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-rw-r--r--Doc/using/cmdline.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst5
-rw-r--r--Lib/site.py20
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_site.py14
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-08-13-14-11.bpo-29779.jg33dp.rst2
-rw-r--r--Misc/python.man3
-rw-r--r--Python/initconfig.c1
7 files changed, 50 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index e032a19..0804e6a 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -1139,6 +1139,14 @@ conflict.
.. versionadded:: 3.13
+.. envvar:: PYTHON_HISTORY
+
+ This environment variable can be used to set the location of a
+ ``.python_history`` file (by default, it is ``.python_history`` in the
+ user's home directory).
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.13
+
Debug-mode variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 3ab6d1d..59b9281 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ Other Language Changes
equivalent of the :option:`-X frozen_modules <-X>` command-line option.
(Contributed by Yilei Yang in :gh:`111374`.)
+* The new :envvar:`PYTHON_HISTORY` environment variable can be used to change
+ the location of a ``.python_history`` file.
+ (Contributed by Levi Sabah, Zackery Spytz and Hugo van Kemenade in
+ :gh:`73965`.)
+
New Modules
===========
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 6f5738b..eea92df 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -433,6 +433,20 @@ def setcopyright():
def sethelper():
builtins.help = _sitebuiltins._Helper()
+
+def gethistoryfile():
+ """Check if the PYTHON_HISTORY environment variable is set and define
+ it as the .python_history file. If PYTHON_HISTORY is not set, use the
+ default .python_history file.
+ """
+ if not sys.flags.ignore_environment:
+ history = os.environ.get("PYTHON_HISTORY")
+ if history:
+ return history
+ return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+ '.python_history')
+
+
def enablerlcompleter():
"""Enable default readline configuration on interactive prompts, by
registering a sys.__interactivehook__.
@@ -467,13 +481,13 @@ def enablerlcompleter():
pass
if readline.get_current_history_length() == 0:
- # If no history was loaded, default to .python_history.
+ # If no history was loaded, default to .python_history,
+ # or PYTHON_HISTORY.
# The guard is necessary to avoid doubling history size at
# each interpreter exit when readline was already configured
# through a PYTHONSTARTUP hook, see:
# http://bugs.python.org/issue5845#msg198636
- history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
- '.python_history')
+ history = gethistoryfile()
try:
readline.read_history_file(history)
except OSError:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_site.py b/Lib/test/test_site.py
index 9f199d9..e26b48e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_site.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_site.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ executing have not been removed.
import unittest
import test.support
from test import support
+from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
from test.support import os_helper
from test.support import socket_helper
from test.support import captured_stderr
@@ -338,6 +339,19 @@ class HelperFunctionsTests(unittest.TestCase):
mock_addsitedir.assert_not_called()
self.assertFalse(known_paths)
+ def test_gethistoryfile(self):
+ filename = 'file'
+ rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-c',
+ f'import site; assert site.gethistoryfile() == "{filename}"',
+ PYTHON_HISTORY=filename)
+ self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
+ # Check that PYTHON_HISTORY is ignored in isolated mode.
+ rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-I', '-c',
+ f'import site; assert site.gethistoryfile() != "{filename}"',
+ PYTHON_HISTORY=filename)
+ self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
def test_trace(self):
message = "bla-bla-bla"
for verbose, out in (True, message + "\n"), (False, ""):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-08-13-14-11.bpo-29779.jg33dp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-08-13-14-11.bpo-29779.jg33dp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d0ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-08-13-14-11.bpo-29779.jg33dp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add a new :envvar:`PYTHON_HISTORY` environment variable to set the location
+of a ``.python_history`` file.
diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 14cbd85..0f5dfa2 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ can be set to the callable of your debugger of choice.
.IP PYTHON_COLORS
If this variable is set to 1, the interpreter will colorize various kinds of
output. Setting it to 0 deactivates this behavior.
+.IP PYTHON_HISTORY
+This environment variable can be used to set the location of a history file
+(on Unix, it is \fI~/.python_history\fP by default).
.SS Debug-mode variables
Setting these variables only has an effect in a debug build of Python, that is,
if Python was configured with the
diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c
index 06e3179..aad3b3d 100644
--- a/Python/initconfig.c
+++ b/Python/initconfig.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ static const char usage_envvars[] =
"PYTHON_COLORS : If this variable is set to 1, the interpreter will"
" colorize various kinds of output. Setting it to 0 deactivates this behavior.\n"
"These variables have equivalent command-line parameters (see --help for details):\n"
+"PYTHON_HISTORY: the location of a .python_history file.\n"
"PYTHONDEBUG : enable parser debug mode (-d)\n"
"PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE : don't write .pyc files (-B)\n"
"PYTHONINSPECT : inspect interactively after running script (-i)\n"