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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions book/metadata.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The span "start" and "end" here refer to where the underline will be in the line

## Custom Metadata

You can attach arbitrary metadata to pipeline data using the [`metadata set`](/commands/docs/metadata_set.md) command with the `--merge` flag:
You can attach arbitrary metadata to pipeline data using the [`metadata set`](/commands/docs/metadata_set.md) command with the optional closure parameter:

```nu
"data" | metadata set --merge {custom_key: "custom_value"}
"data" | metadata set { merge {custom_key: "custom_value"} }
```

## HTTP Response Metadata
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion book/special_variables.md
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The `$nu` constant is a record containing several useful values:
- `cache-dir`: A directory for non-essential (cached) data.
- `vendor-autoload-dirs`: A list of directories where third-party applications should install configuration files that will be auto-loaded during startup.
- `user-autoload-dirs`: A list of directories where the user may create additional configuration files which will be auto-loaded during startup.
- `temp-dir`: A path for temporary files that should be writeable by the user.
- `temp-dir`: A path for temporary files that should be writable by the user.
- `pid`: The PID of the currently running Nushell process.
- `os-info`: Information about the host operating system.
- `startup-time`: The amount of time (in duration) that it took for Nushell to start and process all configuration files.
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