# just 1.51.0

- Product: just (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/just)
- Vendor: Casey Rodarmor
- Date: 2026-05-10
- Version: 1.51.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/casey/just/releases/tag/1.51.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/just/releases/1.51.0

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- **added** — Add `no-cd` setting
- **changed** — Allow `[env]` attribute to take expressions
- **changed** — Allow using expressions with `[working-directory]`
- **changed** — Read justfile from standard input with `--justfile -`
- **changed** — Make `parent_directory()` of bare filename return `.`
- **changed** — Make `[env]` override module-level exports
- **fixed** — Fail on deep recursion instead of overflowing stack
- **fixed** — Invoke chooser selections separately
- **fixed** — Don't evaluate unused assertions
- **fixed** — Respect lazy setting in submodules
- **fixed** — Fix overrides not being visible in user-defined functions
- **fixed** — Don't panic on invalid datetime format string

###### 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))