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Replace #8824: CONTRIBUTING.md for standard library (#8894)
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Replaces #8824, which was languishing in review limbo and becoming
increasingly difficult to keep current with upstream changes.

In addition to all the edits, this PR includes updated documentation for
running unit tests via `std run-tests`.

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A CONTRIBUTING.md documenting guidelines and getting started info for
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README.md Replace #8824: CONTRIBUTING.md for standard library (#8894) 2023-04-17 19:13:50 +02:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of custom commands which provide interactive utilities and building blocks for users writing casual scripts or complex applications.

To see what's here:

〉use std
〉help commands | select name usage | where name =~ "std "
╭────┬─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
│  0 │ std assert                  │ Universal assert command                                       │
│  1 │ std assert equal            │ Assert $left == $right                                         │
           . . .
│ 11 │ std clip                    │ put the end of a pipe into the system clipboard.               │
│ 12 │ std dirs add                │ Add one or more directories to the list.                       │
           . . .
├────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
╰────┴─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

🧰 Using the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std
 . . .
std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]
. . .
log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

You're invited to contribute to the standard library! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details