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The latest development version

Current the latest development release is 0.6.0 (13-11-2023):

Linux 64-bit: nish-0.7.0-Linux-64.tar.gz
FreeBSD 13 64-bit: nish-0.7.0-FreeBSD-64.tar.gz
Source code (tarball): nish-0.7.0.tar.gz
Source code (zip archive): nish-0.7.0.zip

The third beta release of the shell, changes since the last beta version:

Tag BREAKING means the change break compatibility with a previous version of the shell.

Added

Completions for commands' arguments. It can be set manually or imported from files, previously exported from the shell, into the shell's database
Commands to optimize, export or import the shell's database
Option to set the maximum length of a terminal's title, which will be set by the shell
Loading shells' profiles on Unix systems
Creating the Unix man page for the shell
Ability to set the shell's output's colors as the shell's theme system.
Date to the debug's log's messages
Types to environment variables
Command exec to execute a command with or without using the system's default shell. The behavior of the command depends on the shell's configuration
Option to set the shell's default behavior related to executing commands: do the shell should use the system's default shell or not

Changed

Updated the shell's help entries
Updated look of list of available subcommands. Now there are more colors.
Redesigned the look of the output of command options list. Removed information about types and default values for options and made information about their values, more human-friendly
BREAKING: Redesigned the command options set. Instead of setting the name and value of the option to set by its arguments, the command is now a form similar to setting an alias or a variable
BREAKING: Redesigned the command options reset. Same as above, instead of setting the name of the option to reset by its argument, the command will ask for the name after executing it. Resetting of all options is done in the same way as it was
Moved information about the last command's error code before information about the current directory in the shell's default prompt
Commands alias delete, alias show, alias edit can now be executed without entering the index of the alias. In that situation, the user will be asked for the index of an alias from their list
Commands completion edit, completion delete, completion show can now be executed without entering the index of the completion. In that situation, the user will be asked for the index of a completion from their list
Commands plugin remove, plugin enable, plugin disable, plugin show can now be executed without entering the index of the plugin. In that situation, the user will be asked for the index of a plugin from their list
Commands variable delete, variable edit, variable show can now be executed without entering the index of the variable. In that situation, the user will be asked for the index of a variable from their list
Updated contributing guide
Look of various shell's forms. Now they are more colorful.

Fixed

Cross-compiling the shell for Arm
Typo in the editing alias message
Getting completions for directories
Handling unknown key pressed when selecting a command's suggestion
Crash when setting a terminal's title
Commands' suggestions don't work with the built-in shell's commands
Refreshing environment variables after adding a new or editing an existing
If the shell's alias' output is set to a file, append the result of the alias to the file instead of overwriting it
Sending the shell's alias' output to the standard error output
Loading the shell's plugins at start of the shell
Disabling the shell's plugins
Crash when there are no more entries in the shell's history

The repository version

The newest version of the program (the latest changes to the code):

ZIP Archive: nish-trunk.zip
Tarball: nish-trunk.tar.gz
SQLite Archive: nish-trunk.sqlar

You can also clone the repository by using this command:

fossil clone https://www.laeran.pl/repositories/nish nish.fossil

The list of changes since the last release you can find here