function export --description 'Set env variable. Alias for `set -gx` for bash compatibility.' if not set -q argv[1] set -x return 0 end for arg in $argv set -l v (string split -m 1 "=" -- $arg) switch (count $v) case 1 set -gx $v $$v case 2 if contains -- $v[1] PATH CDPATH MANPATH set -l colonized_path (string replace -- "$$v[1]" (string join ":" -- $$v[1]) $v[2]) set -gx $v[1] (string split ":" -- $colonized_path) else set -gx $v[1] $v[2] end end end end