fish_add_path is not persistent

[xgnxs]

fish 3.6.1
macos ventura 13.3.1
iterm2 3.4.19
fish without third-party customizations did not affect behavior.

Adding a path to $fish_user_paths using fish_add_path with default (no) args no longer permanently adds the path, the path is only added for that session/instance. According to the documentation (and what has worked in the past), all that should be needed is fish_add_path /some/path for /some/path to be permanently added to $fish_user_paths.

ex:

> fish_add_path /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin
> psql
psql (15.3)
Type "help" for help.

open a new tab/terminal instance

> psql
fish: Unknown command: psql

do I now need to include -g or -U when adding a path via fish_add_path?

Thank you!

[faho]

Adding a path to $fish_user_paths using fish_add_path with default (no) args no longer permanently adds the path

There has not been a change here, fish_add_path defaults to a universal fish_user_paths unless the variable exists.

My guess is you have a global fish_user_paths from elsewhere, so:

What does set --show fish_user_paths say?

Alternatively you have something that resets $PATH.

[xgnxs]

hmm, asdf.fish is doing something odd (I know that's a different project). I just removed source /opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/asdf.fish from my config.fish (which they say you should add in the "Fish and Homebrew" section in step 3 here: https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html#_3-install-asdf) and now everything seems to be working as expected...

previously:

❯ set --show fish_user_paths
$fish_user_paths: set in global scope, unexported, with 8 elements
$fish_user_paths[1]: |/Users/UNAME/.asdf/shims|
$fish_user_paths[2]: |/opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/bin|
$fish_user_paths[3]: |/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin|
$fish_user_paths[4]: |/Users/UNAME/.cargo/bin|
$fish_user_paths[5]: |/Users/UNAME/src/scripts/python|
$fish_user_paths[6]: |/Users/UNAME/scripts|
$fish_user_paths[7]: |/opt/homebrew/sbin|
$fish_user_paths[8]: |/opt/homebrew/bin|
$fish_user_paths: set in universal scope, unexported, with 8 elements
$fish_user_paths[1]: |/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin|
$fish_user_paths[2]: |/Users/UNAME/.asdf/shims|
$fish_user_paths[3]: |/opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/bin|
$fish_user_paths[4]: |/Users/UNAME/.cargo/bin|
$fish_user_paths[5]: |/Users/UNAME/src/scripts/python|
$fish_user_paths[6]: |/Users/UNAME/scripts|
$fish_user_paths[7]: |/opt/homebrew/sbin|
$fish_user_paths[8]: |/opt/homebrew/bin|

and now, without source /opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/asdf.fish in ~/.config/fish/config.fish

❯ set --show fish_user_paths
$fish_user_paths: set in universal scope, unexported, with 9 elements
$fish_user_paths[1]: |/Users/UNAME/src/data| # I added this as a test
$fish_user_paths[2]: |/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin|
$fish_user_paths[3]: |/Users/UNAME/.asdf/shims|
$fish_user_paths[4]: |/opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/bin|
$fish_user_paths[5]: |/Users/UNAME/.cargo/bin|
$fish_user_paths[6]: |/Users/UNAME/src/scripts/python|
$fish_user_paths[7]: |/Users/UNAME/scripts|
$fish_user_paths[8]: |/opt/homebrew/sbin|
$fish_user_paths[9]: |/opt/homebrew/bin|

in any case, things do seem to be working as expected, so this issue can be closed! Thank you!

[bakotaco]

FYI the asdf issue that caused this has been solved in asdf v0.14.0. asdf.fish no longer uses $fish_user_paths, but modifies $PATH directly to avoid these kind of issues.