From 3a7597b8a62d354bdebd3606333e22d3198bd345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthieu Coudron <886074+teto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:57:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test-driver: add persistent history

across sessions of interactive testing
---
 nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py
index db7e0ed33a89..c90e3d9e1cdb 100755
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/__init__.py
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ def main() -> None:
         args.keep_vm_state,
     ) as driver:
         if args.interactive:
-            ptpython.repl.embed(driver.test_symbols(), {})
+            history_dir = os.getcwd()
+            history_path = os.path.join(history_dir, ".nixos-test-history")
+            ptpython.repl.embed(
+                driver.test_symbols(),
+                {},
+                history_filename=history_path,
+            )
         else:
             tic = time.time()
             driver.run_tests()