ntd pr release notes

Author: NotTheDr01ds

blog/2024-12-24-nushell_0_101_0.md

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 excerpt: Today, we're releasing version 0.101.0 of Nu. This release adds...
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 # Nushell 0.101.0
 
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-Today, we're releasing version 0.101.0 of Nu. This release adds...
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+Today, we're releasing version 0.101.0 of Nu. This release adds a simplified startup configuration, ...
 
 # Where to get it
 
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 # Highlights and themes of this release
 
+## Simplified Startup Configuration
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+With [#14249](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14249), Nushell now always loads its internal `default_env.nu` before the user `env.nu` is loaded, then loads the internal `default_config.nu` before the user's `config.nu` is loaded. This allows for a simpler user-configuration experience. Details are in [this blog entry](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2024-12-04-configuration_preview.html) along with an updated [Configuration Chapter](https://www.nushell.sh/book/configuration.html) which should go live sometime today.
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+### Related Startup Config Changes
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+- [#14345](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14345): Hooks fields are non-optional
+- [#14341](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14341): Hooks now default to an empty value of the proper type (e.g., `[]` or `{}`) when not otherwise specified. This means that you can always safely append or merge a new hook without first needing to check if it was a valid list/record.
+- [#14435](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14435): An `$env.config` is always created at startup, populated with default values, even when no configuration files are loaded.
+- [#14549](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14549): The `const` version of `NU_LIB_DIRS` is now populated by default instead of `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS`.
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+### Breaking Startup Config Changes
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+There may be (hopefully) minor breaking changes due to the startup configuration handling. Known possible issues include:
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+- Cannot merge changes to default menus since their definitions are no longer in `config.nu` by default. Instead, the entire menu should be redefined.
+- Querying the `$env.NU_LIB_DIRS` will return an empty result by default. Query the constant `$NU_LIB_DIRS` instead.
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 ## Additions
 
+### Duration/Date Arithmetic
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+With [#14295](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/14295), dates can now be added to durations. Previously only durations could be added to dates.
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 ## Breaking changes
 
 ## Deprecations
 
+- `date to-record` has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use `into record` in its place.
+- `date to-table` has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use `into record | transpose | transpose -r` in its place.
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 ## Removals
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
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 Thanks to all the contributors below for helping us solve issues, improve documentation, refactor code, and more! :pray:
 
-| author                               | title       | link                                                    |
-| ------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [@author](https://github.com/author) | ...         | [#12345](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/12345) |
+| author                               | title | link                                                    |
+| ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [@author](https://github.com/author) | ...   | [#12345](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/12345) |
 
 # Full changelog