https://github.com/hulthe/nu_plugin_msgpack

Nushell plugin for converting to and from msgpack.
https://github.com/hulthe/nu_plugin_msgpack

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Nushell plugin for converting to and from msgpack.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hulthe/nu_plugin_msgpack
• Owner: hulthe
• License: mpl-2.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2023-11-30T20:28:39.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-19T12:51:14.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T10:27:30.818Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: msgpack, nu, nushell, plugin
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 377 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# nu_plugin_msgpack

A plugin for [nushell](https://nushell.sh/) that provides the commands

`from msgpack` and `to msgpack` to convert between Nu types and [MsgPack](https://msgpack.org/),

which is a JSON-like binary serialization format.

![ls-to-msgpack.gif](https://github.com/hulthe/nu_plugin_msgpack/blob/master/showcase/ls-to-msgpack.gif)

## Installation

```sh

# download and install the plugin

cargo install --git https://github.com/hulthe/nu_plugin_msgpack.git

# register the plugin with nu, you should put this in your `config.nu`

register ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_msgpack

```

## Quirks

There's not a 1 to 1 mapping between Nu-types and MsgPack-types.

Here are some conversions that `to msgpack` does which might trip you up:

- `filesize` becomes an integer of bytes. This is consistent with `to json`.

- `duration` becomes an integer of nanoseconds. This is consistent with `to json`.

- `range` becomes an array. This is consistent with `to json`.

- The following Nu types become nil: `block`, `closure`, `error`, `cell_path`, and `match_pattern`.

Additionally Nu `date`s are converted to the MsgPack [timestamp extension type](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#timestamp-extension-type).

This differs from `to json` which converts dates to strings.