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# This week in Nushell #91

## Nushell

- fdncred added [nothing converted to string should return nothing and not fail](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3459), [add addition characters that can be hard to work with in nushell](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3457), [updated round to support i64](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3451), [updated to the latest rustyline](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3439), and [don't let externals break ansi escapes](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3438), and [re-enable ansi support when externals break it](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3429)
- jonathandturner did [a bit more cleanup of block params](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3455), [split unit into duration and filesize](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3453), [changed to paren interpolation](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3452), [improved block params](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3450), [added explicit block params](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3444), and did a fix to [treat u64 like i64 for now](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3442)
- kubouch [removed rest_args() from evaluated CommandArgs](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3449), and [fixed path join argument type and a typo](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3441)
- elferherrera added the ability to [load parquet and json files](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3437), moved [commands to engine p](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3426), and [added new dataframe commands](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3425)
- schrieveslaach [added Support for Partial Completions](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3432)
- alexshadley [added negative indexing for range](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/issues/3427)

## Documentation

- eduardocanellas [translated home to pt-BR](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell.github.io/issues/129)
- tupini07 [fixed typo](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell.github.io/issues/128)

## Wasm

- moonrise-tk fixed [build or rustc 1.52.1](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/demo/issues/68)

## Nu_Scripts

- efx [renamed git script for consistency](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nu_scripts/issues/55), and added a [gentle git gone script](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nu_scripts/issues/54)
- agateau [added a script to list git branches and their age](https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nu_scripts/issues/51)

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Title: Nushell Updates - Week #91
Summary
This is a summary of the updates to Nushell, its documentation, WASM support, and Nu scripts for week #91. Key updates include fixes and improvements to string handling, unit conversions, block parameters, command arguments, and the addition of parquet and JSON file loading capabilities. Also, there were updates to documentation and new scripts for git branch management.