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# This week in Nu #73

## Docs

- eoinkelly updated [an example](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/82)
- lpil updated [the alias docs](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2917)
- LhKipp also updated [the alias docs](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2925), and updated [`def` docs](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2939)

## VSCode extension

- waldyrious improved the [README for the VSCode extension](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/13)
- fdncred cleaned up the [VSCode extension assets](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/14), improved the [extension highlighting](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/15), improved [vsix versioning](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/16), and more improvements to the VSCode extension ([1](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/17), [2](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/18), [3](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/19))

## Nushell

- Gymea added [the text of the alias to `which`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2894), fixed [the print of descriptions when none were present](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2915), added [dirs support to nu-engine](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2922)
- fdncred allowed [comparing string and filepaths](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2906), removed [`set` from the Windows built-ins](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2924), optimized a [use of regex](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2937)
- jonathandturner split [nu-cli into nu-cli and nu-engine](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2898), [bumped to 0.25.2](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2908), fixed [the wasm build](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2919),
- LhKipp added [descriptions for custom commands and their arguments](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2905)
- stormasm split [nu-cli into nu-cli and nu-command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2907) and [here](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2910),
- gillespiecd added support for [backward range iteration](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2913)
- DivineGod moved [keybinding-path to nu-data](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2927)
- baoyachi removed [dependencies on git for current branch and hash](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2935)
- andrasio removed [the `str set` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2940)

Title: Nu Shell Updates - Week #73
Summary
This week's Nu Shell update includes documentation improvements, VSCode extension enhancements, and various Nushell core updates. Key changes include splitting nu-cli into nu-cli and nu-engine/nu-command, improvements to alias and command descriptions, and the removal of git dependencies. The VSCode extension received updates to its README, highlighting, and versioning.