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1.51.0

casey/just1.51.0May 10, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Release 1.51.0 adds a new `no-cd` setting, allows expressions in `[env]` and `[working-directory]` attributes, enables reading justfiles from standard input, and includes various bug fixes for recursion handling and chooser invocations.

Key Highlights

  • Add `no-cd` setting
  • Allow `[env]` attribute to take expressions
  • Allow using expressions with `[working-directory]`
  • Read justfile from standard input with `--justfile -`
  • Fail on deep recursion instead of overflowing stack

New Features

  • `no-cd` setting to prevent changing directory
  • Expressions in `[env]` attribute
  • Expressions in `[working-directory]` attribute
  • Read justfile from stdin with `--justfile -`
  • `parent_directory()` returns `.` for bare filename
  • `[env]` overrides module-level exports
  • Chooser selections invoked separately
  • Lazy setting respected in submodules

Full Release Notes

### Added
- Add `no-cd` setting ([#2981](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/2981) by [hans-d](https://github.com/hans-d))

### Changed
- Allow `[env]` attribute to take expressions ([#3329](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3329) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Allow using expressions with `[working-directory]` ([#3326](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3326) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Read justfile from standard input with `--justfile -` ([#3325](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3325) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Make `parent_directory()` of bare filename return `.` ([#3313](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3313) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Make `[env]` override module-level exports ([#3312](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3312) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))

### Fixed
- Fail on deep recursion instead of overflowing stack ([#3319](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3319) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Invoke chooser selections separately ([#3311](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3311) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Don't evaluate unused assertions ([#3310](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3310) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Respect lazy setting in submodules ([#3308](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3308) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Fix overrides not being visible in user-defined functions ([#3307](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3307) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Don't panic on invalid datetime format string ([#3304](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3304) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))

### Misc
- Use `cargo-limit` commands in justfile ([#3331](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3331) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Simplify code more ([#3330](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3330) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Update install-dev-deps recipe with compatible mdbook ([#3328](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3328) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Simplify code ([#3327](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3327) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Link to duplicate recipe issue in readme ([#3321](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3321) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Remove periods from error messages ([#3316](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3316) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Avoid multi-sentence error messagess ([#3315](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3315) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Make error messages lowercase ([#3314](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3314) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Actually bump version to 1.50.0 ([#3303](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3303) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))