Re: tramp (2.2.9-24.4); Tramp clears .bash_history

[Andy Moreton]

On Wed 25 Mar 2015, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Oleg Kostyuchenko <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Thanks Michael, I didn't know about this variable.
>> Anyway, shouldn't this option be set to nil or to something like
>> ".tramp_history" by default?
>> Clearing .bash_history by default seems a highly destructive behavior.
>
> It was discussed in Emacs bug#19731. Well, I really don't know what
> shall be the default, because other people have expressed different
> preferences ... and it is an old topic, discussed again and again over
> the years.
>
> Anyway, I will document it in Emacs 25 etc/NEWS file. I've forgotten that.
>
>> Oleg
>
> Best regards, Michael.

A user preference is a sensible idea, but having the default setting
destroy the user's data seems to be a very bad idea.

I would consider this to be a serious bug, not a feature.

    AndyM