This week in Nu #53

# This week in Nu #53 - We celebrated our one year of Nu being public with a [blog post](http://www.nushell.sh/blog/2020/08/23/year_of_nushell.html) - amitdev added [configuration to disable hinting in the line editor](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2405) - andrasio improved the [span logic for pipelines](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2441), cleaned up the [plugin implementation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2433), cleaned up [`autoview` and `table` configuration](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2425), made [`insert` and `update` more flexible](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2423), simplified [command span info](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2404) - arnaldo2792 improved the [RHEL-based installation instructions](https://github.com/nushell/book/pull/126) - bailey-layzer made [type inference in `alias` optional](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2418) - coolshaurya updated [`version` with git hash](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2390) - dmeijboom fixed an [out of bounds error in `headers`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2437) - fdncred added a [reverse find to `index-of`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2430), added a [sample plugin in PowerShell](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2429), added [`path dirname` and `path filestem`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2428) - gorogoroumaru made [`cd` command complete only directories](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2431), added [`date` subcommands](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2383) - jonathandturner updated the [battery dependency](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2413), improved [type alias errors in `alias`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2399), [sorted the subcommands in help text](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2396) - jzaefferer added some [crossreferences in command docs](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2417), extended [`touch` to take multiple args](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2386), fixed some [broken links in the installation instructions](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/58) - LhKipp updated the [book with the new time units](https://github.com/nushell/book/pull/125) - ongardie fixed [unnecessary execute perms in the blog](https://github.com/nushell/blog/pull/26), fixed [atom feed on the blog](https://github.com/nushell/blog/pull/25), fixed [some broken links in the contributor book](https://github.com/nushell/contributor-book/pull/30) - rofrol fixed some [typos in the recent blog post](https://github.com/nushell/blog/pull/24) - ryuichi1208 updated [docker file to clear the apt cache](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2394) - thegedge cleaned up some [unnecessary dependencies in the completer](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2435), made [lite-parse more forgiving](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2389), added [completions for short-hand flags](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2388), made [Nu's completer a bit more standalone](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2387), - vpperego added a [Portuguese translation of the contributor book](https://github.com/nushell/contributor-book/pull/29)

This week in Nu #53 celebrates the one year anniversary of Nu being public. There were many improvements and fixes, including disabling hinting in the line editor, improving span logic for pipelines, updating installation instructions, making type inference in `alias` optional, adding a reverse find to `index-of`, adding `path dirname` and `path filestem`, and updating the book with new time units.