Error: nu::parser::extra_positional

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli

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Start with toolkit.nu at line 119 and reproduce the shown overlay command using Nushell 0.114.1 from the Ubuntu apt installation. Compare the failing log invocation with the parser behavior; done means the nightly-download overlay loads without nu::parser::extra_positional.

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Description

Ubuntu 26.04

Installed from fury.io apt repo for Ubuntu.

nu --version
0.114.1

Wanted to use this to download the nightly

overlay use --reload --prefix toolkit.nu as tk
Error: nu::parser::extra_positional

  × Extra positional argument.
     ╭─[/home/user23/.oh-my-nu/toolkit.nu:119:7]
 118 │ 
 119 │   log info $"pulling down (ansi default_dimmed)($target.name)(ansi reset)..."
     ·       ──┬─
     ·         ╰── extra positional argument
 120 │   http get $target.browser_download_url | save --progress --force $dump_dir
     ╰────
  help: Usage: main
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