aliases should be listed in help alias or $nu.scope.aliases and externals in help externals #8301
Description
EDIT / TL;DR: we've identified two points here
-
help aliasshould list aliases as before -
help externalsshould list externals
Describe the bug
i have a bunch of aliases in my nushell config, but none of them appear in help aliases
Note
in all that follows,help aliasescan be replaced by$nu.scope.aliasesand the same behaviour occurs
to be more precise, only the ones defined with old-alias appear
>_ help aliases
╭───┬──────┬──────────────┬─────────────────╮
│ # │ name │ expansion │ usage │
├───┼──────┼──────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ 0 │ cp │ cp --verbose │ be more verbose │
│ 1 │ mv │ mv --verbose │ │
│ 2 │ rm │ rm --verbose │ │
│ 3 │ sl │ sl -aw -20 │ │
╰───┴──────┴──────────────┴─────────────────╯Note
the aliases: https://github.com/amtoine/goatfiles-dotfiles/blob/bleeding/.config/nushell/lib/personal/aliases.nu
How to reproduce
help aliases | where name == bar
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯alias bar = echo "this is bar"bar
this is barhelp aliases | where name == bar
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯and with the old-alias
5. old-alias bar = echo "this is bar"
6. bar
this is barhelp aliases | where name =~ bar
╭───┬──────┬────────────────────┬───────╮
│ # │ name │ expansion │ usage │
├───┼──────┼────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 0 │ bar │ echo "this is bar" │ │
╰───┴──────┴────────────────────┴───────╯Expected behavior
i expected to see
>_ help aliases | where name == bar
╭───┬──────┬────────────────────┬───────╮
│ # │ name │ expansion │ usage │
├───┼──────┼────────────────────┼───────┤
│ 0 │ bar │ echo "this is bar" │ │
╰───┴──────┴────────────────────┴───────╯after a single
alias bar = echo "this is bar"Screenshots
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Configuration
| key | value |
|---|---|
| version | 0.76.1 |
| branch | main |
| commit_hash | a7b5bd1 |
| build_os | linux-x86_64 |
| build_target | x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu |
| rust_version | rustc 1.66.1 (90743e729 2023-01-10) |
| rust_channel | 1.66.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu |
| cargo_version | cargo 1.66.1 (ad779e08b 2023-01-10) |
| pkg_version | 0.76.1 |
| build_time | 2023-03-03 19:26:08 +01:00 |
| build_rust_channel | release |
| features | default, zip |
| installed_plugins | gstat |
Additional context
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