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Local .bash_history cleared when tramp-histfile-override is set to t

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Wanrong Lin <wrglin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35769: Local .bash_history cleared when tramp-histfile-override is set to t
Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 18:18:01 +0200

Wanrong Lin <wrglin <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> Emacs 26.1, Linux
> When I have this
> (setq tramp-histfile-override t)
> and use tramp to open a remote directory via scp, the *local*
> ~/.bash_history is wiped out (i.e. it becomes an empty file). I don't
> think that is the desired behavior for this setting.

Thanks for the bug report. I've pushed a patch to the Tramp and Emacs
repositories which should fix it. Do you have a chance to test a recent
checkout of Tramp or Emacs?

> W. Lin

Best regards, Michael.

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