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+title: 'This week in Nushell #313'
+author: The Nu Authors
+author_site: https://nushell.sh
+author_image: https://www.nushell.sh/blog/images/nu_logo.png
+excerpt: 'PRs and activity for Nushell the week ending Thursday, 2025-08-21'
+---
+
+# This Week in Nushell #313
+
+Published Sunday, 2025-08-24, including PRs merged Friday, 2025-08-15 through Thursday, 2025-08-21.
+
+## Nushell
+
+- @fdncred [updated reedline dep to latest commit (#16487)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16487)
+
+- @sholderbach:
+
+  - [updated benchmarking README (#16486)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16486)
+  - [added a benchmark `use`ing the whole `std` (#16485)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16485)
+  - [updated PLATFORM_SUPPORT to mention loongarch limitations (#16470)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16470)
+  - [performed clippy and dead code elimination pass (#16469)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16469)
+  - [used direct `Value.as_str()` in string commands (#16468)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16468)
+
+- @Bahex:
+
+  - [moved `SplitRead` and `MultiLife` into `nu-utils` (#16482)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16482)
+  - [made `watch` return a stream of events as a table when called without a closure (#16428)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16428)
+
+- @app/dependabot:
+
+  - [bumped tempfile from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0 (#16480)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16480)
+  - [bumped crate-ci/typos from 1.35.4 to 1.35.5 (#16478)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16478)
+  - [bumped actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#16426)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16426)
+
+- @uraneko [sorted help message flags by required field (#16476)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16476)
+
+- @132ikl:
+
+  - [added assertion that DeprecationEntry flag do not have dashes (#16475)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16475)
+  - [mitigated `watch -d` breaking change (#16473)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16473)
+  - [made `Span` mandatory for some fields in `ShellError` (#16471)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16471)
+  - [tweaked PR template (#16460)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16460)
+  - [added "Motivation and technical details" (#16458)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16458)
+  - [redirected "Questions" issue option to Discussions (#16443)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16443)
+
+- @weirdan:
+
+  - [made `xml:` prefix always available in `query xml` (#16472)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16472)
+  - [extended nodeset output formats for `query xml` (#16465)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16465)
+  - [used fixed column name for `query xml` output (#16461)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16461)
+  - [added multiple output types for `query xml` (#16459)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16459)
+  - [quoted strings containing `=` (#16440)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16440)
+
+- @andoalon:
+
+  - [added `--endian` flag to `into binary` (#16466)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16466)
+  - [changed the output of `format bits` to big endian instead of native endian (#16435)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16435)
+
+- @hustcer [fixed loongarch64 builds for rust 1.87.0 (#16455)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16455)
+
+- @WindSoilder [fixed uninlined_format_args clippy warnings (#16452)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16452)
+
+- @NotTheDr01ds [added ability to specify a table name for kv commands (#16450)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16450)
+
+- @cptpiepmatz [added well-optimized string types (#16446)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16446)
+
+- @ItsHarper [fixed error message: custom commands cannot be `const` (#16393)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/16393)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- @rktjmp [added a hint for generating \0 character to strings guide (#2014)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2014)
+
+- @NotTheDr01ds [added missing back issues of TWiN (#2013)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/2013)
+
+- @Kissaki [updated the home feature title to be more concise (#1970)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1970)
+
+- @levitte [fixed color theme examples (#1925)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/1925)
+
+## reedline
+
+- @sholderbach [fixed `mismatched_lifetime_syntaxes` (#947)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/947)
+
+- @CastilloDel [fixed missing use in README.md (#942)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/942)
+
+- @blindFS [fixed cursor dislocation after previous_history navigation to a multiline entry (#899)](https://github.com/nushell/reedline/pull/899)
+
+## Nu_Scripts
+
+- @fnuttens [marked `scoop cache rm` apps parameter as optional in scoop-completion (#1163)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1163)
+
+- @NotTheDr01ds [updated TWiN generation scripts (#1162)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1162)
+
+- @krovuxdev:
+
+  - [added new cargo aliases (#1161)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1161)
+  - [fixed autocompletion (#1161)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1161)
+
+- @Bahex [refactored nu-hooks/startup-times for better performance and UX (#1136)](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/1136)
+
+## NUPM
+
+- @kubouch:
+
+  - [fixed deprecated `get -i` flag (#125)](https://github.com/nushell/nupm/pull/125)
+  - [fixed unreliable test (#125)](https://github.com/nushell/nupm/pull/125)
+
+- @mkatychev [added `nupm registry` subcommand (#122)](https://github.com/nushell/nupm/pull/122)