port get-latest-release-linux.nu

- `fetch` -> `http get`
- `nth 0` -> `first`
- new asset name for linux `x86_64-linux-gnu-full.tar.gz` + `first` to get from the table
- explicit `print`
- `**` in `cp /**/*`

stdlib-candidate/get-latest-release-linux.nu

@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@
 # requires nushell 0.36.0 or greater
 def get-latest-linux [] {
  # fetch the information about the latest release
- let metadata = (fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases/latest)
- let release_name = ($metadata | get name | split row ' ' | nth 0)
+ let metadata = (http get https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases/latest)
+ let release_name = ($metadata | get name | split row ' ' | first)
  # get the body that shows information about this release
  let body = ($metadata | get body)
  # find the linux download
- let asset_info = ($metadata | get assets | where name =~ 'linux.tar.gz')
+ let asset_info = ($metadata | get assets | where name =~ 'x86_64-linux-gnu-full.tar.gz' | first)
  # construct the url
  let download_url = ($asset_info | get browser_download_url)
+
  let file_name = ($asset_info | get name)
  # tell you what i'm doing
- $"Release name is ($release_name)(char newline)(char newline)"
- $"($body)(char newline)(char newline)Downloading and following redirects ..."
+ print $"Release name is ($release_name)(char newline)(char newline)"
+ print $"($body)(char newline)(char newline)Downloading and following redirects ..."
  # fetch follows redirects now
- fetch $download_url | save $file_name
+ http get $download_url | save $file_name
  # tell you what i'm doing
- $"(char newline)Extracting ($file_name) to /tmp(char newline)"
+ print $"(char newline)Extracting ($file_name) to /tmp(char newline)"
  # extract the tar file to the temp folder
  tar -xf ($file_name) -C /tmp
  # parse the $file_name to get the folder
@@ -27,17 +28,17 @@ def get-latest-linux [] {
  # there are two extensions .tar and .gz
  let root_file_name = ($file_name | path parse | get stem | path parse | get stem)
  # update our progress
- $"Copying files from /tmp/($root_file_name)/*/* to ~/.cargo/bin(char newline)"
+ print $"Copying files from /tmp/($root_file_name)/*/* to ~/.cargo/bin(char newline)"
  # this is for testing so it doesn't overwrite my real nu. this should really
  # be a parameter
  mkdir release
  # construct the copy from and to paths
- let cp_from_path = $"/tmp/($root_file_name)/*/*"
+ let cp_from_path = $"/tmp/($root_file_name)/**/*"
  let cp_to_path = "./release"
  # actually run the cp command
  # we may want to make this overwrite and not prompt
  cp ($cp_from_path) ($cp_to_path)
  # exec ~/.cargo/bin/nu
- $"Starting nushell(char nl)"
+ print $"Starting nushell(char nl)"
  exec ./release/nu
-}
+}