Hi all!
I would like git-shell to support libreadline:
https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
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What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
Live in peace.
What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
git-shell letting me edit the input (Emacs/vi/cursor-keys) and access the command history.
What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
git-shell gave me Thompson shell vibes and sent me into foul-mouthed screaming tantrums.
What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
Expected libreadline support, got sent to labor camp instead.
Anything else you want to add:
I installed git-shell as the shell for git users on a git server,
and filled /usr/local/share/git-shell-commands with various shell
scripts for git repository maintenance on that server. Having
git-shell support libreadline would much alleviate two common
scenarios:
- commands can be very quickly edited / fixed
- commands that have been executed before can be quickly accessed
and either re-executed or edited and executed, especially with
keybindings like ,----[ ~/.inputrc ]---
| "\C-p": history-search-backward
| "\C-n": history-search-forward
`---- where you start typing "foo", then use C-p/n to go thru all commands
in history that start with "foo". Life saver.Please either simply don't limit the command history (via "stifle_history()"), or give users the possibility to define a maximum of history lines.
Location of the history probably does not have to be configurable, ~/.git-shell-history will do just fine (for me).
Thanks for considering this wish-list bug. :-}
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[System Info] git version: git version 2.39.2 {wanted to try 2.45.1 before reporting, but got shoved into dependency hell} cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.90-1 (2024-05-03) x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 12.2 libc info: glibc: 2.36 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /usr/bin/zsh
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MJK (not subscribed, Cc: welcome)
