nushell/crates/nu-std/std/mod.nu
Tim Martin 153b45bc63
Surprising symlink resolution for std path add (#13258)
# Description
The standard library's `path add` function has some surprising side
effects that I attempt to address in this PR:

1. Paths added, if they are symbolic links, should not be resolved to
their targets. Currently, resolution happens.

   Imagine the following:

   ```nu
# Some time earlier, perhaps even not by the user, a symlink is created
   mkdir real-dir
   ln -s real-dir link-dir

   # Then, step to now, with link-dir that we want in our PATHS variable
   use std
   path add link-dir
   ```

In the current implementation of `path add`, it is _not_ `link-dir` that
will be added, as has been stated in the command. It is instead
`real-dir`. This is surprising. Users have the agency to do this
resolution if they wish with `path expand` (sans a `--no-symlink` flag):
for example, `path add (link-dir | path expand)`

In particular, when I was trying to set up
[fnm](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm), a Node.js version manager, I was
bitten by this fact when `fnm` told me that an expected path had not
been added to the PATHS variable. It was looking for the non-resolved
link. The user in [this
comment](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm/issues/463#issuecomment-1710050737)
was likely affected by this too.

Shells, such as nushell, can handle path symlinks just fine. Binary
lookup is unaffected. Let resolution be opt-in.

Lastly, there is some convention already in place for **not** resolving
path symlinks in the [default $env.ENV_CONVERSIONS
table](57452337ff/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_env.nu (L65)).
   
2. All existing paths in the path variable should be left untouched.
Currently, they are `path expand`-ed (including symbolic link
resolution).

   Path add should mean just that: prepend/append this path.

Instead, it currently means that, _plus mutate all other paths in the
variable_.

Again, users have the agency to do this with something like `$env.PATH =
$env.PATH | split row (char esep) | path expand`.

3. Minorly, I update documentation on running tests in
`crates/nu-std/CONTRIBUTING.md`. The offered command to run the standard
library test suite was no longer functional. Thanks to @weirdan in [this
Discord
conversation](https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/614593951969574961/1256029201119576147)
for the context.

# User-Facing Changes

(Written from the perspective of release notes)

- The standard library's `path add` function no longer resolves symlinks
in either the newly added paths, nor the other paths already in the
variable.

# Tests + Formatting

A test for the changes working correctly has been added to
`crates/nu-std/tests/test_std.nu` under the test named
`path_add_expand`.

You can quickly verify this new test and the existing `path add` test
with the following command:

```nu
cargo run -- -c 'use crates/nu-std/testing.nu; NU_LOG_LEVEL=INFO testing run-tests --path crates/nu-std --test path_add'
```

All commands suggested in the issue template have been run and complete
without error.

# After Submitting
I'll add a release note to [the
documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io) after the
PR is merged.
2024-06-28 18:11:48 -05:00

