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repl: Fixed node repl history edge case. Fixes #4102. #4108

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18 changes: 16 additions & 2 deletions lib/internal/repl.js
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Expand Up @@ -120,15 +120,29 @@ function setupHistory(repl, historyPath, oldHistoryPath, ready) {

if (data) {
repl.history = data.split(/[\n\r]+/, repl.historySize);
} else if (oldHistoryPath) {
} else if (oldHistoryPath === historyPath) {
// If pre-v3.0, the user had set NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE to
// ~/.node_repl_history. Warn the user about it and proceed.
repl._writeToOutput(
'\nThe old repl history file has the same name and location as ' +
`the new one i.e., ${historyPath} and is empty.\nUsing it as is.\n`);
repl._refreshLine();

} else if (oldHistoryPath) {
// Grab data from the older pre-v3.0 JSON NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE format.
repl._writeToOutput(
'\nConverting old JSON repl history to line-separated history.\n' +
`The new repl history file can be found at ${historyPath}.\n`);
repl._refreshLine();

try {
repl.history = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(oldHistoryPath, 'utf8'));
// Pre-v3.0, repl history was stored as JSON. Try and convert it
// to line separated history.
var oldReplJSONHistory = fs.readFileSync(oldHistoryPath, 'utf8');

// If there is NO old history, set repl history to an empty array.
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Probably should be something like "Only use old history if there was any"

if (oldReplJSONHistory) repl.history = JSON.parse(oldReplJSONHistory);

if (!Array.isArray(repl.history)) {
throw new Error('Expected array, got ' + typeof repl.history);
}
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
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Expand Up @@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ const historyPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.fixture_copy_repl_history');
const historyPathFail = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl\u0000_history');
const oldHistoryPath = path.join(fixtures, 'old-repl-history-file.json');
const enoentHistoryPath = path.join(fixtures, 'enoent-repl-history-file.json');
const emptyHistoryPath = path.join(fixtures, '.empty-repl-history-file');
const defaultHistoryPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl_history');

const sameHistoryFilePaths = '\nThe old repl history file has the same name ' +
'and location as the new one i.e., ' +
path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl_history') +
' and is empty.\nUsing it as is.\n';

const tests = [{
env: { NODE_REPL_HISTORY: '' },
Expand All @@ -93,6 +98,16 @@ const tests = [{
test: [UP],
expected: [prompt, replDisabled, prompt]
},
{
env: { NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE: emptyHistoryPath },
test: [UP],
expected: [prompt, convertMsg, prompt]
},
{
env: { NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE: defaultHistoryPath },
test: [UP],
expected: [prompt, sameHistoryFilePaths, prompt]
},
{
env: { NODE_REPL_HISTORY: historyPath },
test: [UP, CLEAR],
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