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| author | Goldstein <root@goldstein.rs> | 2024-07-15 23:28:55 +0300 |
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| committer | Max Siling <root@goldstein.rs> | 2024-07-30 16:08:26 +0000 |
| commit | 1a6d7a3af466dad946e6fc0e969927a8f246c13a (patch) | |
| tree | e44d9559f2545ea233336ce6fe9f2bf91589aead /doc | |
| parent | 548c973e8282bbec5b14f3860218b23564dc0381 (diff) | |
src/libcmd/repl.cc: avoid unneeded reload after :e
If `:edit`ing a store path, don't reload repl afterwards
to avoid losing local variables: store is immutable,
so "editing" a store path is always just viewing it.
Resolves: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/341
Change-Id: I3747f75ce26e0595e953069c39ddc3ee80699718
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/change-authors.yml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/rl-next/repl-edit-store.md | 11 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/change-authors.yml b/doc/manual/change-authors.yml index f56a1e6fb..775149180 100644 --- a/doc/manual/change-authors.yml +++ b/doc/manual/change-authors.yml @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ ericson: display_name: John Ericson github: ericson2314 +goldstein: + display_name: goldstein + forgejo: goldstein + github: GoldsteinE + horrors: display_name: eldritch horrors forgejo: pennae diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/repl-edit-store.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/repl-edit-store.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e93bde07d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/repl-edit-store.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +synopsis: "`:edit`ing a file in Nix store no longer reloads the repl" +issues: [fj#341] +cls: [1620] +category: Improvements +credits: [goldstein] +--- + +Calling `:edit` from the repl now only reloads if the file being edited was outside of Nix store. +That means that all the local variables are now preserved across `:edit`s of store paths. +This is always safe because the store is read-only. |