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

[Michael Albinus]

Andy Moreton <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Andy,

>> 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.
>
> 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.

Finally, I have changed the default value to ".tramp_history". This
shouldn't harm anybody.

>     AndyM

Best regards, Michael.