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# std.nu, `used` to load all standard library components
export module assert.nu
export module dirs.nu
export module dt.nu
export module formats.nu
export module help.nu
export module input.nu
export module iter.nu
export module log.nu
export module math.nu
export module xml.nu
export-env {
use dirs.nu []
use log.nu []
}
use dt.nu [datetime-diff, pretty-print-duration]
# Add the given paths to the PATH.
#
# # Example
# - adding some dummy paths to an empty PATH
# ```nushell
# >_ with-env { PATH: [] } {
# std path add "foo"
# std path add "bar" "baz"
# std path add "fooo" --append
#
# assert equal $env.PATH ["bar" "baz" "foo" "fooo"]
#
# print (std path add "returned" --ret)
# }
# ╭───┬──────────╮
# │ 0 │ returned │
# │ 1 │ bar │
# │ 2 │ baz │
# │ 3 │ foo │
# │ 4 │ fooo │
# ╰───┴──────────╯
# ```
# - adding paths based on the operating system
# ```nushell
# >_ std path add {linux: "foo", windows: "bar", darwin: "baz"}
# ```
export def --env "path add" [
--ret (-r) # return $env.PATH, useful in pipelines to avoid scoping.
--append (-a) # append to $env.PATH instead of prepending to.
...paths # the paths to add to $env.PATH.
] {
let span = (metadata $paths).span
let paths = $paths | flatten
if ($paths | is-empty) or ($paths | length) == 0 {
error make {msg: "Empty input", label: {
text: "Provide at least one string or a record",
span: $span
}}
}
let path_name = if "PATH" in $env { "PATH" } else { "Path" }
let paths = $paths | each {|p|
let p = match ($p | describe | str replace --regex '<.*' '') {
"string" => $p,
"record" => { $p | get --ignore-errors $nu.os-info.name },
}
$p | path expand --no-symlink
}
if null in $paths or ($paths | is-empty) {
error make {msg: "Empty input", label: {
text: $"Received a record, that does not contain a ($nu.os-info.name) key",
span: $span
}}
}
load-env {$path_name: (
$env
| get $path_name
| split row (char esep)
| if $append { append $paths } else { prepend $paths }
)}
if $ret {
$env | get $path_name
}
}
# convert an integer amount of nanoseconds to a real duration
def "from ns" [] {
[$in "ns"] | str join | into duration
}
# run a piece of `nushell` code multiple times and measure the time of execution.
#
# this command returns a benchmark report of the following form:
# ```
# record<
# mean: duration
# std: duration
# times: list<duration>
# >
# ```
#
# > **Note**
# > `std bench --pretty` will return a `string`.
#
# # Examples
# measure the performance of simple addition
# > std bench { 1 + 2 } -n 10 | table -e
# ╭───────┬────────────────────╮
# │ mean │ 4µs 956ns │
# │ std │ 4µs 831ns │
# │ │ ╭───┬────────────╮ │
# │ times │ │ 0 │ 19µs 402ns │ │
# │ │ │ 1 │ 4µs 322ns │ │
# │ │ │ 2 │ 3µs 352ns │ │
# │ │ │ 3 │ 2µs 966ns │ │
# │ │ │ 4 │ 3µs │ │
# │ │ │ 5 │ 3µs 86ns │ │
# │ │ │ 6 │ 3µs 84ns │ │
# │ │ │ 7 │ 3µs 604ns │ │
# │ │ │ 8 │ 3µs 98ns │ │
# │ │ │ 9 │ 3µs 653ns │ │
# │ │ ╰───┴────────────╯ │
# ╰───────┴────────────────────╯
#
# get a pretty benchmark report
# > std bench { 1 + 2 } --pretty
# 3µs 125ns +/- 2µs 408ns
export def bench [
code: closure # the piece of `nushell` code to measure the performance of
--rounds (-n): int = 50 # the number of benchmark rounds (hopefully the more rounds the less variance)
--verbose (-v) # be more verbose (namely prints the progress)
--pretty # shows the results in human-readable format: "<mean> +/- <stddev>"
] {
let times = (
seq 1 $rounds | each {|i|
if $verbose { print -n $"($i) / ($rounds)\r" }
timeit { do $code } | into int | into float
}
)
if $verbose { print $"($rounds) / ($rounds)" }
let report = {
mean: ($times | math avg | from ns)
min: ($times | math min | from ns)
max: ($times | math max | from ns)
std: ($times | math stddev | from ns)
times: ($times | each { from ns })
}
if $pretty {
$"($report.mean) +/- ($report.std)"
} else {
$report
}
}
# Print a banner for nushell with information about the project
export def banner [] {
let dt = (datetime-diff (date now) 2019-05-10T09:59:12-07:00)
$"(ansi green) __ ,(ansi reset)
(ansi green) .--\(\)°'.' (ansi reset)Welcome to (ansi green)Nushell(ansi reset),
(ansi green)'|, . ,' (ansi reset)based on the (ansi green)nu(ansi reset) language,
(ansi green) !_-\(_\\ (ansi reset)where all data is structured!
Please join our (ansi purple)Discord(ansi reset) community at (ansi purple)https://discord.gg/NtAbbGn(ansi reset)
Our (ansi green_bold)GitHub(ansi reset) repository is at (ansi green_bold)https://github.com/nushell/nushell(ansi reset)
Our (ansi green)Documentation(ansi reset) is located at (ansi green)https://nushell.sh(ansi reset)
(ansi cyan)Tweet(ansi reset) us at (ansi cyan_bold)@nu_shell(ansi reset)
Learn how to remove this at: (ansi green)https://nushell.sh/book/configuration.html#remove-welcome-message(ansi reset)
It's been this long since (ansi green)Nushell(ansi reset)'s first commit:
(pretty-print-duration $dt)
Startup Time: ($nu.startup-time)
"
}
# the cute and friendly mascot of Nushell :)
export def ellie [] {
let ellie = [
" __ ,",
" .--()°'.'",
"'|, . ,'",
" !_-(_\\",
]
$ellie | str join "\n" | $"(ansi green)($in)(ansi reset)"
}
# Return the current working directory
export def pwd [
--physical (-P) # resolve symbolic links
] {
if $physical {
$env.PWD | path expand
} else {
$env.PWD
}
}
# repeat anything a bunch of times, yielding a list of *n* times the input
#
# # Examples
# repeat a string
# > "foo" | std repeat 3 | str join
# "foofoofoo"
export def repeat [
n: int # the number of repetitions, must be positive
]: any -> list<any> {
let item = $in
if $n < 0 {
let span = metadata $n | get span
error make {
msg: $"(ansi red_bold)invalid_argument(ansi reset)"
label: {
text: $"n should be a positive integer, found ($n)"
span: $span
}
}
}
if $n == 0 {
return []
}
1..$n | each { $item }
}
# return a null device file.
#
# # Examples
# run a command and ignore it's stderr output
# > cat xxx.txt e> (null-device)
export def null-device []: nothing -> path {
if ($nu.os-info.name | str downcase) == "windows" {
'\\.\NUL'
} else {
"/dev/null"
}
}