensitive: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        self.follow_cell_path_helper(cell_path, insensitive, false)
+    }
+
+    fn follow_cell_path_helper(
+        self,
+        cell_path: &[PathMember],
+        insensitive: bool,
+        from_user_input: bool,
     ) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
         let mut current = self;
         for member in cell_path {
@@ -673,9 +690,12 @@ impl Value {
                             }
                         }) {
                             current = found.1.clone();
-                        } else if let Some(suggestion) = did_you_mean(&cols, column_name) {
-                            return Err(ShellError::DidYouMean(suggestion, *origin_span));
                         } else {
+                            if from_user_input {
+                                if let Some(suggestion) = did_you_mean(&cols, column_name) {
+                                    return Err(ShellError::DidYouMean(suggestion, *origin_span));
+                                }
+                            }
                             return Err(ShellError::CantFindColumn(*origin_span, span));
                         }
                     }