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+# fetch https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/pulls?q=is%3Apr+merged%3A%3E%3D2021-04-20+ | select html_url user.login title body
+# fetch https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:nushell/nushell+is:pr+is:merged+merged:%3E2021-05-08 | get items | select html_url user.login title body
+# Repos to monitor
+
+def do-work [] {
+  let site_table = [
+    [site repo];
+    [Nushell nushell]
+    [Extension vscode-nushell-lang]
+    [Documentation nushell.github.io]
+    [Wasm demo]
+    [Nu_Scripts nu_scripts]
+    [RFCs rfcs]
+    [engine-q engine-q]
+    [reedline reedline]
+    # ] [Jupyter jupyter]
+  ]
+
+  let query_prefix = "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:nushell/"
+  let query_date = (seq date --days 7 -r | get 6)
+  let per_page = "100"
+  let page_num = "1" # need to implement iterating pages
+  let colon = "%3A"
+  let gt = "%3E"
+  let eq = "%3D"
+  let amp = "%26"
+  let query_suffix = $"+is($colon)pr+is($colon)merged+merged($colon)($gt)($eq)($query_date)&per_page=100&page=1"
+
+  let entries = ($site_table | each {
+      let query_string = $"($query_prefix)($it.repo)($query_suffix)"
+      # this is for debugging the rate limit. comment it out if things are working well
+      # fetch -u $env.GITHUB_USERNAME -p $env.GITHUB_PASSWORD https://api.github.com/rate_limit | get resources | select core.limit core.remaining graphql.limit graphql.remaining integration_manifest.limit integration_manifest.remaining search.limit search.remaining
+      let site_json = (fetch -u $env.GITHUB_USERNAME -p $env.GITHUB_PASSWORD $query_string | get items | select html_url user.login title)
+      $"## ($it.site)(char nl)(char nl)"
+      if ($site_json | all? ($it | empty?)) {
+          $"none found this week(char nl)(char nl)"
+      } else {
+          $site_json | group-by user.login | transpose user prs | each { |row|
+          let user_name = $row.user
+          let pr_count = ($row.prs | length)
+
+          # only print the comma if there's another item
+          let user_prs = ($row.prs | each -n { |pr|
+              if $pr_count == ($pr.index + 1) {
+                  $"[($pr.item.title)](char lparen)($pr.item.html_url)(char rparen)"
+              } else {
+                  $"[($pr.item.title)](char lparen)($pr.item.html_url)(char rparen), and "
+              }
+          } | str collect)
+
+          $"- ($user_name) created ($user_prs) (char nl)"
+        } | str collect
+        char nl
+      }
+  })
+
+  if ($entries | all? ($it | empty?)) {
+  } else {
+      $entries | str collect
+  }
+}
+
+# 2019-08-23 was the release of 0.2.0, the first public release
+let week_num = ((seq date -b '2019-08-23' -n 7 | length) - 1)
+$"# This week in Nushell #($week_num)(char nl)(char nl)"
+
+if ($env | select GITHUB_USERNAME | empty?) || ($env | select GITHUB_PASSWORD | empty?) {
+    echo 'Please set GITHUB_USERNAME and GITHUB_PASSWORD in $env to use this script'
+} else {
+    do-work | str collect
+}