MySQL Bugs: #68538: mysql client REPL history doesn't work inside Git Bash

Bug #68538	mysql client REPL history doesn't work inside Git Bash
Submitted:	1 Mar 2013 13:10	Modified:	20 Apr 2013 19:21
Reporter:	Andrew Pennebaker	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Command-line Clients	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.10	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	cli, client, command, history, interpreter, line, readline, repl

Description:
The mysql client REPL presents a handy history function in a Command Prompt; Pressing up/down navigates to past commands entered in the current session.

However, this functionality does not work when the mysql client is run in a Git Bash. In this case, pressing up or down does nothing.

System:

$ specs mysql git os
Specs:

specs 0.2
https://github.com/mcandre/specs#readme

mysql --version
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.10, for Win32 (x86)

git --version
git version 1.8.0.msysgit.0

systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version:                5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

How to repeat:
1. Launch Command Prompt.
2. Enter "mysql -uroot".
3. Enter some commands, such as "show databases;".
4. Press up and down to navigate to past commands entered.
5. Install Git for Windows (http://git-scm.com/downloads).
6. Launch Git Bash.
7. Enter "mysql -uroot".
8. Enter some commands, such as "show databases;".
9. Press up and down. Notice the loss of history functionality.

Suggested fix:
If MySQL uses the readline library for history support, it should already be compatible with Git Bash; maybe something to do with readline is slightly off.

If MySQL uses some other way to implement history support, maybe consider switching to readline, a standard cross-platform library for history support and tab completion?

Could not repeat.

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.10, for Win64 (x86_64)
git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
Windows 7

Up/down arrows scroll through history correctly.

Thank you for the report.

Please try with Git Bash 1.8.1 and inform us if problem still exists.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".